Here is a quote from Jimmy Carter, “The first time we’re born, as children, human life is given to us; and when we accept Jesus as our Savior, it’s a new life. That’s what “born again” means.” A new life and a new beginning is what salvation is.
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
2 Corinthians 5:17