For the first time since the days of Abraham, God’s people would no longer be identified by the fleshly circumcision of their males.
فَفِي ذٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ ،‏ وُلِدَتْ بِوَاسِطَةِ ٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ أُمَّةٌ جَدِيدَةٌ هِيَ « إِسْرَائِيلُ ٱللهِ » ،‏ أَيْ إِسْرَائِيلُ ٱلرُّوحِيُّ .‏