Tag: reflection

A Reflection

Posted on by jovial_cynic
We’re told we are made in the image of God and that God calls us to walk before him, to be like him.

Look closely at Genesis 17:1.

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.
Genesis 17:1 (NIV)

This is the written name of God: יהוה
This is God’s words to Abram: “and be…:” וֶהְיֵה

It is a reflection: Yod Heh Vav Heh -> Vav Heh Yod Heh

Spiritual Circumcision

Posted on by jovial_cynic
If God calls His people to be like Him, to do what He is doing, and to live out His purpose so the world can see Him through us, it stands to reason that the command for circumcision in Genesis 17 reflects some sort of spiritual truth and description of God.

It’s strange and probably incorrect to say that “God is circumcised,” but there must be something about the act or the state of being circumcised (and thus the spiritual application of being “circumcised of heart”) that is tied to the identity and nature of God.