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Originally Posted by PuritanCovenanter  I do believe their circumcision did permit them to remain with Abraham which was a blessing in and of itself. It was civil. |
The argument of Marshall shows that Gentile proselytes had no interest in the temporal privileges which belonged to Israel as a nation. Why were they circumcised? They were taking God to be their God. Why were their infants circumcised? Not for temporal advantage, but in order to show their covenant interest in God. Tombes' antipaedobaptist thesis is sufficiently answered.