Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, “And to your offspring,” who is Christ. (Galatians 3.16)

Do we really fathom the depths of the Father’s love for us? Do we step back long enough and focus hard enough to see that throughout human history God was preparing a pathway for us to be redeemed? For us who live in the present age before we were born God had already seen the fall of humanity, promised a means of salvation and chosen a concrete path of redemption through the man Abraham and his offspring. We stand on this side of salvation history and marvel at the Father’s love, the intricate and fragile plan God chose to enter into his creation and restore us.

Fallible Abraham received a promise and we reap the full benefits of which he could never have imagined. We need not cling to a future promise of an unseen offspring. We see Jesus, the promised offspring of Abraham. We see the course cut through history of how God illustrated our reason for existence, our failure to achieve His holiness, and His commission of Jesus the anointed Savior of the world.

More than Abraham could love Isaac or truly any father could love his son, so God the Father loves Jesus. And now we are grafted into that love. We have been brought into the family of God through the Son of God who is the Son of Abraham, fully God and fully man. Let us step back now and worship the anointed Savior, promised to the ancients and promised to return again!

Jesus, thank you for your love for the God the Father and for me. You stepped into human history through the promises you made to Abraham and purchased my salvation!