What is the Adoption as Sons in Ephesians 1:5-6?

The Redeeming God Podcast · May 6, 2021 · 49m

Do you know what it means to be adopted? Of course you do. We all know people who have adopted children. Maybe you have adopted a child, or maybe you yourself are adopted. But did you know what the modern form of adoption has almost no similarities with adoption in biblical times? If we don’t know how adoption worked in Bible times, we will misread and misunderstand Scripture. This study on Ephesians 1:5-6 explains how adoption worked 2000 years ago, so that we can better understand Ephesians 1:5-6.

But before we look at Ephesians 1:5-6, we will look at a current event and answer a…