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New Names for Abram & Sarai Covenant of Circumcision

Promise & conception of the “Child of Promise”

Covenant with Isaac

Genesis 17

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Genesis 17 Abram renamed Abraham 1& when Abram was ninety years (99) old & nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, & said unto him, I am the Almighty God; (El Shaddai)

2& I will make my covenant between me & thee, & will multiply thee exceedingly. 3& Abram fell on his face: & God talked with him, saying,

walk before me, & be thou perfect (blameless without blemish).

God talks to Abram directly

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Genesis 17 Abram renamed Abraham

4As for me, , my covenant is with thee, & thou shalt be a father of many nations. 5Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

Why does God change Abram’s name now?

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Genesis 17 Abram renamed Abraham

6 & I will make thee exceeding fruitful, & I will make nations of thee, & kings shall come out of thee.

God’s covenant is the foundation for all of history from OT to NT times

Prophecy of who will come from Abraham & God’s promises

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Genesis 17 Abram renamed Abraham 6& I will make thee exceeding fruitful, & I will make nations of thee, & kings shall come out of thee.

7 & I will establish my covenant between me & thee & thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, & to thy seed after thee.

God’s covenant is the foundation for all of history from OT to NT times

ABRAHAM’S SEED will be associated

with THIS GOD ALONE

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Genesis 17 Abram renamed Abraham 8 & I will give unto thee, & to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger,

all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; & I will be their God.

The Land Promised

ABRAHAM’S SEED will be associated

with THIS GOD ALONE

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Covenant of Circumcision (Lev 12:1-8; Joshua 5:1-9; Acts 15:1-4)

9& God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, & thy seed after thee in their generations.

Genesis 17 Blood Covenant ? God requires ?

10This [is] my covenant, which ye shall keep,

Who will it apply to What must be done to comply with it What time period it covers How it is transmitted from generation to generation How it can be broken

God states the covenant then explains the terms–

He’s specific!

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Genesis 17 Blood Covenant of Circumcision

10This [is] my covenant, which ye shall keep,

between me & you & thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

Who will it apply to What must be done to comply with it What time period it covers How it is transmitted from generation to generation How it can be broken

He’s specific! God states the covenant then explains the terms–

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10c Every man child among you shall be circumcised. 11 & ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; & it shall be a token (sign) of the covenant betwixt (between) me & you.

He’s specific!

Every covenant has a sign

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9& God said unto Abraham,Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, & thy seed after thee in their generations.


12 & he that is 8 days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which [is] not of thy seed.

Why 8 days? slide 21ff

Every male in the “household” free or bond, foreigner or Hebrew

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13He that is born in thy house, & he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: & my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

Who is excluded & why 14 & the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised (does not have the sign of the covenant),

that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

Everyone is included IF!

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Worship of This GOD Sign of Circumcision Later keeping Sabbath

Hebrew people are distinctive from all other tribes, peoples & nations

I am the Almighty God; (El Shaddai) Gen 17.1

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Gen 17 Seed of Abram &

Promise of Seed through Sarai God Changes Sarai’s name to match His Promise –God will fulfill what He has said He will do

15& God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah [shall] her name [be].

16& I will bless her, & give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, &

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she shall be [a mother] of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

Promise of Seed through Sarai

God Changes Sarai’s name to match His Promise –God will fulfill what He has said He will do

15& God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah [shall] her name [be].

The Hebrew letter “heh” is the breath of God

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16& I will bless her, & give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, &

she shall be [a mother] of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

Prophecy of coming birth of Isaac Fulfilling God’s promises

Gen 17 17Then Abraham fell upon his face, & laughed, & said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born unto him that is an (100) hundred years old? & shall Sarah, that is (90) ninety years old, bear?

19& God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; & thou shalt call his name Isaac: & I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, [&] with his seed after him.

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Prophecy of coming birth of Isaac Fulfilling God’s promises

Gen 17.17Then Abraham fell upon his face, & laughed, & said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born unto him that is an (100) hundred years old? & shall Sarah, that is (90) ninety years old, bear?

19& God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; & thou shalt call his name Isaac: & I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, [&] with his seed after him.

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18& Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! 20& as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, & will make him fruitful, & will multiply him exceedingly; twelve (12) princes shall he beget, & I will make him a great nation.

Gen 17 Comparison of covenant with Isaac but not Ishmael

God will continue the Covenant with Isaac

21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac,

Blessing but no covenant

Blessing & Covenant

22& He left off talking with him, & God went up from Abraham.

which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. 17

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Gen 17 God teaches a lesson Faith vs Unbelief & Flesh vs Spirit

Ishmael vs. Isaac 2 sons of 2 different principles– FLESH & SPIRIT Ishmael –of the FLESH = UNBELIEF- man’s ways “The son of the bondwoman will not be heir” Isaac –of the PROMISE, in response to faith

accomplished by God– God’s ways

Ultimate Triumph of Faith in the offering of Isaac Gal 4.21-32

Man’s ways vs God’s ways

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23& Abraham took Ishmael his son, & all that were born in his house, & all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; & circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

Genesis 15.13-27

God's Covenant of Circumcision with Abraham

Who must obey!

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24& Abraham was ninety years old (99) & nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25& Ishmael his son was thirteen years old (13), when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

Genesis 17.24-27


26In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, & Ishmael his son. 27& all the men of his house, born in the house, & bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

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Abraham did not pick the 8th day after many centuries of trial-and-error experiments. Abraham nor anyone in his “household” from the ancient city of Ur in the Chaldees were circumcised. It was a day picked by the God the Creator!

12 & he that is 8 days old shall be circumcised among you,

Why 8 days? Physical aspects of circumcision

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Physical aspects of circumcision

God’s Science Moment! On the 8th day, the amount of prothrombin (vit K) present is 110% of normal— it is the only day in the male’s life in which this occurs. If surgery is to be performed on an infant, day 8 is the perfect day to do it. Vitamin K & prothrombin levels are at their peak. Levels of prothrombin drop off quickly after 8 days. S.I. McMillen, M.D. “None of These Diseases”

Why 8 days?

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God’s health prescriptions are based on real medical facts. It’s just that humans are “discovering” them well after God’s instructions were issued.

Genesis 17.24-27


Physical aspects of circumcision Why 8 days?

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Genesis 17.24-27

OT significance not “just” covenant

Deut 30.6 The LORD your God will (circumcise) change your

heart & the hearts of all your descendants, so that you will love Him with all your heart & soul & so you may live! NLT

Spiritual meaning of circumcision

Circumcision is the “cutting away” of the flesh-old man-old nature

cutting off the "old life," in favor of the new which is in Christ (the Seed)

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NT to crucify cut away the flesh (sin man)

Phil 3.3 For we who worship by the Spirit of God are the ones who are truly circumcised. We rely on what Christ Jesus has done for us. We put no confidence in human effort (the flesh) NLT



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Colossians 2:10& ye are complete in Him (Jesus Christ), which (who) is the head of all principality & power: 11In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off** the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: (**wholly putting away from oneself)

Genesis 17 Circumcision is the “cutting away” of the flesh-old man-old nature



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• Unbelief Jer 9.26, Ezek 44.7-9 - An uncircumcised heart was a heart of unbelief

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Circumcision of the Heart


• Paul Rom 2.28-29,4.11 - “circumcision of the heart” evidence of salvation & fellowship with God

• Moses Deut 30.6 - God “circumcised the hearts of His people so they might be devoted to Him

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Jeremiah 4. 3For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah & Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, & sow not among thorns.

4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, & take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah & inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, & burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

O.T. vs.4 God tells the men to circumcise their hearts…

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• Why does God do this ? Start with the physical then go to the spiritual lesson?

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• God begins lessons in the physical realm • Then He shows the true spiritual meaning

God starts with physical lessons to help his “physical” creatures understand the more important “spiritual principle”

God’s lessons lead people to change their hearts, minds, intentions to line up with God

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Circumcision of the Heart Spiritual meaning of circumcision

Rom 2.29… a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. & true circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; rather, it is a change of heart produced by God's Spirit. & a person with a changed heart seeks praise from God, not from people NLT

God starts with physical lessons to help his “physical” creatures understand the more important “spiritual principle”

God’s lessons lead people to change their hearts, minds, intentions to line up with God

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1& the LORD appeared unto him in the plains (oaks) of Mamre: & he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2& he lift up his eyes & looked, &, lo, three (3) men stood by him: & when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, & bowed himself toward the ground,

Genesis 18 Abraham's Celestial Visitors

The oaks at Mamre

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3& said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 4Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, & wash your feet, & rest yourselves under the tree:

Abraham's welcome

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5& I will fetch a morsel of bread, & comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. & they said, So do, as thou hast said.

6& Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, & said, Make ready quickly three (3) measures of fine meal, knead it, & make cakes upon the hearth.

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Abraham's Celestial Visitors

7& Abraham ran unto the herd, & fetched a calf tender & good, & gave it unto a young man; & he hastened to dress it. 8& he took butter, & milk, & the calf which he had dressed, & set it before them;

Genesis 18

& he stood by them under the tree, & they did eat.

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Abraham's Celestial Visitors

Unusual Visitors – Unusual Response

Genesis 18

Abraham is in a hurry vs.2 Hurried to the tent vs.6 Ran to the herd vs.7 The servant hurried vs.7 Abraham bowed low vs.2 He served but didn’t eat vs.6 They sat –Abraham stood vs.8

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The visitors inquire of Sarah by name

9“Where is Sarah, your wife?” the visitors asked. “She’s inside the tent,” Abraham replied. 10Then one of them said, “I will return to you about this time next year, and your wife, Sarah, will have a son!”

Genesis 18

Sarah was listening to this conversation from the tent. 11Abraham & Sarah were both very old by this time, & Sarah was long past the age of having children. 12So she laughed silently to herself & said, “How could a worn-out woman like me enjoy such pleasure, especially when my master—my husband—is also so old?” NLT

They know her name!

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Sarah denies laughing

13Then the LORD (Yahweh) said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh? Why did she say, ‘Can an old woman like me have a baby?’ 14Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return about this time next year, & Sarah will have a son.” 15Sarah was afraid, so she denied it, saying, “I didn’t laugh.” But the LORD said, “No, you did laugh.” NLT

Genesis 18

The LORD prophecies

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16& the men rose up from thence, & looked toward Sodom: & Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. 17& the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; 18Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great & mighty nation, & all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19For I know him, that he will command his children & his household after him, & they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice & judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Genesis 18

The LORD Yahweh is having a conversation! Then a prophecy about Abraham!

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