Today, since my own son is being baptized, I make a special effort to remember as much about the event as I can. Before the baptisms begin, I look up and see vultures circling.
Vultures eat dead things.
But here, they will search in vain for the dead carcass of the old life. It has been discarded. Jesus has already done his regenerating work in the lives of these children. And while remnants of the old nature remain, the same power that raised Jesus from the dead has freed these children from slavery to the old life. The vultures will seek in vain for their carrion fare.