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When we read that "salvation has come upon this house", it is NOT to be understood as meaning, that every single individual was given salvation. But rather, that the salvation which was given to those who believed, came into that house(hold).
I agree.....and this is where I desired PJ to go with it. But, the NT is very strict here not JUST saying that salvation came to an individual, but that it came to his house. IMHO this is for a specific reason to reveal that the covenant came to the house, not just the individual. As you said, not that everyone in the house is saved--that would be utter nonsense, but that certain blessing do come upon the household. What blessings IMHO are clearly seen in the OT/NT.

Yeah, yeah, yeah my point way back when was towards Richards original statement (does anybody here remember that?) with regard to the head of the household baptism means that all the members of the household get baptized. Now I think we've all come to a point where we agree that individuals in the household were saved by God. And thus the statement of the household having come to salvation is true with respect to those individuals who came to salvation (and perhaps the children who were then baptized [maybe]but not necessarily saved or unsaved as they may or may not have been granted faith).

Baking bread is beginning to look awful appealing.

yours,