Jesus came in the fulness of time
English: Baptism of Christ (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Galatians 4:4–5 “When the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law” (v. 4). Many university students are sitting under lecturers hostile to the New Testament , to Christ and Christianity. Parallels are often drawn between Greek myths of dying and rising gods and the biblical account as proof that the Scriptures are just another work of mythology. Unfortunately, young people are too often unprepared for this onslaught and begin to doubt the Christian faith. However, as those familiar with ancient literature well know, these similarities are superficial. The Greeks made no real attempt to defend their myths as historical while the Bible grounds itself in real space and time. Luke 2 , for example, locates the birth of Jesus during the reign of Caesar Augustus and the governorship of Quirinius , both of whom were real people. The evangelist assumes that we will take his account at