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Old 08-22-2007, 08:54 PM
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Given what Paul says in Galatians, was it wrong (or incorrect) of God to require the circumcision of all the male descendants of Abraham?
No. From a baptistic perspective, this is where we define the line between OC and NC. We teach that the NC, as hebrews puts it, is a "better covenant" and a "better ministry"; "not like the covenant which [God] made with their fathers".
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"by His scourging we are healed" Isaiah 53:5
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