At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make for yourself flint knives and circumcise again the sons of Israel the second time.” Joshua 5:2 NASB Second time – Paradigms are limiting factors in explanation. That’s why a group of physicists who held tightly to the Bohr model of the atom (the nucleus being the smallest building block…
At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make for yourself flint knives and circumcise again the sons of Israel the second time.” Joshua 5:2 NASB The second time – “I’ve never really understood this story,” said my rabbi friend here in Parma. “It just goes on and on, repeating the same event—and it doesn’t make a lot…
No one who is [a]emasculated or has his male organ cut off may enter the assembly of the Lord. Deuteronomy 23:1 NASB Emasculated – You’ll notice that there’s a footnote to the word “emasculated” in this verse. Oh, by the way, I would be very surprised if you have ever heard a sermon preached from this verse. …
“Moreover the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.” Deuteronomy 30:6 NASB Circumcise your heart – Most of us don’t realize that circumcision of the heart is a concept that originates in the Tanakh. Some…
For there are many rebellious men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach for the sake of sordid gain. Titus 1:10-11 NASB Especially those of the circumcision – If you’re a replacement theology person, this verse is golden. Obviously Paul detested “those of the circumcision.”…
Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you. Galatians 5:2 NASB Circumcision – Who am I to tell the former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain that his exegesis of Paul is incorrect? But listen to what Rabbi Jonathan Sacks says: “It was among this…
For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love. Galatians 5:6 NASB Circumcision – Given the choice, most men remember Shechem (Genesis 34). The very idea of adult circumcision causes pain. So they run to this verse, and others like it, claiming that it really doesn’t make any difference. …
A little leaven leavens the whole lump. Galatians 5:9 ESV Leaven – When the Greek word zyme is used in Matthew 16:6 or 1 Corinthians 5:6, no one has any doubt about the application of the proverbial saying to the context. In both cases, the metaphor of leaven means some small thing that is introduced…
and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ; Colossians 2:11 NASB Without hands – Circumcision was a big issue in the Messianic community of the first century. My guess is that Paul thought he put that…
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is the keeping of the commandments of God. 1 Corinthians 7:19 What Matters Is – Those who claim that the writing of Paul set aside the Law and proclaim the age of grace tend to read only the first half of this verse. Since circumcision…
