Notice God's warning that the one who was not circumcised was guilty of breaking covenant with God. One can apply the same standard concerning circumcision to the NT parallel of water baptism. Those who have not been water baptized would be seen as severing their covenant with God.
"And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant." Gen 17:1
Guilty of breaking shadows that point ahead to real substance.?
Searching what, or what manner of time the
Spirit of Christ which was in them did
signify, when it
testified beforehand the
sufferings of Christ, and the
glory that should follow.
Circumcision like water baptism are used in ceremonial laws to preach the suffering of Christ, our bloody husband beforehand (the gospel). They are shadows used in parables of the good thing that did come.
Let
no man therefore
judge you in meat, or in drink, or
in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Which are a
shadow of
things to come; but the body is of Christ. Colossians 2:16-17
Circumcision a sign that speaks of a shadow of things to come.it represents our bloody husband the promised first born, a metaphor reserved for the lord. As a shadow it has no real effect as if it was a moral law. It would not move a person closer or add a distance either way. God is not served by the things seen the corrupted flesh .They are signs not substance, designed for us to hear him not for him . He is the fulfillment.
The foundation of the ceremonial law is found in Exodus 4. It would seem Moses did not honor the sign of the first born as our bloody husband to represent Christ. God had mercy on Moses and sent his wife a gentile She in an act of submission cast the metaphor at the feet of the firstborn. A picture of the gospel in respect to the suffering of Christ beforehand. .Feet are used to represent the gospel.
And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the
Lord met him, and sought to
kill him. Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and
cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a
bloody husband art thou to me. So he let him go: then she said, A
bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision. Exodus 4:23-26
circumcision =
bloody husband cut first born cut off from the father.
The same with water baptism. Another old testament ceremonial law as a shadow that pointed ahead to the real unseen substance.
It is what the discussion was about in John3:25 . John the last Old testament priest under the order of Levi. John a Levite baptizing Jesus from the tribe of Judah introducing the new order. before Christ began his ministry being sent into the wilderness to signify our scapegoat. Introducing a Kingdom of priest, men and woman as Ambassadors for Christ sent out from all nations, preaching there new tongue the gospel of Christ. Water baptism today is the same things .It show a person has a desire to go out into the world and make disciples for Christ .Planting and watering the seed in a Hope Christ will bring fruit . The fields are white.
Psalm 110:3-5 King James Version (KJV)Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest
for ever after the order of
Melchizedek.The Lord at thy right hand shall
strike through kings in the
day of his wrath.
Hebrews 5:6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest
for ever after the order of
Melchisedec.
Hebrews 5:10 Called of God an high priest after the order of
Melchisedec.
Hebrews 6:20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of
Melchisedec.
No sign gifts. One bloody husband was enough to appease the Father.