A Cut Above The Rest
What is circumcision really about?
People will often say that something is "a cut above the rest" when they mean it is the very best. This expression come from butcher cuts of beef. The most expensive and tenderest cuts like rib eye are found high on the beef carcass. The cheapest cuts like flank are found low on the beef carcass. So when something is of the next level higher in quality than what it is being compared to then it is said to be a cut above whatever it is being compared to. For example, short loin is a cut above flank for beef. When something is the absolute best then it is said to be a cut above the rest. For example, some people hold that rib eye steak is a cut above all other cuts of beef.
Now when it comes to cutting the flesh of human beings it is similar to beef. There have been many ways that human beings have cut themselves and each other throughout the ages for various reasons. Not all of these cuts are of equal value. The Book of Truth (the Bible) tell us how to rank these cuts.
Some of these cuts have been to save lives in surgery like perhaps an amputation (Matthew 18:8). Other cuts were made to take lives in war (Luke 21:24). The cuts to save lives are better than those that end lives (Mark 3:4). So the work of the surgeon is a cut above the work of a soldier.
Of course, the work of the soldier to end the lives of oppressors is a cut above using the sword to take the lives of the innocent (Isaiah 59:7). A cut of equal value to the work of the soldier to remove external threats to a society is the work of the executioner to end the lives of those who would destroy a society from within (Romans 13:3-4).
Then there is the unkindest cut. This is the cutting of a man so that he cannot have children (Matthew 19:12). Still this is not the lowest cut there is.
There are also cuts that people afflict on themselves or others for religious reasons. The lowest cut of all is the one that is associated with worshiping anything other than the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) like an idol (Leviticus 19:26-28). This is what those who are opposed to the Father of Truth do (1 Kings 18:26-28). Those who are under the control of the Spirits of Lies (devils aka demons aka unclean spirits aka gods) will cut themselves (Mark 5:2-5). This kind of religious cutting is a cut beneath the rest because it shows that those who are cut in this manner are in relationship with the Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan aka The Devil).
There is a different type of cut made for religious purposes by people. It shows that those who are cut in this manner are in relationship with the Father of Truth. This is the highest cut of all. Among all the cuts of the flesh that people make on themselves or others circumcision is a cut above the rest.
So where did circumcision come from?
The Father of Truth started the practice of circumcision with Abraham (Abram) as a sign of the covenant (Genesis 17:9-11). Everyone that is part of this covenant had to be circumcised (Genesis 17:12-14).
So circumcision did not come from the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law) even though it was continued through the Law of Truth (Leviticus 12:3). Circumcision is to be even be done on the Sabbath because it was a sign of a covenant that was made with Abraham, Isaac (Yitzakh), and Jacob (Ya'acob aka Israel) more than 200 years before Moses was born (John 7:22-23).
So what was this covenant that is signified by circumcision?
The first covenant that the Father of Truth made with Abraham was that He would give all of the land from the Euphrates River to the Nile River to his descendants (Genesis 15:18). The second covenant that He made with Abraham was to give him descendants who would worship only Him and they would be the ones to live in the land promised in the first covenant (Genesis 17:4-8). Circumcision is the sign of a covenant between the Father of Truth and the descendants of Abraham in their flesh because it is a covenant concerning the people according to the flesh that have a right to live in the Promised Land (Genesis 17:9-13). Those who are not marked by circumcision in the flesh as being part of the people of Abraham according to the flesh have no right to live in the Promised Land (Genesis 17:14). This covenant was then refined to include only the descendants of Isaac as the people that the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) would come from (Genesis 17:19). Then the people of the covenant was finally narrowed down to the descendants of Jacob (Genesis 28:13-16). This covenant of circumcision was given to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac , and Jacob to mark them as those who had a right to live in the Promised Land (Acts 7:4-8). Since circumcision is a sign in the flesh of the covenant to give the Promised Land to those who are Jews in the flesh then it is a cut above the rest of all cuts in the flesh made by human hands.
It was to fulfill this covenant concerning the Promised Land that the Father of Truth called Moses to deliver the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob from the Egyptians (Exodus 6:3-5). Since Passover was given to commemorate their deliverance from Egypt so that He could keep His promise to give them the Promised Land then no one is to eat of it that does not have the sign of that covenant in their flesh (Exodus 12:47-49). The Father of Truth had to deliver them because of the sign of the covenant in their flesh (Acts 7:6-8). This is another reason that circumcision is a cut above the rest.
Still those born in the wilderness had not been circumcised since their parents would never enter the Promised Land (Joshua 5:4-6). This is why every single man in Israel had to be circumcised to roll off the approach of Egypt before they could begin to take possession of the Promised Land (Joshua 5:7-9). Circumcision of the flesh is the ticket to possession of the Promised Land on this Earth so that makes it a cut above the rest.
Circumcision also made it possible for other people who joined themselves to the descendants of Jacob to be counted as among those who have a right to live in the Promised Land. It is for this reason that Abraham had to circumcise every man in his household - not just himself and Isaac (Genesis 17:11-13). A mixed multitude of other people left Egypt with the descendants of Jacob (Exodus 12:37-38). It was circumcision that made all of them into one people by putting all of them under the Law of Truth (Exodus 12:48-49). This is how many people of diverse backgrounds became Jews at the time of Queen Esther (Esther 8:17). This is why Paul the Jew (Shaul aka the Jew formerly known as Saul) circumcised Timothy the Jew (Timotheus) so that he would be accepted as a Jew even though he was born of Jewish ancestry (Acts 16:1-3). So circumcision of the flesh is a sign of being part of the covenant to live in the Promised Land by anyone who joins themselves to the descendants of Jacob. This makes circumcision a cut above the rest.
This sign in their flesh serves as a reminder that the Father of Truth can never cast away the Jews completely, even when they deserve it, because some of them must survive in order to fulfill the covenant concerning the land promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Leviticus 26:43-45). He would destroy the universe before He would cast away these people and break this covenant concerning the Promised Land that is marked by circumcision (Jeremiah 33:24-26). The Father of Truth has not cast away the people that received circumcision as a sign of His covenant with their fathers (Romans 11:1-2). He has promised that one day all of the descendants that were given circumcision as a sign of the covenant will turn to the Man of Truth and be saved (Romans 11:26-28). The Father of Truth does not go back on His covenants (Romans 11:29). So circumcision is a cut above the rest because it also speaks of the promise to preserve the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as a people forever so that they may live in the land promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Circumcision in the flesh guarantees the right to live in the Promised Land to everyone that has joined themselves to the house of Jacob as well as the preservation of some of their descendants. For these reasons Paul the Jew never taught that the Jewish Children of Truth (those who obey the Father of Truth because they love Him) should stop circumcising the flesh of their children (Acts 21:20-26). Circumcision is of great value to them provided that they keep the Law of Truth (Romans 2:25). Circumcision marks them as the people that received the Book of Truth from the Father of Truth (Romans 3:1-2). Circumcision is still a cut above the rest for those who are Jews according to the flesh.
Circumcision is only about the right to live in the Promised Land. The Promised Land is where the Man of Truth is going to rule all nations from (Deuteronomy 28:1). He is going to send forth the Law of Truth to establish justice over the entire Earth from Jerusalem in the heart of the Promised Land (Isaiah 2:2-4). The Man of Truth is going to rule all of the Earth (Revelation 11:15). This is similar to how all of the massive United States is subject to laws created in the tiny District of Columbia where Washington is located. People living in the same land as the Man of Truth because they are marked as being part of his people according to the flesh is what makes circumcision a cut above the rest.
The Earth is a lot bigger than just a South Dakota sized slice of the Middle East. The Man of Truth still needs plenty of Gentile Children of Truth to rule over the Gentile nations on his behalf (2 Timothy 2:12). That is why Paul the Jew did not compel Titus the Gentile to be circumcised (Galatians 2:1-3).
Everyone that is circumcised in the flesh to be counted as a Jew according to the flesh is obligated to keep all of the Law of Truth (Galatians 5:3). For this reason, if someone decides to make changes to gain the benefits of The Lessor Matters of The Law then circumcision is the very last thing that they should change. If the Children of Truth are of Jewish ancestry then they should not seek to remove the sign of circumcision but if they are not of Jewish ancestry then they should not seek to gain the sign of circumcision (1 Corinthians 7:18).
It is worth noting that circumcision must be done for the purpose of identifying with the descendants of Jacob for people to be counted as being among those who have a right to live in the Promised Land and are obligated to keep all of the Law of Truth. For example, in America baby boys are routinely circumcised shortly after birth for medical reasons. Yet this does not give them the right to live in the Promised Land nor obligate them to keep all of the Law of Truth because they were not circumcised to be identified with the descendants of Jacob. Also the descendants of Ishmael circumcise their children when they turn thirteen years of age to identify them with Ishmael instead of Jacob (Genesis 17:24-26). So they also do not have the right to live in the Promised Land nor are obligated to keep all of the Law of Truth. So circumcision is not a cut above the rest when it is done for any reason other than to identify with the descendants of Jacob.
Someone may have told you that you need to be circumcised in the flesh to come into the House of Truth (Acts 15:1-5). The Apostles of Truth taught no such thing (Acts 15:24). Circumcision in the flesh has nothing to do with coming into the House of Truth (Galatians 5:4-6). So if you are keeping The Weightier Matters of The Law then circumcision of the flesh does not really matter (1 Corinthians 7:19).
You come into the House of Truth when you surrender control of your life to the Man of Truth because you believe that His Father raised him from the dead (Romans 10:8-9). All who come into the House of Truth do so because of what the Man of Truth has done regardless or whether or not they have been circumcised (Galatians 6:14-16).
Come into the House of Truth.
People will often say that something is "a cut above the rest" when they mean it is the very best. This expression come from butcher cuts of beef. The most expensive and tenderest cuts like rib eye are found high on the beef carcass. The cheapest cuts like flank are found low on the beef carcass. So when something is of the next level higher in quality than what it is being compared to then it is said to be a cut above whatever it is being compared to. For example, short loin is a cut above flank for beef. When something is the absolute best then it is said to be a cut above the rest. For example, some people hold that rib eye steak is a cut above all other cuts of beef.
Now when it comes to cutting the flesh of human beings it is similar to beef. There have been many ways that human beings have cut themselves and each other throughout the ages for various reasons. Not all of these cuts are of equal value. The Book of Truth (the Bible) tell us how to rank these cuts.
Some of these cuts have been to save lives in surgery like perhaps an amputation (Matthew 18:8). Other cuts were made to take lives in war (Luke 21:24). The cuts to save lives are better than those that end lives (Mark 3:4). So the work of the surgeon is a cut above the work of a soldier.
Of course, the work of the soldier to end the lives of oppressors is a cut above using the sword to take the lives of the innocent (Isaiah 59:7). A cut of equal value to the work of the soldier to remove external threats to a society is the work of the executioner to end the lives of those who would destroy a society from within (Romans 13:3-4).
Then there is the unkindest cut. This is the cutting of a man so that he cannot have children (Matthew 19:12). Still this is not the lowest cut there is.
There are also cuts that people afflict on themselves or others for religious reasons. The lowest cut of all is the one that is associated with worshiping anything other than the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) like an idol (Leviticus 19:26-28). This is what those who are opposed to the Father of Truth do (1 Kings 18:26-28). Those who are under the control of the Spirits of Lies (devils aka demons aka unclean spirits aka gods) will cut themselves (Mark 5:2-5). This kind of religious cutting is a cut beneath the rest because it shows that those who are cut in this manner are in relationship with the Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan aka The Devil).
There is a different type of cut made for religious purposes by people. It shows that those who are cut in this manner are in relationship with the Father of Truth. This is the highest cut of all. Among all the cuts of the flesh that people make on themselves or others circumcision is a cut above the rest.
So where did circumcision come from?
The Father of Truth started the practice of circumcision with Abraham (Abram) as a sign of the covenant (Genesis 17:9-11). Everyone that is part of this covenant had to be circumcised (Genesis 17:12-14).
So circumcision did not come from the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law) even though it was continued through the Law of Truth (Leviticus 12:3). Circumcision is to be even be done on the Sabbath because it was a sign of a covenant that was made with Abraham, Isaac (Yitzakh), and Jacob (Ya'acob aka Israel) more than 200 years before Moses was born (John 7:22-23).
So what was this covenant that is signified by circumcision?
The first covenant that the Father of Truth made with Abraham was that He would give all of the land from the Euphrates River to the Nile River to his descendants (Genesis 15:18). The second covenant that He made with Abraham was to give him descendants who would worship only Him and they would be the ones to live in the land promised in the first covenant (Genesis 17:4-8). Circumcision is the sign of a covenant between the Father of Truth and the descendants of Abraham in their flesh because it is a covenant concerning the people according to the flesh that have a right to live in the Promised Land (Genesis 17:9-13). Those who are not marked by circumcision in the flesh as being part of the people of Abraham according to the flesh have no right to live in the Promised Land (Genesis 17:14). This covenant was then refined to include only the descendants of Isaac as the people that the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) would come from (Genesis 17:19). Then the people of the covenant was finally narrowed down to the descendants of Jacob (Genesis 28:13-16). This covenant of circumcision was given to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac , and Jacob to mark them as those who had a right to live in the Promised Land (Acts 7:4-8). Since circumcision is a sign in the flesh of the covenant to give the Promised Land to those who are Jews in the flesh then it is a cut above the rest of all cuts in the flesh made by human hands.
It was to fulfill this covenant concerning the Promised Land that the Father of Truth called Moses to deliver the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob from the Egyptians (Exodus 6:3-5). Since Passover was given to commemorate their deliverance from Egypt so that He could keep His promise to give them the Promised Land then no one is to eat of it that does not have the sign of that covenant in their flesh (Exodus 12:47-49). The Father of Truth had to deliver them because of the sign of the covenant in their flesh (Acts 7:6-8). This is another reason that circumcision is a cut above the rest.
Still those born in the wilderness had not been circumcised since their parents would never enter the Promised Land (Joshua 5:4-6). This is why every single man in Israel had to be circumcised to roll off the approach of Egypt before they could begin to take possession of the Promised Land (Joshua 5:7-9). Circumcision of the flesh is the ticket to possession of the Promised Land on this Earth so that makes it a cut above the rest.
Circumcision also made it possible for other people who joined themselves to the descendants of Jacob to be counted as among those who have a right to live in the Promised Land. It is for this reason that Abraham had to circumcise every man in his household - not just himself and Isaac (Genesis 17:11-13). A mixed multitude of other people left Egypt with the descendants of Jacob (Exodus 12:37-38). It was circumcision that made all of them into one people by putting all of them under the Law of Truth (Exodus 12:48-49). This is how many people of diverse backgrounds became Jews at the time of Queen Esther (Esther 8:17). This is why Paul the Jew (Shaul aka the Jew formerly known as Saul) circumcised Timothy the Jew (Timotheus) so that he would be accepted as a Jew even though he was born of Jewish ancestry (Acts 16:1-3). So circumcision of the flesh is a sign of being part of the covenant to live in the Promised Land by anyone who joins themselves to the descendants of Jacob. This makes circumcision a cut above the rest.
This sign in their flesh serves as a reminder that the Father of Truth can never cast away the Jews completely, even when they deserve it, because some of them must survive in order to fulfill the covenant concerning the land promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Leviticus 26:43-45). He would destroy the universe before He would cast away these people and break this covenant concerning the Promised Land that is marked by circumcision (Jeremiah 33:24-26). The Father of Truth has not cast away the people that received circumcision as a sign of His covenant with their fathers (Romans 11:1-2). He has promised that one day all of the descendants that were given circumcision as a sign of the covenant will turn to the Man of Truth and be saved (Romans 11:26-28). The Father of Truth does not go back on His covenants (Romans 11:29). So circumcision is a cut above the rest because it also speaks of the promise to preserve the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as a people forever so that they may live in the land promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Circumcision in the flesh guarantees the right to live in the Promised Land to everyone that has joined themselves to the house of Jacob as well as the preservation of some of their descendants. For these reasons Paul the Jew never taught that the Jewish Children of Truth (those who obey the Father of Truth because they love Him) should stop circumcising the flesh of their children (Acts 21:20-26). Circumcision is of great value to them provided that they keep the Law of Truth (Romans 2:25). Circumcision marks them as the people that received the Book of Truth from the Father of Truth (Romans 3:1-2). Circumcision is still a cut above the rest for those who are Jews according to the flesh.
Circumcision is only about the right to live in the Promised Land. The Promised Land is where the Man of Truth is going to rule all nations from (Deuteronomy 28:1). He is going to send forth the Law of Truth to establish justice over the entire Earth from Jerusalem in the heart of the Promised Land (Isaiah 2:2-4). The Man of Truth is going to rule all of the Earth (Revelation 11:15). This is similar to how all of the massive United States is subject to laws created in the tiny District of Columbia where Washington is located. People living in the same land as the Man of Truth because they are marked as being part of his people according to the flesh is what makes circumcision a cut above the rest.
The Earth is a lot bigger than just a South Dakota sized slice of the Middle East. The Man of Truth still needs plenty of Gentile Children of Truth to rule over the Gentile nations on his behalf (2 Timothy 2:12). That is why Paul the Jew did not compel Titus the Gentile to be circumcised (Galatians 2:1-3).
Everyone that is circumcised in the flesh to be counted as a Jew according to the flesh is obligated to keep all of the Law of Truth (Galatians 5:3). For this reason, if someone decides to make changes to gain the benefits of The Lessor Matters of The Law then circumcision is the very last thing that they should change. If the Children of Truth are of Jewish ancestry then they should not seek to remove the sign of circumcision but if they are not of Jewish ancestry then they should not seek to gain the sign of circumcision (1 Corinthians 7:18).
It is worth noting that circumcision must be done for the purpose of identifying with the descendants of Jacob for people to be counted as being among those who have a right to live in the Promised Land and are obligated to keep all of the Law of Truth. For example, in America baby boys are routinely circumcised shortly after birth for medical reasons. Yet this does not give them the right to live in the Promised Land nor obligate them to keep all of the Law of Truth because they were not circumcised to be identified with the descendants of Jacob. Also the descendants of Ishmael circumcise their children when they turn thirteen years of age to identify them with Ishmael instead of Jacob (Genesis 17:24-26). So they also do not have the right to live in the Promised Land nor are obligated to keep all of the Law of Truth. So circumcision is not a cut above the rest when it is done for any reason other than to identify with the descendants of Jacob.
Someone may have told you that you need to be circumcised in the flesh to come into the House of Truth (Acts 15:1-5). The Apostles of Truth taught no such thing (Acts 15:24). Circumcision in the flesh has nothing to do with coming into the House of Truth (Galatians 5:4-6). So if you are keeping The Weightier Matters of The Law then circumcision of the flesh does not really matter (1 Corinthians 7:19).
You come into the House of Truth when you surrender control of your life to the Man of Truth because you believe that His Father raised him from the dead (Romans 10:8-9). All who come into the House of Truth do so because of what the Man of Truth has done regardless or whether or not they have been circumcised (Galatians 6:14-16).
Come into the House of Truth.
Labels: Abraham, Circumcision, Israel, Jews, Promised Land
posted by The House Of Truth @ September 05, 2014
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