Gen 17:13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought
with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in
your flesh for an everlasting covenant. ASV; KJV
Gen 17:13 The child of your house and the purchase of your money
circumcising must be circumcised. And My covenant shall be in your
flesh for a perpetual covenant. LITV
Gen 17:13 He that is born in your house, and he that is bought
with your silver, must be circumcised. And My covenant shall be in your
flesh for an everlasting covenant.
MKJV
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COMMENTARY
Oh.... his Flesh! The covenant of circumcision was in Abe’s
Flesh! And everybody knows that the flesh profits....
—-Nothing—-!
Now... the verse plainly says that the covenant [of circumcision] "shall
be in
your flesh for an ~everlasting~ covenant." The Hebrew word "olam"
means
everlasting. So where is Abraham's flesh now? And where is the covenant
of -Circumcision-, not "baptism", now? Even Covenant Theologians must
concede that "olam" cannot be taken in a strict literal sense here. So
also, when it says..."And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after
thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for
an everlasting possession;" Gen 17:8 it does not mean everlasting in a
strict literal sense. How do we know that? Easy. The land promise was
applied to the Nation of Israel as a Theocracy, which Theocracy has
ended with the 1st Advent of Messiah. That Theocracy was a -Type- of
the Church and once types have fulfilled their purpose they are never
repeated. That's why Premillennialism & Dispensationalism are rank
heresies folks! Both false doctrines want to -repeat- from the Old
Testament that which has been fulfilled in the New and done away in
Christ. Moreover the land aspect of the promise was indeed
fulfilled
literally for that is the central theme of the book of Joshua. So again
much care must be taken when seeking to arrive at the proper
understanding of the Old Testament.
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