DWDP-Gen 17: 9-14 Circumcision, The Sign of the Covenant

Send us Fan Mail A command as personal as circumcision can sound strange, even offensive, until you hear what God is actually doing in Genesis 17. We read verses 9–14 carefully and then zoom out to the bigger storyline: Abraham has waited, prospered, aged, and quietly started to forget the promise but God has not forgotten for a moment. That’s the tension we live in too, when years pass and hope feels thin, yet God keeps saying, “My covenant.” We talk about why Scripture repeats covenant lan...