Because Circumcision was required!
Yes, it certainly was, required of both Jew
and Gentile, to demonstrate and confirm that God was extending His Covenant to both Jew
and Gentile alike.
And yes DNA is THE criterion!
Do you consider Genesis 17:12 to be an error?
Teh covenant was made to Abraham, reconfirmed with Isaac and His seed forever and then through Jacob and his seed forever.
The covenant was made to Abraham and Christ, and fulfilled in Christ and those who are in Christ.
Galatians 3
16 Now
to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And
to thy seed, which is Christ.
27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And
if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
The land is for the descendants of Abraham , Isaac and Jacob only! The stranger had no right to land in Israel.
The land was for Israel's Jews and Gentiles alike, and was fulfilled in Joshua's day.
Joshua 21
43 And the Lord
gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
44 And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand.
45
There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
The stranger had every right that “one born in the land” had.
Exodus 12:48
And when a
stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the Lord, let
all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and
he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
Exodus 12:49
One law shall be to him that is
homeborn, and unto the
stranger that sojourneth among you.
Leviticus 19:34
But the
stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you
as one born among you, and
thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 24:22
Ye shall have
one manner of law, as well for the
stranger, as for
one of your own country: for I am the Lord your God.
Numbers 15:16
One law and one manner shall be for
you, and for the
stranger that sojourneth with you.
circumcision is not the sign- as other nations circumcised. But circumcision on the eighth day which was reserved only for the Jew! NOt the gentile with them.
Do you consider Genesis 17:12 to be an error?
In God's New Will and Testament, all covenants and promises are fulfilled in Christ and those who are in Christ.
The OT covenants and promises are the promissory clauses of God's Old Will and Testament, and they are both revoked and fulfilled in the promissory clauses of His New Will and Testament, written in the Blood of His Son Jesus Christ, the Divine Testator, coming into full force and effect upon His death.
If you have made your own Will and Testament, you will see that the very first clause states the following or its equivalent:
"I HEREBY REVOKE all former Wills and other testamentary dispositions by me at any time therefore made and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament."
This means that all former wills and testaments, and all of their promissory clauses in their entirety, are completely null and void. In their place, the promissory clauses of the current last new will and testament are the only ones in force and effect. Any promissory clause which appeared in the old will and testament, but does not appear in the new will and testament, is irrevocably null and void unless yet another new will and testament is made which re-includes it.
Thus we see:
Hebrews 9
15 And for this cause he is the
mediator of the new testament, that
by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the
death of the testator.
17 For a
testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
Hebrews 10
9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He
taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
Hebrews 8
13 In that he saith, A
new covenant, he hath
made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to
vanish away.
God`s New Will and Testament is everlasting:
Hebrews 13
20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the
everlasting covenant.
There is none greater.
We see other new promissory clauses of the New Will and Testament in:
Matthew 21:33-45
In this parable, the son, who is identified as the heir, typifies
Christ.
Galatians 3:16
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is
Christ.
2 Corinthians 1:20
For
all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
Hebrews 1:1,2
1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his
Son, whom he hath appointed
heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
In them, we see that the Heir and Beneficiary is
Christ alone, that
all of the promises are affirmed and confirmed in Him, and that He is Heir of
all things.
All includes the OT
land promises, the
restoration promises, the
blessings promises, and
all else. There are
no exceptions.
And His New Will and Testament contains even better promises:
Hebrews 8
6 But now hath he obtained a
more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a
better covenant, which was established upon
better promises.
Such as:
Hebrews 11
16 But now they desire a
better country, that is,
an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath
prepared for them a city.
Additional promissory clauses in...:
Romans 8:16-17
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that
we are the
children of God:
17 And if children, then
heirs;
heirs of God, and
joint-heirs with
Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Galatians 3:29
And if ye be
Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and
heirs according to the promise.
...make us who are in Christ joint heirs with Him.
But notice:
There are no promissory clauses for anyone, Jew or Gentile, who is not in Christ.