This is the chapter where most Christians say following Saturday Sabbath and doing the Torah were done away with without ever having studied in depth the Torah.  Today we are going to dive into this and see point blank where understanding the Torah comes into play.   I will be using the Cepher and TS2009 translations for this study and it will include scriptures from other books so be prepared.
Starting in verse 1 it talks of the men of Judah teaching you must be circumcised first to be saved; I’m going to go out on a limb here and say this is true and false at the same time.  Please follow my logic here there are two types of circumcision in the Torah one is of the flesh the other of the heart; see Deuteronomy 10:16 where the ISRAELITES were instructed to circumcise the foreskin of THEIR hearts and to quit being stubborn and also Deuteronomy 30:6 where Yah(God) promises to circumcise our hearts himself which is a prophecy of the New Covenant.  This is the circumcision that must take place first.  Lets use human logic here if I walk in and say hey if you want to be saved I have to lop off some flesh from your male parts to do it you would tell me to go to hell; the first circumcision that is supposed to take place is the circumcision of the heart or in better terms the submission of your mind and soul to the will of the almighty.  Basically you’re allowing the want to heart not the I’m not gonna heart.

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