The Commandments Of Custom

What are the commandments of custom?

Stephen the Jew was falsely accused in Jerusalem of saying that the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) would destroy the customs given by Moses in the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law) (Acts 6:13-14).  What are these customs?

Paul the Jew (Shaul aka Saul aka the Apostle Paul) and Silas the Jew were falsely accused in Philippi of teaching customs of Jews that it was not lawful for uncircumcised Romans to keep (Acts 16:20-21).  What are these customs?

Paul the Jew was falsely accused in Jerusalem of teaching those of the circumcised ethnic group of Israel outside of the Promise Land to no longer keep the customs like circumcision, even though he had continued to keep all the commandments of the Law of Truth (Acts 21:21-24).  What are these customs?

Those of other uncircumcised ethnic group outside of the Promise Land who followed the Man of Truth were not commanded to observe these customs (Acts 21:25).  What are these customs?

Paul the Jew was happy to answer the false accusations of those from the circumcised ethnic group of Israel who had rejected the Man of Truth in Caesarea because King Agrippa was expert in their customs (Acts 26:2-3).  What are these customs?

Paul the Jew told the religious leaders of the circumcised ethnic group of Israel in Rome that he committed nothing against the customs of the circumcised ethnic group of Israel (Acts 28:16-17).  What were these customs?

We can see from the context where these customs are mentioned that these customs were part of the Law of Truth and applied to those of the circumcised ethnic group of Israel, but not to those of other uncircumcised ethnic groups.  We can see that these customs included circumcision and some even applied to those of the circumcised ethnic group of Israel outside of the Promise Land.

So, these customs are defined by the commandments of the Law of Truth.  Yet, it is evident that many of the commandments of the Law of Truth like not committing adultery applied those of other uncircumcised ethnic groups who followed the Man of Truth.

So, these commandments of custom are some of the conditional commandments in the Law of Truth that do not apply to all people at all times in all places under all circumstances.  We are going look at them closely in their whole context because context is king!

We will begin with the customs that were given as signs to the ethnic group of Israel.

Circumcision really is a cut above the rest.  It is a sign to mark (token) that the descendants of Abraham are part of the covenant that he made with the Father of Truth concerning the Promise Land (Genesis 17:7-14).

There are really three types of Sabbath.  The weekly Sabbath was given as a sign to the descendants of Israel (Exodus 31:13).

The annual Sabbaths in the Feasts of Unleavened Bread were a sign to the Congregation of Israel that the Father of Truth had delivered them from Egypt (Exodus 13:6-9).  In the Sabbath (seventh) year, everyone among the Congregation of Israel in the Promise Land had to hear all the commandments of the Law of Truth so they could keep them (Deuteronomy 31:10-12).

For the ethnic group of Israel, it does matter what they eat.   The Father of Truth gave them customs that define what is for dinner.  They are to only eat clean animals that can be sacrificed to the Father of Truth because that marks them as a special ethnic group that the Father of Truth treasures above all other ethnic groups on Earth (Leviticus 20:25-26).

So, circumcision, the Sabbaths, and not eating unclean animals were all commandments given to the ethnic group of Israel to mark them as different from all other ethnic groups on Earth.  These commandments would not be signs of this if all ethnic groups were commanded to keep them.

So, what other commandments of custom help define the culture of the ethnic group of Israel?

The ethnic group of Israel was not to mention the names of other gods (Exodus 23:13).  However, this means in the context of worship, for the Prophets of Truth mentioned the names of other gods in the writings of the Book of Truth (Numbers 22:41).  The most important thing was to not apply the customs that other ethnic groups used in worshiping their gods to the worship of the Father of Truth, instead of following His commandments in worship (Deuteronomy 12:29-32).

So, they were not to use enchantments or observe horoscopes or mark their bodies with things like tattoos (Leviticus 19:26-28).  This included cutting themselves or even shaving off part of their eyebrows because they were chosen as an ethnic group to represent the Father of Truth to all other ethnic groups on Earth (Deuteronomy 14:1-2).

The Feast of Unleavened Bread is to be kept as a sign upon their hand and a frontlet between their eyes to keep the commandments of the Father of Truth in their mouth (Exodus 13:7-9).  So, the ethnic group of Israel is to teach them to their children continually because those words are in their heart (Deuteronomy 6:4-7).

The ethnic group of Israel is to bind the Word of Truth upon their hands and keep them as a frontlet between their eyes as well as write them on the doorposts of their home and upon their gates (Deuteronomy 6:8-9).  This helps them and their children to obey the commandments of the Father of Truth (Deuteronomy 11:18-20).

So, the bare commandments of custom that serve as signs are not all that is needed to define the culture of this ethnic group.  These other commandments of custom also mark them as different than all other ethnic groups.

Every ethnic group also has customs concerning things like clothing and hair styles that define the culture of that ethnic group.  So, there are commandments of custom that eventually caused the ethnic group of Israel to make cloaks, aprons, and handkerchiefs with fringes with a blue thread on each corner.  In like manner, there were commandments of custom that defined what was to be on their head and when.

What benefits are there from keeping these commandments of custom?

If the ethnic group of Israel will keep these commandments of custom along with the other commandments, then none of them will be afflicted with disease by the Father of Truth and will be healed of all diseases that they already have (Exodus 15:26).  He will bless their food and drink for obeying His commandments about things like eating only clean animals, so that there will not be one sick person among them (Exodus 23:25).  He will take away all sickness and afflict their enemies with dreaded diseases instead (Deuteronomy 7:15).

The ethnic group of Israel will not have one barren woman or one miscarriage and all of them will live to a great age (Exodus 23:26).  This will even be the case of their animals and crops, if they will obey the commandments of custom as well as the other commandments (Deuteronomy 7:11-14).

The ethnic group of Israel will be given the power to gain wealth, so the Father of Truth can establish His covenant concerning the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Deuteronomy 8:18).  He will cause them to be blessed in everything they put their hand to, so that they will lend and not borrow as well as be above all other ethnic groups (Deuteronomy 28:11-13).

In fact, if the ethnic group of Israel will keep the commandments of customs as well as the other commandments, then not only will they live long on the Earth, but their days will be like Heaven on Earth (Deuteronomy 11:21-22)!  They will be blessed in everything they do, so that all other ethnic groups will recognize that the ethnic group of Israel has been placed above everyone else, because they are holy to the Father of Truth (Deuteronomy 28:1-10)!

When the Man of Truth rules, all of kingdoms of the uncircumcised ethnic groups outside of the Promise Land will have to serve the kingdom of Israel (Isaiah 60:10-12).  The uncircumcised members of the Congregation of Israel that will live in the Promise Land as part of the kingdom of Israel will be servants to the circumcised ethnic group of Israel there during his reign (Isaiah 61:5-9).

The New Jerusalem will be in the eternal kingdom of Israel marked by the names of the twelve tribes of Israel on the gates, when the Father of Truth comes to live among men in the New Heaven and New Earth (Revelation 21:12-13).  The kingdoms of the uncircumcised Gentiles will live in other kingdoms and will have to bring tribute to the eternal kingdom of Israel (Revelation 21:22-27)!

This is why the Man of Truth said that those who kept and taught others to keep the commandments of custom would be greater in his kingdom than those who did not (Matthew 5:17-19).  He also said that the commandments of righteousness were more important than the commandments of custom (Matthew 23:23).

Indeed, circumcision is very profitable as Paul the Jew said, if one also keeps the commandments of righteousness (Romans 2:25-26).  It gives the circumcised ethnic group of Israel every advantage over those who are uncircumcised, especially since they were given the Word of Truth that brings salvation (Romans 3:1-2).

So, can other people gain these advantages?

Anyone can become part of the ethnic group of Israel if they are circumcised (Exodus 12:48).  That is how so many people born into other ethnic groups became part of the circumcised ethnic group of Israel in the time of Esther (Esther 8:17).

In like manner, Paul the Jew circumcised Timothy – who had a Gentile father – after Timothy came into the House of Truth, so Paul the Jew was in no way opposed to teaching others to keep the commandments of custom (Acts 16:1-3).  This obligated Timothy the Jew to keep all the commandments of customs as well as the commandments of righteous, but Timothy was not trusting in keeping these commandments to save him from sin instead of faith in the Man of Truth (Galatians 5:2-4).

Indeed no one has ever been justified by keeping the commandments of the Law of Truth (Galatians 2:16).  Keeping of the commandments of custom cannot replace faith in the Man of Truth because no one else has ever kept all of them without fail (Galatians 3:10-12).

Both the circumcised and the uncircumcised are justified by faith in the Man of Truth (Romans 3:28-30).  The advantages of circumcision and keeping the commandments of custom DO NOT INCLUDE SALVATION (1 Corinthians 7:18-20).

Circumcision and keeping the commandments of custom are useless by themselves.  People must have the better circumcision for those things to be beneficial.

People must keep the weightier matters of the Law of Truth if they are going to be part of the kingdom of the Man of Truth.  Keeping the lessor matters of the Law of Truth only gives people a better position in his kingdom.

So, people should not keep the commandments of custom to be saved, but because they are saved and want a greater place in the kingdom of the Man of Truth.  A greater place in the kingdom of the Man of Truth will cause them to be closer to the Father of Truth both in this world and the world to come.

However, coming into the House of Truth will give you the ability to keep the commandments of the Law of Truth (Romans 3:31).  You will no longer have a mind that is opposed to the Law of Truth once the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) lives in you (Romans 8:5-9).

You can only come into the House of Truth by surrendering control of your life to the Man of Truth because you have faith that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9).  Both those obligated to keep the commandments of custom and those not obligated to do so become part of the kingdom of the Man of Truth by the same means (Romans 10:10-13).

Come into the House of Truth!

The Better Circumcision

There is a better circumcision than the one that Jewish boys receive at their B'rit Milah (Bris)?

That circumcision is usually performed by a mohel or physician today at a little party with family and friends.  That circumcision is to be done when the son is eight days old (Genesis 17:12).  When that circumcision was first started it was the father who circumcised his sons (Genesis 21:4).

That circumcision is required to be part of the natural family of Abraham (Genesis 17:10).  That circumcision is a sign of the covenant (Genesis 17:11).  That circumcision is done in the hidden parts of the flesh (Genesis 17:13).  That circumcision removes the covering of flesh (Genesis 17:14).  That circumcision causes the one who receives it to become a new kind of man (Exodus 12:43-45).  That circumcision makes someone to be counted as part of the natural people of Israel (Exodus 12:47-49).

There is a better circumcision that the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) desires more than the circumcision of the flesh - it is circumcision of the heart (Deuteronomy 10:16).

Those who do not have this circumcision of the heart cannot keep His commandments (Leviticus 26:40-41).  Those who do not have this circumcision of the heart cannot hear His Word (Jeremiah 6:10).  Those who do not have this circumcision of the heart resist the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) as well (Acts 7:51).  So circumcision of the heart is the better circumcision.

The circumcision of the flesh is of no value without this circumcision of the heart (Jeremiah 9:25-26).  Those who are circumcised in the flesh but do not keep the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law) are among those who have not been circumcised in the heart (Romans 2:25).  Those who are not circumcised in the flesh but keep the righteousness of the Law of Truth are among those who have been circumcised in the heart (Romans 2:26).  Those who are circumcised in the flesh only will be judged by those who are circumcised in the heart only for breaking the Law of Truth (Romans 2:27).  So circumcision of the heart is the better circumcision.

Anyone who does not have this circumcision of the heart pollutes the Temple if they enter it (Ezekiel 44:6-8).  This is true even about those who are circumcised in the flesh (Ezekiel 44:9).  So circumcision of the heart is the better circumcision.

Whoever has this circumcision of the heart will not suffer under His judgment for breaking His commandments (Jeremiah 4:4).  It does not matter if the flesh is circumcised unless His commandments are kept (1 Corinthians 7:19).  So circumcision of the heart is the better circumcision.

Of all the cuts that people can make in their flesh that circumcision is A Cut Above The Rest.  Still that circumcision is a covenant in the flesh about who gets to live in a certain part of the Earth - The Promised Land (Genesis 17:8-13). So that circumcision is both fleshly and worldly since it concerns the flesh and this present world.  This circumcision of the heart is spiritual since it concerns the spirit and the world to come (Romans 2:28-29).  So circumcision of the heart is the better circumcision.

The Father of Truth performs this circumcision of the heart (Deuteronomy 30:6).  That circumcision of the flesh is performed by men (Ephesians 2:11).  So circumcision of the heart is the better circumcision.

Circumcision of the flesh is to be performed on those who are too young to have any say in the matter (Leviticus 12:3).  Circumcision of the heart restores those who accept that they have brought disaster upon themselves because they did not have a circumcised heart (Leviticus 26:40-42).  Circumcision of the heart comes upon those who choose to be part of the Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) (Deuteronomy 10:12-16).   Circumcision of the heart is only performed on those who decide to come into the House of Truth (Deuteronomy 30:1-6).  Circumcision of the heart is performed on those who turn away from rebelling against His commandments (Jeremiah 4:1-4).  So circumcision of the heart is the better circumcision.

Circumcision of the flesh never saved anyone apart from the circumcision of the heart that comes by faith (Romans 3:28-30).   The faith that leads to the circumcision of the heart is what makes people right with the Father of Truth (Romans 4:9).  It was the faith that demonstrates circumcision of the heart that Abraham had before he was circumcised in the flesh that lead to him receiving circumcision in the flesh (Romans 4:10-12).  So circumcision of the heart is the better circumcision.

Those who come into the House of Truth will be circumcised in the heart through faith in the Man of Truth (Romans 15:8-9).  Those who seek circumcision of the flesh in order to be justified by keeping the Law of Truth instead of being saved by circumcision of the heart that comes from faith in the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) have fallen from grace (Galatians 5:2-4).  So circumcision of the heart is the better circumcision.

Those who come into the House of Truth through faith in the Man of Truth will be helped by the Spirit of Truth when they receive the circumcision of the heart whether or not they have been circumcised in the flesh (Galatians 5:5-7).  They will be able to join me in saying that the Law of Truth was Written on My Heart so that they can keep it.  So circumcision of the heart is the better circumcision.

The Man of Truth did not do away with the commandments in the Law of Truth concerning the circumcision of the flesh (Matthew 5:17-19).  He only said that weightier matters like circumcision of the heart were more important than lessor matters like circumcision of the flesh (Matthew 23:23).  Circumcision of the flesh is about attending to The Lessor Matters of The Law while circumcision of the heart is about attending to the The Weightier Matters of The Law.  So circumcision of the heart is the better circumcision.

Circumcision of the heart being the better circumcision in no way makes the circumcision of the flesh of no value.  Circumcision of the flesh is required to identify those who have a right to live in the Promised Land (Genesis 17:8-11).  Circumcision in the flesh identifies those who are to celebrate that their household was passed over during the deliverance of Israel from slavery in Egypt (Exodus 12:47-49).  Circumcision of the flesh will be required along with circumcision of the heart to enter the Temple when the Man of Truth is reigning (Ezekiel 44:4-9).  Circumcision of the flesh still identifies the people who the Father of Truth entrusted with His Word (Romans 3:1-2).  This makes circumcision of the flesh still valuable for Jews who have also has experienced circumcision of the heart.

For these reasons Paul the Jew (Shual aka Saul aka The Apostle Paul) circumcised Timothy the Jew (Timotheus) in the flesh after he had been circumcised in the heart (Acts 16:1-3).  This is why Paul the Jew never taught that Jews who had been circumcised in the heart should no longer circumcise their children in the flesh (Acts 21:20-26).

One the other hand,  Gentiles do not need circumcision in the flesh if they are not going to live in the Promised Land (Genesis 17:14). ["Cut off from his people" means to not be counted as part of those people who were given the right to live in the Promised Land.]  They do not need circumcision in the flesh if their household was not passed over during the deliverance of Israel from slavery in Egypt (Exodus 12:48).  They do not need circumcision in the flesh since their ancestors were not the people who the Father of Truth entrusted with His Word (Ephesians 2:11-12).

For these reasons the Gentiles who had been circumcised in the heart were not required to be circumcised in the flesh (Acts 15:24).  Since they had not been part of the Original Covenant (Tanach aka Old Testament) then they did not need circumcision of the flesh as a sign of being part of that covenant once they had received the circumcision of the heart (Acts 21:25).  This why Paul the Jew did not compel Titus the Gentile to be circumcised in the flesh (Galatians 2:1-3).

For these reasons neither Jew nor Gentile is to add or remove the sign of circumcision in their flesh as a condition to receiving circumcision of the heart (1 Corinthians 7:17-19).  In fact even a woman can have her heart circumcised (Galatians 3:27-29).  So circumcision of the heart is the better circumcision.

This better circumcision is required to be part of the spiritual family of Abraham (Romans 4:16-17).  This better circumcision is the sign of a better covenant (Hebrews 8:6-10).  This better circumcision is done in the hidden parts of the heart (2 Corinthians 3:2-4).  This better circumcision removes the covering of flesh from the heart (Romans 2:29).  This better circumcision causes the one who receives it to become a new kind of person (Galatians 6:15).  This better circumcision makes someone to be counted as part of the spiritual people of Israel (Ephesians 2:11-18).

You must come into the House of Truth to receive this better circumcision.  You come into the House of Truth when you surrender your life to the Man of Truth because you believe that His Father raised him from the dead (Romans 10:8-10).

Come into the House of Truth.

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.