4. Circumcision

World Scripture

This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised. You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you. He that is eight days old among you shall be circumcised; every male throughout your generations, whether born in your house or bought with your money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring… shall be circumcised. So shall my covenant be in your flesh an everlasting covenant.
Genesis 17.10-14

Teachings of Sun Myung Moon

At the time of Adam the blood lineage was stained. That is the reason for the Jewish rite of circumcision. Circumcision is drawing blood from the male sexual organ—the organ through which Satan’s blood lineage was transmitted at the Fall. It is cut to indemnify Satan’s invasion of the male sexual organ at the time of Adam.
(277:264, April 18, 1996)

God gave the Israelites the commandment that all their males be circumcised. Circumcision is done by cutting the tip of the male organ and letting out some blood. Thus sanctified, the Israelites could live in the realm of Abraham’s blessing. Sin infiltrated humankind through the male organ, so circumcision, by letting blood from the male organ, restored the sin by indemnity. It fulfilled the law of indemnity as it was practiced in the Old Testament Age, that is, “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a wound for a wound.” Thus, circumcision established the condition to return to God. Now you know why circumcision was necessary: to separate human beings from the blood relationship that was made at the Fall.
(54:143, March 22, 1972)