Plumb the depths of Adoption

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Originally Posted by Evangelical

Well if true (because you tend to get the facts wrong, any historical sources to support your statements?) it might sound comforting to a Roman but last time I checked most people on here do not live under Roman law so do not understand it. For that reason organic sonship is better to explain than adoption. Why not make the illustration relevant to today?

Most people don't understand crucifixion either, and don't understand that part of Roman law either. Did you know that Jesus died on the cross? How did you understand what happened? Where did you get your point of reference?

Perhaps God should have designed a more "organic" death for His Son. Perhaps a simple kitchen knife -- like Abraham planned to use on Isaac -- would have been more in tune with your culture. Since capital punishment is out of style these days, maybe you have something else in mind for Jesus.

I'm trying to make this easy for you bro, since you are so hung up on Paul's use of cultural norms to explain spiritual realities.