Why, of all things, did God choose the mutilation of a sex organ to signify a Covenant?? This mystifies me.
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Circumcision
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Circumcision as a practice has been debated by the medical community for a while as to whether or not it is necessary. As we know the scientific community is mostly at odds with the Christian community, therefore I don't put a lot of stock in their findings.
Biblically circumcision is a symbol of cleansing concerning pro-creation. It deals with the clean propagation of the seed of the woman. Medically it has been determined that a non-circumcised man is more proned to infections and diseases than a circumcised man.
In the OT when the head of the house was circumcised all the men in that household, whether Jewish or not, were circumcised. All those under the headship of the circumcised head of the household were considered clean and holy(sanctified) before the Lord. (1Cor 7:14)
In the New Testament, baptism replaced circumcision, just as Passover, which required the killing and eating of a lamb, was replaced in the New Testament with the non-bloody Lord's Supper.
Circumcision required the shedding of blood and all OT blood rites were shadows pointing to the crucifixion of Christ and were done away with after the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. If you would do a study and compare baptism and circumcision you would see the amazing likeness of the two.
Hope that helps
GLJCA
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