(August 7, 2013)
I had never thought of the reasons why circumcision was a requirement before now. Not in general, but why the act of circumcision was established in the way that it was. Certainly I was aware of why baptism was done the way it was done – the symbolism of burial and resurrection was blatant. Same with the Sacrament – taking Christ within ourselves. So many of the ordinances have spiritual lessons to be learned from their temporal mechanisms.
With that new thought in mind, I considered what I was to take from the ordinance of circumcision. It could not be an accident that it was a sacrifice of a part of the genitals. It was a literal removal of a part of our bodies that best represents our animalistic natures. By removing a portion, we are showing that we are prepared to sacrifice that nature to God. By not requiring more to be removed, the Lord is showing that He will allow us to experience the pleasures of the flesh so long as we accept them with thanksgiving and only within the boundaries which He has established.
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