About Circumcised Heart Theology
I love to research, study and then express and share my understanding of Biblical Truth. I am a Gentile who loves the God of Israel, and His Chosen People, the natural sons and daughters of Yaa’cov/Jacob.
I also believe that Yeshua, son of Yosef and Miriam, was crucified around 30 CE, and then resurrected after 3 days. Some 37 days later, after sharing more understanding on the Coming Age, the Kingdom of God with his closest disciples, he ascended to sit, as prophesied in Psalm 110, at the right hand of Yehovah until the time of the restoration of all things (which is still to occur).
I also believe that Yeshua will be the High Priest of Israel in the Coming Age, the Olam HaBah and that he is Messiah Ben Yosef and will also prove to the prophesied ‘end-times’ Messiah, Messiah Ben David.
Yeshua has also provided a way for Gentiles to be grafted into the family of Abraham and become ‘children of God’ without needing to become proselytized Jews.
More importantly, I agree and try daily to live the Jewish saying that ‘deeds are more important than creeds’.
As much as I love to study and share my growing understanding of the Almighty, His Son and His creation and redemptive plan, if all that I write and share does not have a positive practical outcome, so that in some way it encourages my readers to live more obediently, righteously and humbly before the King of the Universe, then it is really of no value.
Why does God use the term a 'circumcised heart'?
It is because circumcision involves removing a covering. We (the writer is an orthodox Jew) believe that every human being was born with the heart of G-d.
When G-d breathed His breath into Adam, every single human being had the heart of G-d placed within him.
But what have we done? Since our youth we have covered this heart with our own ego, our won needs, and our selfish desires. We have covered or hearts and separated ourselves from true equilibrium. This is why G-d asks us to uncover our heart - to uncover the heart of G-d that is already beating inside.
In this way we re-kindle what is most natural to us.
... having a relationship with G-d is essentially returning to what is most natural. The Hebrew word for repentance, 'teshuvah' means 'to return'. This is a return to the original state of affairs, being in harmony with what was always meant to be.
It is not something new to be attained, nor is it some higher state of consciousness.It is returning to what is already ingrained within every single soul and in every single heart.
It is about re-establishing the divine connection set in place at creation."- Moshe Avraham Kempinski - from "The Teacher and The Preacher- a dialogue" p37
Micah’s injunction: “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does YHWH require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” – Micah 6:8
Yeshua paraphrased Micah 6:8 in Matthew 23:23 when he said: “… the more important aspects of the Torah are justice, mercy, and faith …”
May we all heed these Biblical truths and lead lives that show honour to our Creator