-"...there before me was a great multitude...from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb." (Revelation 7:9)
"We believe Jesus in heavenly things--our adoption in Christ; so we follow Him in earthly things--the adoption of children" (Russell Moore, "Adopted for Life," 2009). You probably will not have to look very far--perhaps just to your own Church, or circle of friends--to see families who have adopted, a young woman who has placed a child in an adoptive home, or an older couple who volunteers at a local crisis pregnanct center.You may be adopted. Adoption brings a whole new unity to mind. It's not like a support group; it's a deeper unity in Christ, and it's all around us.
God told Abraham from the beginning of his journey that through him all nations would be blessed (Genesis 26:4), Galatians 3:8). God's love would go out with fervency to every tribe, tongue and nation. The God who adopts from every corner of this earth brings us together in Jesus. We can marvel at the far reaches of His love that brings children from an orphanange in Haiti to a Hospital in middle-America. That love reaches to you, too. --- ADOPTION BRINGS A WHOLE KALEIDOSCOPE OF PEOPLE TOGETHER. YOU AND I ARE AMONG THE WIDE VARIETY THAT MAKE UP GOD'S BIG AND GROWING FAMILY. --Haven Today
Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]
