“Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.”—Galatians 3:23-29
Too bad that Abraham didn’t have any faith when he put Isaac on the altar....
Too bad Jacob didn’t have any faith when he wrestled with the Lord...
Too bad Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego didn’t have any faith in the furnace...
Too bad Daniel had no faith in the Lion’s den..
Yep, they had to wait for faith,’captive’ in the loving arms of Yehova’s Torah. Had they any faith, we might have a Savior. Oh well.
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