Circumcision is equated with the healing of a man's body. This is a blessing and a gift. It is deliverance as is fitting for the Sabbath. It i the fulfillment of the year of Jubilee (Luke 4:18).
Ultimately, The Return of the Kosher Pig presents a stunning and beautiful set of arguments for the Divine Nature of Israel’s Messiah. God did not leave His people in the dark but promised the greatest of His blessings in the Scriptures of the Jews and in the minds of their greatest teachers. In writing, Rabbi Shapira has made these truths even more evident.
Can we all agree there are more important things?
Sarai’s jealousy of Hagar, a gentile, and is a fascinating foreshadow of the Jewish response to the teaching ministry of Paul (Acts 13:45-50; 28:24-28; etc.).
Pink Shoes
I am a Calvinist. I have a card and everything to prove it. But the misappropriation of texts like John 12:32 has to stop if we are going to be faithful to Biblical and valid historical interpretation.
Book Review: The Sign of the Gospel
By describing so succinctly the arguments of Barth against the soteriological and covenantal view, McMaken has ably navigated Barth’s hermeneutics and theology so that they may be a starting point for future investigations of baptism.
So long answer short, I believe the reasons is to demonstrate the destructive behavior associated with the practice but also to show that God is capable of working through it.
A Parable of Protestantism
It was the marriage supper of the Lamb.
As was fitting a Jewish meal the table was set and the seating arrangements had been prepared in advance.
In a similar fashion, this is Abram trying to fulfill God’s promises through law. Despite God’s promise, Abram and Sarah decided to fulfill it in their own strength and way against the counsel of God. This is a recapitulation of the fall of Adam and Eve. It also predicates Israel’s rejection of the gospel to seek righteousness through the law (Rom 9:30-33).
Ecumenical Prayer
Ecumenical endeavors are generally scoffed at and rightly so. But tonight I'll successfully pray an ecumenical prayer. And it will be a successful ecumenical endeavor.
Even if only within me.