“God has no grandchildren” is a statement provided “for further reflection” found in The Discovery Bible[i]. Sure, we are invited to call God our Father (Matt. 6:9).
“I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord….” (2 Cor. 6:18)
But why not grandfather? Why should God not have grandchildren?
If the parent/child relationship applies to God and us, why not the grandparent/grandchild relationship?
We are born to our parents and carry our parents’ genes in our bodies. We pass on those genes to our children and to our children’s children. Our grandchildren are not born to us, but they carry our genes. This is the natural order of things. It’s biology (or science as they say).
So why no grandchildren of God?
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