Read also Romans 2:17-29
Leviticus 26:13-41

The passage in Leviticus is a promise and a prophecy
If when they had disobeyed God and been judged for it, would humble their uncircumcised hearts, and remember His covenant with Abraham.

The passage in Deuteronomy is an invitation
This passage assumes that the children of Israel, just prior to crossing the Jordan River, had uncircumcised hearts.

The passage in Romans is a definition
We discover in it that the blood of a person is not the issue, but the heart. Jew or Gentile may be the seed of Abraham if either has a circumcised heart.

Israel in the wilderness was still uncircumcised in their hearts.
They were focused on their past.

They were focused on:
The protection Egypt gave them
Exodus 14:10-12 (KJV)

They were focused on:
The provision Egypt gave them
Exodus 16:1-3 (KJV)

They were focused on:
The peculiarity Egypt gave them
Genesis 46:31-34 (KJV)

God offered them:
• Protection
• Provision
• Peculiarity as His own children and
• Property flowing with milk and honey

The only trouble was, in order to lay hold of God’s promises, they had to let go of, cut off, circumcise, everything they had ever known and trusted in the past.

So how does that apply to you and me?

And I am reminded of 2 Corinthians 5:7 (KJV)
(For we walk by faith, not by sight)