In the Torah, God commands
Abraham to undergo circumcision at age 99, as part of a covenant between Him
and generations of Jews to come. "This is My covenant which you shall
keep, between Me and you and thy descendants after thee, every male among you
shall be circumcised. And ye shall be circumcised on the flesh of your
foreskin, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you. And he
that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout
your generations" (Genesis 17:10-12).
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The first person commanded to circumcise
himself was Abraham, at the age of ninety-nine. G‑d told him (Genesis 17:7), “And I will establish a My
covenant between Me and between you and between your seed after you throughout
their generations as an everlasting covenant, to be to you for a G‑d and to
your seed after you.” Demonstrating his submission to G‑d by marking the
physical body with the sign of the covenant, Abraham revealed the intrinsic bond every
Jew has with God. (Reference : Chabad.org)
And I will establish My covenant between Me and
between you and between your seed after you throughout their generations as
an everlasting covenant, to be to you for a God and to your seed after you.
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And I
will establish My covenant: And what is that covenant? To be to you for a God.
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(Genesis
17:7 Rashis commentary)
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Verse 7. - And I will establish my covenant
between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an
everlasting covenant, - literally, for a
covenant of eternity (videGenesis
9:16) - to be a God unto thee, and to thy
seed after thee. Literally, to be for Elohim; a formula
comprehending all saving benefits; a clear indication of the spiritual
character of the Abrahamic covenant (cf. Genesis
26:24; Genesis 28:13; Hebrews
11:16).
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And I will
establish my covenant between me and thee,.... Not only renew it, but confirm
it by the following token of circumcision:
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And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy
seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant
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So from the above commentaries
from Jews and Christians we've established that circumcision is a covenant made
to God. According to Genesis, God told Abraham to circumcise himself,
his household and his slaves as an everlasting covenant in
their flesh. Those who were not circumcised were to be 'cut
off' from their people (Genesis 17:10-14).
Now according to
New Testament Jesus was circumcised. Christians also claim Jesus is God, yet
the author tells us this so called god was circumcised, how absurd.
And when eight
days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called
JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
(Luke 2:21)
HERE'S THE DILEMMA:
Jesus who according to
Christians is God was CIRCUMCISED. And if we take what the original
reason for CIRCUMCISION is, that is making a COVENANT
BETWEEN GOD. How then does God get circumcised and make a covenant
with himself?
DOES GOD MAKE A COVENANT WITH
HIMSELF BY GETTING CIRCUMCISED? DOES THAT EVEN MAKE SENSE?
Christians may defend this by saying Jesus is not God rather he
is the son of God. Again, this wouldn't make any sense that the Son who is
supposed to always have been with his father has to circumcise himself and MAKE
A COVENANT WITH HIS FATHER? It just gets worse each time Christians try to make
Jesus God or the son of God.
It makes more sense that Jesus was a man who underwent all
physical changes just like any human would.
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Ade Sulaiman, If circumcision is such importance to Christians maybe they can show us where Jesus made mention of it’s importance?
Show us where Jesus spoke of circumcision when preaching the “Gospel”. Now let’s get this clear, the Gospel (Good News) is the word of God revealed to Jesus which he preached to the people. The Gospel is not the autobiography of Jesus, what Mark, Matthew, Luke and John wrote are the biography of Jesus.
If your evidence is based on what Luke said regarding Jesus’s circumcision and not what Jesus spoke whilst preaching the Gospel, then why can’t we also use evidence provided by Traditions, historians authors with isnad (chain of narration) which is far better then any documented biography of any human.
The Gospel is not a autobiography of Jesus. Mark, Matthew, Luke and John wrote the biography of Jesus “excluding” what he preached i.e. the Gospel. Every-time you read Jesus preached the Gospel, the authors fail to tell us what exactly he preached?
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It's just getting worse. The J source of the Torah has a devilish understanding.
Yahweh and Moses in Conflict. The Role of Exodus 4:24–26 in the Book of Exodus [John T. Willis] pp.97
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