The rare case that I could say would be if a person was on their death bed and moving the individual wasn’t an option, in a case like that I see no hurt in the sprinkling or pouring. But that’s not the norm. I don’t have all the answers but I would fully object to orange juice as I feel it’s almost a mockery of sorts...

I believe that the New Testament makes baptism as important as the Lords Supper. If it gets abused there is judgment. I think sprinkling or pouring can be acceptable in situations when submerging isn’t possible. But those are absolutely rare and should not be the norm.

If Christ is the fulfillment to which circumcision was pointing to by necessity there is no other way to interpret fuller covenantal understanding of what is a union with Christ.

I completely agree. Your last statement seems more true especially today with “keyboard warriors” and “theological egg-heads”...

Baptism is the sign to show we have been sealed with the Holy Spirit, that we are partakers in the New Covenant, dying to ourselves by being submerged in the water and walking in the newness of life coming out.

A wise pastor once told me, “the NT interprets the OT.” We don’t need hermeneutical hoops to make OT signs fit into the New Covenant. They either ceased with the passing of the Old Covenant people (ethnic Israel) or they were completed in Christ... Not sure if that’s what you’re looking for, but those were my thoughts when reading this.