Should Christian’s circumcise? By Rabbi Simon Altaf
Created 15th Feb 2010
Modified 11th Feb 2011
Terms:
Yahushua – The true name for Jesus which many in the Western world need to understand.
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If we say circumcision is for all males then the next question is what about Galatians and what Rabbi Paulos wrote there in?
Galut’yah 5:6 For in vSwhy The Messiah neither brit-milah (circumcision) avails anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which works by love.
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Galut’yah 6:15 Neither brit-milah (circumcision) is anything, nor uncircumcision, but the only thing that matters is a new creation.
A lot of Christian Pastors read in something that does not exist namely now we can stop circumcising. Now for them Rabbi Paulos even outweighs the greatest leader and teacher of the Torah Moses called out by YHWH. Does Rabbi Paulos say in his letters you shall not circumcise? No. He compares something completely different because no covenant can be annulled while the circumcision is a covenant sign. I have to also let you know that Rabbi Paulos’ letters are not halakhik.
Let’s look again.
Galut’yah 5:6 (AFNHSS) For in vSwhy The Messiah neither brit-milah (circumcision) avails anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which works by love.
Rabbi Paulos does a kal v’ chomer, which is light and heavy using the seven rules of Hillel.
Rabbi Paulos is not negating circumcision or saying that uncircumcised men are better than circumcised men but simply reducing everything down to the common denominator, of ‘love’. Those who circumcise but do not know how to love YHWH and their fellow man have fallen from grace and those that ‘love,’ meaning keeping the commandments of YHWH. The Torah drives us to love YHWH and His creation. He echoes the same words in First Corinthians 7:19. Note Yahushua also said this in John 14:15.
The Hebrew word for love is אהב which kabbalistically reveals something quite deep to us. It consists of the three Hebrew letters of Alef, Heh and Bet. I explain these in my book Hebrew wisdom, Kabbalah in the Brit ha Chadasha. Alef is the source of all the universe and is related to our Father in heaven from whom we also get the Ruach Ha Kadosh and the Son Yahushua. They are in these three letters. The Heh is significant and reveals the Ruach Ha Kadosh while the Bet reveals the very first bet used in the Torah in Genesis 1:1 for the word Beresheeth. This signifies the House of our Father in heaven on which He set His Son Yahushua as King (Ps 2:6) to rule and reign. The word Ahav equals the numeric eight in Gematria which also reveals new beginnings and connects us to the feast of Tabernacles when the Son Yahushua was born and reveals the Shemini Atzeret the 8th day which will start at the completion of the Millennium reign.
Note also that before even Elohim gave circumcision the Egyptians were circumcising both male and female in their priesthood. It was unthinkable for an Egyptian priest to marry a priestess who was not circumcised. The black Egyptians narrowed it down to those no circumcising being unclean and filthy and not fit for marriage. Hence why we see Yosef’s marriage with a priestess who would have been circumcised and so was he when he married the daughter of Potipherah the Priestess of On Gen 41:45. Wee see Elohim take it a level further by making it into a Covenant to be part of His priesthood.
Galut’yah 5:15 (AFNHSS) Neither brit-milah (circumcision) is anything, nor uncircumcision, but the only thing that matters is a new creation.
It is true that those who merely circumcise only to follow a ritual after some man’s law system are not followers of YHWH’s true Torah and those who do not circumcise also follow after a law designed by men such as in Christendom are both deniers of the true Torah of Moses and neither is better than the other. The laws established by the school of Hillel are binding on all believers as Yahushua agreed and followed all of them. So those that tell you that the Talmud is satanic or Mishnah is no good are people without knowledge and understanding and should really be avoided. I would not waste my time even debating such characters unless I want to debate them on TV publicly.
Gen 17:14 And the uncircumcised male child, who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.
Elohim has the ability to cut off people who refused to obey Him and if you keep refusing after your salvation you will be counted as a rebel and not allowed in the kingdom.
Yesterday despite the negative comments of some of my friends around me I circumcised my own son on the 8th day with my own hands reciting the blessings and named him Yosef Chen Halewi Altaf. Three hours later my son was weeing fine and a very happy child. My wife was surprised that he did not tear the roof down crying all day as he only cried at the moment of circumcision and then he went quiet and was smiling like nothing happened. Praise YHWH what I teach I do and if I did not do it myself I would not teach it but the Torah of YHWH is not incumbent on what people think or do.
I am a citizen in the kingdom of YHWH and I am a Lewite who is to live my life serving Him in the exile in accordance with his Torah. The day I refuse to obey I have to seriously consider death as the end of my life. So all out there who want to follow the wicked path of unbelievers please spare me your reasoning and keep your do not circumcise benefits to yourself.
Act 15:1-2 And certain men which came down from Yahudah taught the brothers, and said, Except you be circumcised according to the custom of Musa (Moses), you cannot be saved. 2 When therefore Paul and Bar’nabah had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Bar’nabah, and certain other of them, should go up to Yerushalim to the apostles and elders about this question.
The Custom of Moses,’ was a shorthand idiom for doing the circumcision according to the oral Torah to make you a full Ger-Tzadik (see footnote Acts 10:22 in the AF Bible) before you could call yourself a full proselyte in Judaism and this particular group of the Pharisees obviously adhered to the full and immediate Ger-Tzadik formula, they did not believe in going the minimum, which was called Ger-Toshav, which would mean keeping the seven Noachide laws established by the Rabbis for converts. These would not be doing circumcision and immersion until a year later after having understood the seven annual feasts. It is probable that these people were saved no doubt but were not at the point of circumcision and Baptism according to the Ger-Tzadik formula hence the reason why this dissension arose. They would have wanted to see a process of Ger-Toshav by passed to full Ger-Tzadik before the believing Pharisees would agree that these are the community of Israel. See footnote Acts 10:22.
Those people who will be alive and try to enter the Temple but have not been circumcised at the return of Messiah will not be allowed to enter the Temple and refused entry until they go and get circumcised and then they will have several restrictions too lengthy to explain here.
Ezekiel 44:9 (AFNHSS)Thus says Master Hwhy; No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigner that is among the children of Yah’sar’el (Israel).
Brit milah, physical circumcision is not an option but mandatory as it is one of the SEALS OF THE FAITH and the covenant given to father Abraham which was Everlasting, which means FOREVER. Those people who are not circumcised including Christians will not be allowed in the Temple and there will be no magical circumcisions for them. Also those that teach you not to do it are simply messy Messianics devoid of Torah and customs of our fathers.
Circumcision is an eternal covenant and must be done for males on the 8th day of their birth.
Gen 17:10 This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you; every male child among you shall be circumcised.
If you claim to be part of the Abrahamic Covenant but do not adhere to the requirements of the covenant, which is circumcision then you have nothing whatsoever to do with Abraham, it does not matter how many times you misquote Rabbi Paulos it’s both irrelevant and as I said his letters are not halakhik which are largely misunderstood anyhow.
Gen 17:13 He who is born in your Beyth (house), and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised; and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant:
If you claim to be purchased and redeemed by the blood of the Messiah then you are brought for a price but if you refuse to circumcise still then you are a gentile and a heathen and nothing to do with Abraham and his household. This is indeed clear in the covenant.
Note, the covenant is part of his household and anyone refusing to do this is not part of his household, its very simple.
The spirituality behind circumcision. To remove the femaleness behind a man. When a person does not circumcise it is understood that he carries the traits of both male and female at birth and thus it is circumcision that allows the side of maleness to dominate the person. Without doing this the male is confused, have you noticed how many homosexuals we have in our society who are uncircumcised?
The primary reason is that when we circumcise we shed the blood which is an absolute requirement for any Covenant. Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins Heb 9:22.
If we refuse to shed blood of our little skin which is useless anyway if left on and can cause various diseases later because dirt and dust entraps there then it only goes to show that we are not willing to meet Elohim on the part of the covenant that He requires us to do so hence therefore there is only one conclusion that those who do not do it have no part of the Abrahamic Covenant because it is not a verbal but a physical.
Some questions;
Question) What if I just came to faith and am uncircumcised, when shall I do it?
Answer) You can wait up to one year and learn the faith but then must do it. Find a Jewish doctor or write to me if you are in England I can advise on which doctor to go to. There are registered mohel’s (recognised circumcisers) in the USA too.
Question) I am a believer but I did not know that I should circumcise myself or my son but I want to do it since I just realised I was taught wrong so now so what do I do?
Answer) Find a Jewish doctor and get your son circumcised as soon as possible, there are directory listings both in the US and UK for these folks. You can usually Google this.
Question) Can I celebrate the feast of Passover without being circumcised.
Answer) You can join in the feast to learn its principles but you cannot partake of the meal until you are physically circumcised (Exodus 12:44). It’s a sin for you to take part in the meal until you are properly circumcised.
YHWH bless you
Shalom Shalom
Rabbi Simon Altaf
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