was fixed upon you. The Father’s adoption plan started in eternity past, and the blessings and joys that flow from this grace of adoption will continue throughout the endless ages of eternity. Then, in history, the Father sends both the Son and the Spirit to make our adoption happen. The Father looked out at a world in rebellion against him. He saw the world filled with “children of wrath.”n He saw children who had rejected him, walked away from him, turned their backs on him, and wanted nothing to