The 8th day; 2008

The 8th Day, 2008

The 8th day is important to firstborn, circumcision and many other things (do a search on “eighth day”). This helps us to understand how important the year 2008 may be while we are anxiously watching for our redemption.

Firstborn

Exodus 22
29 Thou shalt not delay to offer of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with its dam (mother); on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
Mother is likened to the Holy Spirit. The wise Virgins, Barley, etc. have taken to the guiding of the Holy Spirit and now it is time to “wean” away and be given to the Father.
Circumcision
Moses…
Leviticus 12:2-4 (King James Version)
2Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
3And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
This all started with Abraham…
Genesis 17
1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.
5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.
6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.
8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
9 And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.
10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised.
11 And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt me and you.
12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner that is not of thy seed.
13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
14 And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
16 And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a son of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be of her.
17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
So late in the world’s life Abraham & Sarah, the father and mother of nations will give birth to a child. The 8th day and circumcision is critical.
Jesus was circumcised (also first born) and then presented in the temple…
Luke 2
21And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
22And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
23(As it is written in the law of the LORD, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
Circumcision is critical. Moses is nearly killed because of not circumcising his sons
Exodus
22And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
23And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
24And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
25Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
26So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision
Wow. With all Jehovah planned with Moses and yet His word reads that He was ready to kill him for a lack of circumcision of his son.
Also, notice there has been a theme during the Exodus and then Jesus’ birth of a battle of killing “first born sons” between Satan and Jehovah. Pharaoh and Herod killed all the first born sons. Moses escaped in a basket as a child and then when fully grown and trained came back to free his people. Free his people he did and in the process Egypt and Pharaoh wept as the Angel of Death wiped out their firstborn. Jesus has yet to bring about his divine retribution since His first coming.
Circumcision and firstborn and warfare all a theme. This tells us how important the 8th day is. This 8th day may be 2008.
Circumcision of the Heart
Just like the temple is not the building, but the body, the circumcision is not the opening of skin, but the opening of the heart.
Romans 2:
29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

Deuteronomy 10:16
16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
Circumcision is taking off the flesh…
Colossians 2:10-12
10And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and 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:
12Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead
Philippians 3:3
For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
The ultimate firstborn son and “circumcision” example – Jesus
Hebrews 5:7-9
7During the days of Jesus' life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. 8Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered 9and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him
I submit to you that this “circumcision” of the heart is also this “reverent submission” spoken of in Hebrews of the ultimate firstborn son – Jesus Christ.
And it was Jesus that was taken up as the Sacrificial Lamb on Passover, the Unleavened Bread without sin and waved as a Firstfruits offering before the throne.
So it is now in 2008 that we look forward in hope and anticipation to this season…
Watching anxiously…
Tony