I am not inclined to challenge the wisdom of God. In the Old Testament He required it as an outward sign of HIS PEOPLE.If God put a foreskin on you why would He later tell you to cut it off? Just a curious question.
When the missus and I were planning to have children (before we found out we couldn't have them) that and what religion they would be raised up in were things we disagreed on. i wanted no circumcision and raised Baptist. the missus wanted circumcision and Catholic.On of the biggest arguments dh and I ever had was over this. I did not want our boys circumcised, he did. He won the argument and I made him go in and watch when oldest son was done. I sat in a bathroom and cried the whole time.
I don’t know the answer to this question, but it is a fact that Jewish males are commanded to be circumscised.If God put a foreskin on you why would He later tell you to cut it off? Just a curious question.
Not quite, as i read it.If your heart is circumcised, your flesh will naturally follow.
Take it from someone who's been circumcised twice.. The second out of loving rededication..
It's not as bad as getting a tattoo.. something I removed.. (also painful) because I was a lowly sinner.. Circumcision and the bondservant piercing are the only body modifications allowed by God.
WHY would anyone choose to be circumcised?
Because you will NOT be allowed into God's Passover if you are not circumcised, according to Exodus 12:48-49. Specifically the Passover celebration God keeps in His heavenly temple.
Why would any human choose to be left out of a heavenly celebration?
Because THAT is what is being discussed in this thread. Your choice to exclude yourself from the things of God. EVEN if you've received eternal life through Yeshua..
Don't confuse salvation with storing up treasures in heaven. Salvation gets you through the Pearly Gates. It doesn't hand you everything on a silver platter.
In order to lay up treasure in heaven, you must do so via righteous deeds on earth. Works based inheritance.. rather than works based salvation.
What does that even mean?Anyone that will be making this decision will hopefully be motivated to find the research that shows that circumcision is not a good idea. Circumcision has a profound effect on the ability of sexual partners to forge a deeper bond.