by John Thomas
With reference to Galatians 2:20—Being therefore thus introduced into Christ’s circumcision by faith and burial, they are the subjects of "circumcision of heart in spirit, not in letter" -- "the foreskins of their hearts are circumcised, and they are no more stiffnecked" (Deut. x. 16) like many that could be named. "We are the circumcision," says Paul, "being servants to Deity by spirit (or by the sealing truth) and rejoicing in Christ Jesus, and having no confidence in flesh." By this admirably devised scheme, Jews and Gentiles get into Christ, though at the right hand of Deity and they upon earth; and "their citizenship begins in heavens." He, being the truth, dwells in their hearts by faith; and having got into him constitutionally by water burial, they continue to dwell in him; so that having come forth from the water-grave, the life which they live in the flesh, they live by the faith of the Son of the Deity, who loved them, and gave himself for them (Gal. ii. 20).
— Eureka — An Exposition of the Apocalypse, Vol. 2, Ch. 7, Tribes of Israel’s Sons
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