People of God, the Christian world today celebrates the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus and of his circumcision on the eighth day. We will focus our attention on this one verse and draw out the implications of this passage to redemptive history and to our lives.
As we progress in this season of comfort and joy, this little babe is brought by Mary and Joseph to Jerusalem to begin his cosmic conspiracy against Satan’s fold. He is circumcised on the eighth day. He is ritually and covenantally brought intoIsrael. Circumcision was not only a sign that you are brought into a new community, but also that you have been given a new status; you are to be identified with a new people.
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