What does it mean for the Messiah to be cut off (כרת) after Daniel's 69th "week" (Daniel 9:26)?
This takes us back to Genesis 15:18 when God cut (כרת) a covenant (בְּרִית) with Abram, where the LORD himself passes between the slaughtered animals, calling down a curse on himself if the covenant is not confirmed (Genesis 15:17).
It also points to how the covenant was sealed with an external token, circumcision: "It shall be the sign of the covenant (בְּרִית) between me and you" (Genesis 17:11) .
However, when someone refused to submit to circumcision, "That person shall be cut off (כרת) from his people; he has broken my covenant (בְּרִית)" (Genesis 17:14).
The Lord Jesus' ultimate baptism did not take place in A.D. 26, when he was baptized by John in the Jordan River; it was in A.D. 30 when the wrath of God was poured out on him on the cross, and he was immersed under divine judgment (Matthew 20:22). His baptism is our baptism (Romans 6:2-11).
Jesus true circumcision did not take place when was eight days old, but when he was cut off in covenant judgment on the cross. Because all the fullness of Deity dwells bodily in the Lord Jesus Christ, his circumcision is our circumcision and his baptism is our baptism (Colossians 2:9-12)
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After serving Grace Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, Louisiana, Bob was honorably retired on Sunday, September 27, 2015, and given the title "Pastor Emeritus." This was forty years to the day after he became their pastor.
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