Dr. Buffington, it appears that you have an interest in The Bible and what it has to say about circumcision and I'll address that.
Most people know about God's Covenant with Abraham but few Christians know about the writings in The New Testament or if they do, they have little understanding of it and it's implications for Christians.
Christ clearly spoke against circumcision at The Feast of Tabernacles at the threat of his life. When he was crucified, The Pharisees saw an opportunity to put the nacent movement of Christianity down once and for all. They approached the disciples with an offer. . . They would be accepted into Judaism but there was a requirement. They had to submit to circumcision. Circumcision was one of the 613 Mosaic Laws that Christ abolished. The offer sounded good to some of the disciples but not to others and so the Council of Jerusalem was called. The New Testament does not describe what went on there but immediately afterward. Paul journeyed to Galatia and addressed an audience there. In Galatians 5:2 he said "Mark my words! I Paul tell you that if you circumcise yourself Christ will have no value to you at all." Paul and the disciples clearly understood the motive in the Pharisee's offer. If they had submitted to circumcision and joined the Jews, they would quickly be assimilated into Judaism and the works and history of Christ would eventually be destroyed and all memory would be erased within a few generations. This means that there would be no Christianity today.
Since Jews circumcise infants, it would be a symbolic rejection of Christ by proxy when a Christian family circumcise their son(s). Few people understand the implications when they circumcise their babies.
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Dr. Buffington, it appears that you have an interest in The Bible and what it has to say about circumcision and I'll address that.
Most people know about God's Covenant with Abraham but few Christians know about the writings in The New Testament or if they do, they have little understanding of it and it's implications for Christians.
Christ clearly spoke against circumcision at The Feast of Tabernacles at the threat of his life. When he was crucified, The Pharisees saw an opportunity to put the nacent movement of Christianity down once and for all. They approached the disciples with an offer. . . They would be accepted into Judaism but there was a requirement. They had to submit to circumcision. Circumcision was one of the 613 Mosaic Laws that Christ abolished. The offer sounded good to some of the disciples but not to others and so the Council of Jerusalem was called. The New Testament does not describe what went on there but immediately afterward. Paul journeyed to Galatia and addressed an audience there. In Galatians 5:2 he said "Mark my words! I Paul tell you that if you circumcise yourself Christ will have no value to you at all." Paul and the disciples clearly understood the motive in the Pharisee's offer. If they had submitted to circumcision and joined the Jews, they would quickly be assimilated into Judaism and the works and history of Christ would eventually be destroyed and all memory would be erased within a few generations. This means that there would be no Christianity today.
Since Jews circumcise infants, it would be a symbolic rejection of Christ by proxy when a Christian family circumcise their son(s). Few people understand the implications when they circumcise their babies.
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February 5, 2010 - 11:24amThis Comment
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