An understanding of how adoption was viewed in legal terms in the Roman Empire only reinforces this concept.
The one adopting the child willingly did so.
The adopted child was taken out of their prior circumstances and all old debts were cancelled.
They assumed all of the liabilities of the child.
The child took the adopted family name.
The child was entitled to receive their share of the inheritance of the family.
A witness attested to the status of the adoption.
Has not God done the same for us....even more so?
Thank God, he certainly has...He took on the responsibility of our actions...