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The 'Everlasting' Sign
Commentators explain that while the covenant itself is eternal, the physical sign of circumcision was not meant to last forever. Its 'everlasting' nature is fulfilled and confirmed in Christ. John Calvin argues that since Christ is the fulfillment of the law, the sign was terminated by His coming. Paul teaches in Colossians 2:11 that baptism replaces circumcision, making the original sign obsolete after Christ's arrival. The truth of the covenant endures, but the sign has changed.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 17:1–27
18th Century
Theologian
שׁדי shaday — Shaddai, “Irresistible, able to destroy, and by inference to create, Almighty.” שׁדד shādad
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 17:13
19th Century
Bishop
He that is born in your house ... — Two things follow from this wide extension of the rite of circumcision. The first is that all …
John Calvin
On Genesis 17:13
16th Century
Theologian
For an everlasting covenant. The meaning of this expression may be twofold: either that God promises that His grace, of which circumcision…
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John Gill
On Genesis 17:13
17th Century
Pastor
He that is born in your house, and he that is bought with
your money, must needs be circumcised
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 17:7–14
17th Century
Minister
The covenant of grace is from everlasting in its eternal plan, and to everlasting in its consequences. The token of the covenant was circumcision. …