Colossians says "in Him" (the result of the baptism) we are circumcised with a circumcision not done with hands, a spiritual circumcision's of the heart. Intentionally using the same language used in the OT, especially in Ezekiel, about the Promise of the Father that will be given to believers. While this passage also speaks of the legality of our salvation being satisfied, it's also clearly speaking of our being born again. This happens "in Him". We are "in Him" when we receive the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. The baptism with the Holy Spirit. This baptism is always the result of faith. Believe = saved. Repeated over and over in Scripture. Believe and be delivered/saved. Delivered from the Penalty of sin, and the bondage of sin. Delivered/saved both positionally and practically (born again).
Colossians 2:10-14 and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
Even Chapter 3:1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
It's a baptism that saves through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Freed from both the legality of our sin and the bondage of our sin (born again) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 3: There is also an antitype which now saves us--baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
It's a baptism by faith. Please not the order.
Galatians 3:24-29 Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
What separates spiritual death and and spiritual life? See Ephesians 1-10. Verse 6 answers that question. and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
Do you see born again in that statement? Do you see born again in those passages?
A person must be in Christ to be born again. There must be a death and resurrection for a person to born again. OT saint had faith, they were drawn by god, they even had a primitive version of regeneration, but they could not be born again. The reason that the agent of that immersion/placing into/baptism was withheld until Pentecost, was because we need to wait for the death resurrection and ascension of Jesus.
God does not become one with what is unclean. Promises don't cleanse Temples, blood does.
Romans 3:25-26 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.