"And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you."
It is a token of the covenant, between heaven and the earth. The Spirit instructs us as in the case of he bow in heaven but it is for the man, to enjpo the fellowship of the Father of mercies by trusting in his goodness. The essence of the Covenant is not a whit diluted. Here the patriarch is invited to enter into it by an act of profession that the death of the Son in heaven has an emblem: the slain Lamb. Only he was worthy to open the book bound with seven seals. Heaven and earth under one rule: "Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;/And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth." (Rev.5.9)This is what living in the Spirit for Abraham signified.
" For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh." Phl.3.3) Faith is one language and one speech. In the case of Hagar we see what it is meant by the bond-maid. She was bought with a price and her will was taken from her. So the angel of the Lord finds her in her affliction. He counsels her to go back, "nd submit thyself under her hands.""(15.9,11) Her trust is for the good of her son. "Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction." God sanctifies her seed on account of her obedience. No greater prize than that one can hope to attain. Similarly Abraham seed shall obtain a name where faith matches both between flesh and the spirit. Ishamael was called as much as Isaac was. "And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget,"(v.20)
"And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you."
It is a token of the covenant, between heaven and the earth. The Spirit instructs us as in the case of he bow in heaven but it is for the man, to enjpo the fellowship of the Father of mercies by trusting in his goodness. The essence of the Covenant is not a whit diluted. Here the patriarch is invited to enter into it by an act of profession that the death of the Son in heaven has an emblem: the slain Lamb. Only he was worthy to open the book bound with seven seals. Heaven and earth under one rule: "Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;/And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth." (Rev.5.9)This is what living in the Spirit for Abraham signified.
" For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh." Phl.3.3) Faith is one language and one speech. In the case of Hagar we see what it is meant by the bond-maid. She was bought with a price and her will was taken from her. So the angel of the Lord finds her in her affliction. He counsels her to go back, "nd submit thyself under her hands.""(15.9,11) Her trust is for the good of her son. "Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction." God sanctifies her seed on account of her obedience. No greater prize than that one can hope to attain. Similarly Abraham seed shall obtain a name where faith matches both between flesh and the spirit. Ishamael was called as much as Isaac was. "And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget,"(v.20)
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