Christ the Seed & Son

Years ago, while we were cleaning out my grandparents house, after the death of my dear grandmother, one of the things that we discovered was a beautifully framed wooden panel upon which a family crest had been painted. I had never seen this crest, and after I was given the picture I was told this was the Fowler family crest. I do not know when it was painted, and what the inspiration was for the elements on the crest, but what I know is this that the crest represents history the history of my family and serves as a reminder that I am not the first, I am not the last, and God has in His providence brought me and others before me, and others after me into this world connected by blood and love to that crest. It is, in a manner of speaking, an ancient thing that serves to show God's covenant faithfulness throughout time, down through the generations. --Greater even still than an individual family's crest is the promise and pledge crafted and revealed by God and made good time and again throughout history that He would redeem sinful men through a promised Messiah, a Redeemer, a man born of woman, of the line of kings who would destroy the power of sin and death, set free those imprisoned to darkness, and set them loose upon a world with the Word that brings life as He reigns as King of heaven and earth. This good news of deliverance, what is called the gospel of God -1-, is the long standing prophetic word that salvation would come through the Son of God, the Son of David -3-, revealed in power through weakness so that He might suffer and be raised and so in His death and resurrection raise a whole nation of priests and kings to a state of grace and holiness.