Lost Sons : God’s Long Search For Humanity

Stories in the books of Genesis and Exodus tell of fathers whose sons are ‘lost’ to them through ‘deaths’ of various kinds. One is murdered. Another is abandoned. A third is supplanted. A fourth is betrayed. A fifth is taken for sacrifice. A sixth is forgotten about. A seventh is secreted away. Through these accounts we trace the theme with which the biblical narrative begins: God’s first son, Adam, by becoming ‘lost’ to his Creator, sets in train God’s long search for humanity . . .