Customs - Brith Milah A HEBREW SAGE MIGHT SAY. . . If you have, hold on to it; if you know, be silent; if you can, do! CUSTOMS — BRITH MILAH GOD further said to Abraham — As for you, you and your offspring to come throughout the ages shall keep MY covenant. Such shall be the covenant between ME and you and your offspring to follow which you shall keep: every male among you shall be circumcised. You shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and that shall be the sign of the covenant between ME and you. And throughout the generations, every male among you shall be circumcised at the age of eight days. As for the home born slave and the one bought from an outsider who is not of your offspring, they must be circumcised, home born and purchased alike. Thus shall MY covenant be marked in your flesh for an everlasting pact. And if any male who is uncircumcised fails to circumcise the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his kin; he has broken MY covenant. [Genesis (Bereshith) 17. 9 - 14 Tanakh, Kethuvim] Brith (bris or berith — means to bind, bond, obligation, cutting) Milah (Covenant of Circumcision) is the Abrahamic Covenant, which is the basis of Judaism and CHRISTianity, is the most marvelous document in existence. Every Jewish boy today, when eight days old, is circumcised according to the commandment. This practice, which is 4,000 years old, is still held in high esteem by all Jews. Brith Milah is a great celebration which takes place in the home where relatives, friends, and neighbors have gathered. When the child is carried in for circumcision, he is greeted with the familiar Hebrew phrase: Bruch haBah (Blessed is he that comes). Attending the ceremony, according to custom, there is always the invisible guest, Elijah. The infant is placed upon Elijahs Chair just before the operation. This, the Jews believe, insures the childs health and promotes quick healing. At every circumcision, Elijah is supposed to be seated at the right hand of the sandek (one who holds the infant during the operation) — and the words Zehu Kisei Eliyahu (this is the Chair of Elijah) must be said in a loud voice. The one who performs the operation of circumcision, called by the Hebrew term Mohel is so expert in this operation that no surgeon can compete with him in his performance or in the safeguarding of the life and health of the baby. Part of the ceremony is naming the boy, which is done immediately after the circumcision. The Ashkenazic Jews usually name the child after some near relative who has passed away; whereas the Sephardic custom is to name the child in honour of a living relative. This is an old custom and is intended to keep family memories alive. When the boy is named after the circumcision, he enters into the Covenant (Brith) and becomes an inheritor of everything connected with it. When the CHILD born and the SON given of Isaiahs prophecy [Isaiah/Yeshayah 9. 6] was eight days old, Miryam (Mary) observed this ceremony for HIM: And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the CHILD, HIS NAME was called YESHUA (JESUS), the name given by the angel before HE was conceived in the womb. [Luke 2. 21] YESHUA, being a Jew according to the flesh — was subjected to every law and commandment of GOD given to Israel in order to finish or fulfill the OLD COVENANT and establish the NEW. For circumcision of the flesh is a type and shadow of a greater experience of the heart. The operation of circumcision signifies the cutting off the old creation — the eighth day is the morrow after the Sabbath — the day of Resurrection, the day of the new creation! OMNISCIENT HOLY GOD does not establish the fact of a persons Jewishness from the outward manifestation, but HE recognizes the TRUE JEW from the condition of the INNER MAN! HE commanded the Israelites: Circumcise, therefore, the foreskin about your HEARTS, and stiffen your necks no more. [Deuteronomy (Devarim) 10. 16 Tanakh, Torah] When Nicodemus, a religious leader of the Jews, a Pharisee, came to MESSIAH YESHUA by night to inquire concerning the way to heaven, YESHUA answered, You must be born again. [John 3. 7] The OLD COVENANT was sealed with circumcision of the FLESH; the NEW COVENANT is sealed with the new birth or circumcision of the HEART. Here, circumcision was inferred to be the mark of death upon the Adam life. With the natural man there is no power to love ALMIGHTY CREATOR GOD with all the heart, soul, and strength; but the LORD promised a spiritual birth which would make this possible: Then the LORD your GOD will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, to love the LORD your GOD with all your heart and soul, in order that you may live. [Deuteronomy (Devarim) 30. 6 Tanakh, Torah] The new birth takes place when with the heart man believe unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation [Romans 10. 10] — when an individual makes a turn-about-face to GOD MOST HIGH, to forsake his sins and accept the righteousness of GOD in YESHUA haMASHIACH. The heart is circumcised, the old law is cut away, and a new law takes its place. The ordinances rituals, ceremonies, sacrifices under the OLD COVENANT are fulfilled, finished, done away in the HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, the DELIVERER WHO has come out of Zion — JESUS OF NAZARETH, the SON OF THE LIVING GOD! And you are complete in HIM, WHO is the HEAD of all principality and power. In HIM you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of MESSIAH (CHRIST JESUS). [Colossians 1. 10 - 11] Oh, my Jewish people, do you pride yourself that you are a Jew and that you have obeyed the commandment of HOLY LORD GOD under the OLD COVENANT? Listen to the words of Jeremiah, your own Jewish prophet, who wrote by the inspiration of the SPIRIT OF GOD: Lo, days are coming — declares the LORD — when I will punish all WHO ARE CIRCUMCISED with the UNCIRCUMCISED — Egypt, Judah, Edom, the people of Ammon, Moab, and all who are in the farthest corners, who dwell in the wilderness. For all these nations are UNCIRCUMCISED, and all the House of Israel are UNCIRCUMCISED OF HEART (their minds are blocked to GOD’S commandments). [Jeremiah (Yirmeyah) 9. 25 – 26 Tanakh, Nevi’im] GOD OMNIPOTENT does not recognize circumcision of the flesh above the new birth. Jew and Gentile alike are commanded to obey you must be born again. Jews and Gentiles need an operation to cut away the foreskin of their heart in order to enter into the KINGDOM OF GOD. It does not matter if one is born a natural Jew; he does not merit heaven by that fact; he is not even known as a TRUE Jew by GOD HIMSELF until his heart is changed, until he repents of his sins and accepts as his MESSIAH REDEEMER, the LORD JESUS CHRIST! For in CHRIST JESUS neither circumcision nor un-circumcision avails anything, but a new creation. [Galatians 6. 15] For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from GOD. [Romans 2. 28 - 29] Sha’alu (Pray) for the Shalom (Peace) of Jerusalem and all of Israel! Welcome Sabbath — Queen of the week! Joyously welcoming Sabbath Presence. “LORD we delight in YOUR Shabbat.” May the LORD GOD enlighten us with HIS wisdom and sustain us with HIS power. For the TORAH, for the privilege of worship, for the prophets, and for this Sabbath Day, given us for sanctification and rest, for honor and for glory, let us thank and bless the LORD our GOD. Praying for the peace of Jerusalem, is praying for the return of our Messiah and Lord and for the Kingdom of God He is bringing when He comes. Then Gods Will shall be done on earth as it is in Heaven and the world will experience true godly universal peace which is the fruit of Righteousness. Email: [email protected] Web Page: delrifkah Thoughts Archived: groups.yahoo/group/delrifkah/ End-time Events: delrifkah/Facepage.html Please visit our web page for teachings on Bible texts and subjects. Also notice the section showing the disparity between the Holy Bible and the Muslim Koran (Quran). The newest section is our thought by thought study through the Bible. Having completed the Torah (books of Moses), and the New Testament, we are now going through the book of; [Micah].
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