When
I first looked at this, I came up with the wrong answer. After awhile
I arrived at what I think is the right one. All this thinking seemed
to be almost a waste of time, but it is not, for the process involved
my thinking outside- the-box.
The
people of the first century were confronted with Jesus, who was
obviously someone very special. Many Jews rejected Jesus, because he
just didn’t fit into their preconceived ideas of who the messiah
would be and many Gentiles needed to understand that Jesus was in
fact, God-in-the-flesh. The Apostle Paul said…
Ephesians
3 ( World
English Bible
)
[1] For
this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you
Gentiles, [2] if
it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of
God which was given me toward you, [3] how
that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote
before in few words, [4] by
which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the
mystery of Christ, [5] which
in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it
has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the
Spirit, [6] that
the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and
fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good
News, [7] of
which I was made a servant according to the gift of that grace of God
which was given me according to the working of his power. [8] To
me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to
the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, [9] and
to make all men see what is the administration of
the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all
things through Jesus Christ, [10] to
the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God
might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the
heavenly places, [11] according
to the eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our
Lord.
God
works differently than humans do; he is so far greater than anything
we can possibly comprehend. He
worked for thousands of years to bring about the salvation of all
mankind (both Jew and Gentile). And through the Apostle Paul,
revealed everything that we really need to know.
Now,
as far as that troubling picture goes… My answer to the conundrum
is: This is possible because the offspring of “A” is a daughter,
not a son!