The Son of God was made of a woman. He only came into existence when he was born to Mary, as explained to her before his birth: Luke 1:35Waiting for response for Luke 1:35
He was also born under the Law of Moses to redeem those under the law so that the faithful can become the adopted sons of God and able to call him Abba, Father. Being the sons of God, the disciples are also “heirs of God through Christ” and will therefore receive all that God has promised his children.
These disciples in Galatia were putting all this in jeopardy by returning to the Law, “observing days, and months”, etc. meaning the apostle’s work in saving them was in vain.
Instructively, Paul shows that God foreshadowed the relationships mentioned earlier in the chapter within Abraham’s family. He had two sons. The elder, Ishmael, was the son of a bondwoman, Hagar (Agar), and represented Israel under the Law of Moses while his mother represented the city of Jerusalem which existed then. Ishmael did not inherit the promises of God, showing that salvation would not come by the Law. The younger son, Isaac, born because of God’s promise to Abraham and by his intervention to enable an elderly couple to have a child, represented the children of promise while his mother, Sarah, represented the new Jerusalem in which righteousness will dwell, to be established by heavenly intervention.
The record of the life of Abraham and his sons was an allegory to point forward to the future. Those who strive to keep the law of Moses are cast out like Ishmael was, but those who believe, as Abraham and Isaac did, are set free from both sin and the Law, for they are the children of the free.
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Waiting for response for Galatians 4:1-5A child in a rich family in those days would be under slaves, even if he was the heir of a great estate, and Israel under the Law were in bondage like this. However, the period of bondage would end, and in the case of Israel this was when God’s Son came to redeem them that were under the Law.