SIGNS OF THE COVENANT OF GOD
Every time God established a
covenant, He gives a sign for it. For Abraham it was the sign of circumcision
which was to be in their bodies. With the children of Israel it was also the
sign of circumcision in their bodies, though they also had to keep the Sabbath
Day.
When God made a covenant with
Noah, He left a sign in the sky, and it is still there it is the sign of the
rainbow [Genesis9:12-16]
Now, for us in the New Testament,
it is also the sign of circumcision but different from that at the children of
Israel, because ours is the circumcision of the heart – in the spirit – which
is carried out by God Himself and not men. We have a new heart because the
strong heart of flesh was removed when we came to Christ.
Romans 2:28-29
Colossians 2:11-12
Philippians 3:3