The Fulness of Time
G. Hester. Galatians 4:4-5 But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,… The phrase marks a great crisis in the history of the world. The ages flow on until they reach a certain defined boundary line, and then a new order of things is established. An apprentice is bound for a term of years; at the expiration of that period the fulness of time has come, and he obtains his freedom from service. An heir arrives at his majority and enters into the possession of freedom when he has filled with service the term fixed by his father or by the law. Boys and girls at school count the weeks which intervene between the period appointed for breaking-up, and long for the fulness of time to come that they may obtain their liberty and hasten home to see their fathers and mothers. So in the history of the world. The old order came to an end. The sand in the hour-glass ran out. It was time to put the old lesson books, the old habits, the old employments, away. (G. Hester.) Parallel Verses KJV: But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, WEB: But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,