JOSHUA: GOD IS SALVATION (part 5)
"At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel.” (Joshua 5:2, 3). Male circumcision may seem like a primitive - even barbarous - act. To cut away the flesh of a child and discard it when he is eight days old is a violent exercise that results in pain and shedding of blood. When Moses' wife Zipporah witnessed it, she said to her husband, "A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision." (Exodus 4:26). Despite this, God chose circumcision as a sign of the covenant that God made with Abraham, and later, with the children of Israel. " This is My covenant, which ye shall keep, between Me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt Me and you. And he that