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Originally Posted by SemperFideles 
Somebody asked me once: "But what did circumcision signify for the Pharisee?" Read Galatians 3 again after I've said this.
Circumcision signified to the Pharisee that those who put their faith in the Gospel will be saved. That Gospel was obscured but some laide hold of it and some didn't. What it didn't ever signify (which is what Paul is laboring in Galatians 3) is that those who obey the Law will be saved and those that don't will be cursed. This understanding of the Law is condemned as missing the entire point of the sign.
Thus, I maintain, that God ordained the sign of circumcision. The significance was, fundamentally, something extra nos and, therefore, the significance was the same for everyone who received it.
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I think you need to read Galatians 3, 4 and 5 together to get a more complete picture. Ishmael is called sinai. Was he not a part of the Covenant of Circumcision?
I am tired and it is late here now. Be Encouraged Brother.....