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Originally Posted by awareness
Then why bring in the Roman definition of adoption into it?
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The term refers to the ruling and reigning position of Jesus. At the time of the gospel that was much easier to convey with the Roman term than the Hebrew term. At the time of the gospel Israel was a branch broken off of the tree and fading away.
The Roman empire was built on a revolutionary concept -- the value of citizenship. The Roman Empire spread because the surrounding peoples saw the value in being citizens of Rome.