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Preparing for Shavuot--Circumcision


CIRCUMCISION:  From Gentiles To Yahudim


 


What is a Gentile?


A Gentile is one who is uncircumcised; one without the Torah and without Messiah Yahushuah; one who is not set-apart unto Elohim, living the ways of the world with a desire for the life of this world. A Gentile is excluded from the citizenship of Israel.


Gentiles are under the influences of the sons of darkness until they are born again and overcome in the Name and the blood of Yahushuah.


 


Circumcision & Repentance


“Circumcise yourselves unto יהוה and take away the foreskins of your hearts, you men of Yehudah and inhabitants of Yerushalayim, lest My wrath come forth like fire and burn, with none to quench it, because of the evil of your deeds” (Yirm. 4:4).


 


We must be circumcised. We are circumcised inwardly—not of the flesh but of the heart. Yahushuah is the Physician performing the circumcision, but we must submit to be circumcised. We must allow Him to remove the foreskins of our hearts. We must cut away our flesh that causes us to sin and yield to lust. Anything that hinders us from following Yahushuah wholeheartedly must leave! The foreskins of our hearts must be removed!


True repentance is removing sin, iniquity, and transgression from our life.  We must deeply search ourselves and locate all areas of our life that go against the laws of Elohim. All traces of the spirit of darkness in our life must leave. Renounce all false religious spirits, false names of idols, false traditions and teachings of man, and the false way of life that is connected to the false idol worship. We must repent of all false worship! We must turn from doing the things of this world that keep the spirit of darkness in our life.  We must completely turn away from all things of this world that are sinful, wicked, and unrighteous.  We must turn from them and never return to them. Give the spirit of darkness no room in your life!


This is complete repentance. If it hurts—good! Circumcision is painful! When we obey His Word and completely remove iniquity out of our life, then forgiveness comes from the Most High El.  This is preparation for healing.


 


Accept the True Name of the Father יהוה [YAHUAH] and the Son יהושׁה [YAHUSHUAH].  We must believe only in the One true Elohim! For YAHUAH has said that we shall have NO other idols (gods of this world) against His face.  Learn the Commands and obey them. Do what is right and good in His eyes. Love YAHUAH and walk humbly with our Elohim. Do not put father, mother, wife, husband, jobs, money, or anything before Him, for we must forsake all to follow Yahushuah in order to be His chosen ones.  (Deb. 30:6; Yirm. 4:4)


 


Returning to YAHUAH means to return to His ways, to remove all abominations from His presence, and to cease straying. We remove the weed from the wheat, circumcising our hearts from fleshly lusts.


 


When circumcision is completed, we are no longer Gentiles under the Spirit of darkness, but we have passed from darkness to the Light of Messiah Yahushuah. We become YAHUDIM—Worshippers of YAH.  (Ephesians 2)


 


Those who are circumcised become the people of Elohim (Hosea 2:23).  We become one people, set-apart to YAHUAH. We become YAHUDIM—worshippers of YAH:



  • Drawn near to Elohim through the blood of Messiah Yahushuah

  • Entered into the Citizenship of Israel, the Heavenly Yerushalayim

  • Entered into the Covenants of Promise

  • Expectation and favor in Elohim

  • Everlasting peace in Yahushuah

  • External Blessings

  • Abundance of Peace

  • Perpetual joy through everlasting kindness

  • A crown of glory (esteem) with a robe of honor

  • Resplendent (brilliantly bright), shining splendor forever and ever