Genesis 17:12-14 (Amplified Bible)
12He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised, every male throughout your generations, whether born in [your] house or bought with [your] money from any foreigner not of your offspring. 13He that is born in your house and he that is bought with your money must be circumcised; and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14And the male who is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.
In the Old Testament, all male child had to be circumcised that were of God's people. Scripture says that it was for an everlasting covenant. But in the New Testament, it did not matter whether the babies were circumcised or not, it was about walking and keeping the commandments. In the New Testament, the circumcision was of the heart.
1 Corinthians 7:19 (Amplified Bible)
19For circumcision is nothing and counts for nothing, neither does uncircumcision, but [what counts is] keeping the commandments of God.
For the New Testament saints, it is about the circumcision of the heart. The physical circumcision of the male child was a foreshadow or representation of what God really desired, a circumcision of the heart.
Deuteronomy 30:6 (Amplified Bible)
6And the Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your [mind and] heart and with all your being, that you may live.
Romans 2:29 (Amplified Bible)
29But he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and [true] circumcision is of the heart, a spiritual and not a literal [matter]. His praise is not from men but from God.
There is purpose and reason why circumcision was on the eighth day, that in itself is a foreshadow. But I want to address my topic. If a mother or father ever experienced watching their baby circumcised, it pains and hurts them to watch the boy screaming in pain. But it is that process of pain that we must enter and pass into the everlasting covenant. The pain of the baby is a foreshadow of the pain one must enter and pass into real life. Blood is spilled and there is pain. There is no life without death. The pain you must go through is the death of your flesh. It is knowing Truth and once Truth sets you free. But out of pain will come tears of JOY.
If we are the Bride then there will be pain to become one with the Bridegroom. When a man and woman consummates to bind their convenant marriage, there is blood spilled and pain. At least this is how it is suppose to be during consummation but today as so many are worldly, the term "virgin" is almost extinct as many have given themselves over to sin instead. Yes, many of us are all guilty of losing our virginity before God's time and I hope those who have sinned in such a way will have repented.
When we first come to the Lord we are in a sense betrothed. We must stay spiritual virgins as He has washed us with His Blood when we first come with repentance. But sadly, many go and continue to have a love affair with the world breaking God's commandments and continuing to sin. Even if one is betrothed and if one does not get to the honey moon night, God will say to you, "Depart! I never knew you!" This word "knew" is the same word and in the context of Adam "knew" Eve. Do you know the Lord and does He know you?
Matthew 7:23 And then I will say to them openly (publicly), I never knew you; depart from Me, you who act wickedly [disregarding My commands].
Genesis 4:1 AND ADAM knew Eve as his wife, and she became pregnant and bore Cain; and she said, I have gotten and gained a man with the help of the Lord.
Genesis 4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
So many people think they can just confess Jesus as Lord and half heartedly believe and then go back to their normal lives and assume that is the prequiste for entering the Kingdom of God. So many are decevied. So many have been led astray. They have no power. They have no peace. They are heading towards darkness. When will some of you wake up!!! When will you turn to the LIGHT, FIGHT, and be willing to pay the price of PAIN to enter into everlasting covenant?? When will you realize you must finish the seaon and let God stripe away of the Bablyonian system from your flesh? Do you not realize, you are being broken? Do you not realize it is painful because death is painful? Be alert!! The devil is in your face to take you back to your comfort zone!
Do you not know the process of growth to bear fruit? A seed must be planted, it must be watered, given light, the insects (demons) must be driven away, and the tree must grow. The tree may face storms, it may face intense heat, it must go through many harsh elements. And if it has survived, then from its pain it will bore FRUIT! So many things can happen before fruit can be bore! Store up your prayers, store up your readings, store up your worship!!! Do you not know what scriptures says will happen to the tree that does not bear fruit? It will be thrown into the fire, the fires of HELL!!
Luke 3:8-9 (Amplified Bible)
8Bear fruits that are deserving and consistent with [your] repentance [that is, [a]conduct worthy of a heart changed, a heart abhorring sin]. And do not begin to say to yourselves, We have Abraham as our father; for I tell you that God is able from these stones to raise up descendants for Abraham. 9Even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees, so that every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
Even in birth, as the earth travails, pain pain pain before life! Today, many women in birth do not experience the full pain because of medication but pain and birth pains are required before LIFE. And the earth travails in birth pain and from the earth will come the SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE MOST HIGH TO WALK IN THEIR CALLING TO DO GREATER WORKS!!! OUR GOD IS GLORIFIED WHEN HIS CHILDREN MANIFEST HIS POWER. OUR GOD IS GLORIFIED WHEN WE EXPRESS HIS EVERLASTING LOVE TO THE WORLD. OUR GOD WILL BE GLORIFIED WHEN WE WILL SHINE IN THE DARK HOUR!!
THE WAR IS HERE AND COMING!!! PREPARE BRIDE OF CHRIST! PREPARE AND PREARE!! FULLY SURRENDER, FULLY FOLLOW! WELCOME YOUR PAIN, WELCOME YOUR TRIBULATIONS AND TRIALS. FROM IT A BEAUTIFUL BRIDE WILL BE FORMED. IN THE OLD DAYS TO MAKE A BEAUTIFUL SWORD, METAL HAD TO BE MELTED AND THEN BEATEN INTO SHAPE. STOP RUNNING, THANK HIM AND LET HIM FINISH THE WORK IN YOU.
James 1:2-4(AMP) 2 Consider it wholly joyful, my brethren, whenever you are enveloped in or encounter trials of any sort or fall into various temptations. 3Be assured and understand that the trial and proving of your faith bring out endurance and steadfastness and patience. 4But let endurance and steadfastness and patience have full play and do a thorough work, so that you may be [people] perfectly and fully developed [with no defects], lacking in nothing.
Acts 14:22 (Amplified Bible)
22Establishing and strengthening the souls and the hearts of the disciples, urging and warning and encouraging them to stand firm in the faith, and [telling them] that it is through many hardships and tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
ALL THE GLORY TO HIM
FIRE OF GOD
STEVE YONG KIM
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