Bible Verse of The Day – 1-12-22

Galatians 4:4 (NKJV) 4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law…

I’ve always found these verses (verses 4 & 5) fascinating. They say so much, in so very few words.

Even if we just look at them “on the surface” they can reveal a lot to us.

But if we dig into them and see “below the surface”, they say even more that helps us understand God even better.

The expression, “fullness of time”, is a great place to start. What does that mean?

In its most simple form, it means, “when God saw that it was the right time”.

In its deeper form, it means that God had worked to make sure everything necessary to make His plan for mankind happen was complete. Everything was in its place. And now the earth and its inhabitants were ready for Him.

There is so much more that could be said that we could write volumes about it. But that short statement should be a sufficient summary to make the point needed.

So, when God saw that the time was exactly right, He sent forth His son, born of a woman.

The phrase, “born of a woman”, could also be translated, “made of a woman”.

This emphasizes the humanity of Christ. He didn’t just suddenly appear from heaven in adult form to walk the earth.

He didn’t show up somewhere as a baby who had no parents. He was not an orphan with mysterious origins.

He was born by human means, just as you and I were born.

He experienced the trauma of childbirth, being taken from the safety of His mother’s womb, expelled into the world, no longer protected inside of the human body that bore Him.

He was God, born (made) of a woman, living and dwelling among us, experiencing everything that we experience; the wonder of new sights and sounds, the nurturing of His mother, and the experience of growing from an infant to an adult.

Let’s talk more about this tomorrow, so we’re careful not to just skim over some of the important pieces of this!

Tomorrow we will finish with verse 4 and move on to verse 5.

Stay tuned!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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