Circumcision

Circumcision was not given the Children of Israel by Moses, but by Moses circumcision is given by the Law (Leviticus 12:3). Abraham, the Grandfather of Israel (of Jacob) and the one who God originally made Gods promise to, was the first to circumcise himself and his house as a token of God’s covenant: “This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.” (Genesis 17:10-14)

A righteous man will act righteously and do good works spontaneously. To be good, a man must do well fain and freely.

So the covenant God made with Abraham was that God would work by the human being – by Abraham. Man was given to act trustworthy: By the circumcision man was raised from his hiding to be in the name of God.

Yet also the circumcision let man be reliable as a being definitely not God: If man does not really count, Christ has nothing to justify. By the circumcision the Children of Israel would count.