What word(s) would you choose? Love? Grace? Salvation?
J. I. Packer said that if he were to try to use one word to describe the theme and essence of the work as a whole he would use the word: Adoption.
I agree completely with Packer. When I read the bible from beginning to end I saw two main themes of contrast. The first is directly from Packer: Exile vs. Adoption. And the second is Slavery vs. Redemption. These themes are the link between the narratives, law and prophets of the Old Testament and the theology of Jesus, Paul and the apostles in the New Testament.
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