Eight is one of the few numbers in Scripture that genuinely means something, and what it means is the day after the last day. Seven completes a cycle. Eight is what comes next — and the early church built a great deal on that. The eighth day in the law The pattern starts with a body. For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised. (Genesis 17:12) The instruction is repeated in…

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