God’s Baptismal Act as Regenerative Robert Kolb “Baptism … saves” (1 Pet. 3:21). The apostle Peter was direct and simple. The waters of the flood through which God had saved Noah serve as the “type” or prophetic “representation” of what God was to do when he conveyed his promise to his people through his Word in baptismal form. As an “antitype,” according to Peter’s use of the terminology of the biblical interpretation of his day, baptism fulfills what God promised to