Adoption is emphasized in the Bible. Deuteronomy has eleven references enjoining the twelve tribes to reflect the character of God by caring for orphans, widows and sojourners in the land. The Bible says a great deal about caring for the fatherless. Adoption is the gracious and merciful right (John 1:12) bestowed upon unworthy sinners through which a person is given admission into God’s family. In 1984, Scottish law professor Francis Lyall published an excellent study of the legal metaphors in the Epistles (Slaves, Citizens, Sons, Zondervan). They have been removed from their families by the state of Florida for various reasons. Understanding what the Gospel is about is at the heart of recovering a Christian commitment to adoption and orphan care, said Russell D. Moore in a lecture at the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C., Dec. 4. With Tim Harmon Adoption is a doctrine that both warms our hearts and also informs our minds. Because of adoption, we as believers can experience the warmth that attends knowing God as our Heavenly Father. Further, the doctrine of adoption explains how those with no right to be called God’s “children” or “heirs” can now…Continue reading Adoption in Ancient Israel Second, there is adoption itself. The doctrine of adoption is the teaching that man is adopted by God into the family of God. Isaiah promises that God will wash away the scarlet sins of his people. A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE OF ADOPTION The purpose of this study is to develop a theology of adoption by examining the Old and New Testament to discover what they teach believers concerning adoption. Some will remain caught up in the system for years, many will be shuffled from one foster home to another, few will be adopted. There are 17,000 children in Florida’s foster care system. The whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. A Biblical View of Adoption. Adoption meant (for all Christans) and means (for Christian parents) that we suffer now and experience glory later. The need for Christian action will be communicated and various ways for the Christian to appropriately respond will be outlined.