Circumcision

In Genesis 17 El-Shaddai (God Almighty) gives Abram-turned-Abraham the covenant (promise) of making him the father of many nations, etc.

The TERMS of the covenant are that we must be circumcised. That's it.

Philippians 3:3 says "For we are the circumcision..." (For we are the circumcision, who in the spirit God serve, and boast in Christ Jesus, and not in flesh trust. <-- that's from the Greek... not a translation.)

Those of us who worship God in the spirit and rejoice/trust/boast/glory in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh ARE the circumcision! We are the flesh that was cut away...  Should I get crazy and talk about how that flesh that is cut away has to die.... how when it is cut away from the rest of the body it becomes dead flesh?  Sure, because if you are the circumcision, then it means that you are en-route to your NEW LIFE in Christ - the sacrifice and atonement for our sins! Dead flesh becomes new life in the spirit by believing and trusting in JESUS!

Genesis 17:11, 13 (NLT) says "You must cut off the flesh of your foreskin as a sign of the covenant between me and you. All must be circumcised. Your bodies will bear the mark of my everlasting covenant." 

We are the ones who are cut away...