Then he adopted us into His family as sons and daughters. The Father sent His Son to pay our debt – sacrificing him on the cross but then raising Him from the dead in order that we would not be orphans – we were reconciled to the Father through the death and resurrection of His Son. It is interesting that in the New Testament the Lord says, “I will not leave you as orphans.” You see before we were saved, we were separated from our Father because of sin – everyone is an orphan. In judgment statements, the Lord says to the nation He is judging, “I will make your wives widows and your children orphans.”Īn orphan is a child who has lost his father, Once a father died he left his wife as a widow and his children as orphans. In the Old Testament the orphan is a Hebrew word meaning ‘fatherless.’ The Bible most times refers to “widow” and “orphans” together, which makes sense if the term is defined as fatherless. ![]() Who or what is an orphan? You would think that would be an easy question to answer but definitions and perceptions vary greatly.
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