The Meaning and Significance of Circumcision

In ancient patriarchal Israel, women were members of the community through marriage to a circumcised man or by being born to Israelite parents. Inner marriage with foreign men, in other words, those not circumcised and thus not part of Yahweh's covenant community, was forbidden. This was a prohibition that maintained the purity of the membership. That purity was directly related to the spiritual significance of circumcision. Circumcision merely meant access to these truths. Let's apply this to baptism. It's easy to see how the meaning and significance of circumcision connects to baptism,. Whether one's position includes baptism of infants or not.