Paul comes back to the language of his Pharisee years to once again explain our union with Christ. (If you think the Old Testament has no connection to the New, Paul would disagree!) Now he talks about the physical bond that the men of Abraham’s line had, a historical legacy of bonding to a promise made to them by their Creator. The Creator still forges a bond, but the flesh that was broken is his own. We are his, and he has proclaimed a very complete victory, ours to share.