Galatians 4:4-5 KJV
[4] but when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, [5] to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Adam was formed, along with Eve. Both were placed in the Garden of Eden to take care of it. Rules were given, but at some point in time, the rules were broken, and sin became the order of things for mankind. The very first prophecy about the coming One was made by God Himself, when He spoke about the seed of the woman. That was the first sign that a miracle was coming. When you speak of seed, it is the man that is the contributor of the seed, while the woman takes and nurtures the seed to maturity. God was about to do the unusual, but then time passed. Prophecies were said, messages were sent and centuries passed, but the One who was promised was not yet found. Pretenders came and went, claiming to be the one, deceiving others and they themselves being deceived. With time, they became forgotten and people moved on, seeking the true One to be born.
With God, He is never too late. Time, for Him, works the way He wants it, and the time is always right when He says it is. He chose the day, month, year and place, as well as the vessel He would use. If He had given a specific day of the year, men would have made an altar out of the day. Christmas reminds us of the birth, and we celebrate the gift, not the day. We celebrate the visitation of God to man. We eat and drink responsibly, without forgetting the reason why we are celebrating, safe and secure in our knowledge and experience of the One who was given to set us free from the burden and the curse of sin. When the fullness of time had come, God moved, and nothing in His creation could stop Him, not even the indifference of the inn, or the wicked schemes of king Herod, or the simplicity of Mary and Joseph. All of them played their parts in bringing the purpose and plan of God to fulfilment.
The Son was born under the operation of the law, without being subject to its limitations, so He could save all those who were under its oppressive regime. Those under the law were doomed to suffer the consequences of sin as laid down under the law, which is eternal death and separation from God. As a Son, He came to offer us the same benefits and rights that He has with His Father, one of which is life without limits. He was not subject to the limits of the law, so He could be the perfect sacrifice for sin. His blood is the seal of the life that is now offered freely to all men. We have been redeemed; bought at a price from the power of sin. We have the enablement to live above the dictates of sin. We are now called the sons of the Most High God, but it is critical to be sure that the cover offered by God really operates over me. I cannot make an assumption; I must be sure. Am I truly a son? Are you? God's time of favour is here.
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