Friday, November 9, 2007

From Adopted to Adoption

Justin Taylor has posted a particularly good article, From Adopted to Adoption.


At one point, he makes a striking claim that I have never thought about. That Jesus was adopted. Here's that excerpt.

Jesus Was Adopted

Have you ever stopped to think that Jesus Christ was himself adopted? Now we have to be careful — if we say that he was adopted by his eternal heavenly Father than we've expressed a heretical understanding! But at the same time, it's often easy to forget that Joseph was Jesus' earthly father — they had no biological connection but the relationship was very significant and real.


A very good read. Go ahead. Click that link.

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