Why is Jesus called the Only Begottten Son?

[TrevorL]

Greetings again John Bauer,

I am sorry to hear about the passing of your sister. It sounds like she played a formative role in your life. I respect the weight of that, and I understand that these are not ideal circumstances for deep engagement in theological debate.

I appreciate your thoughts. Yes my sister gave me and my other sister much help and guidance in my later teenage years and introduced me to a Young People's Class and a Tuesday home study class and both of these awakened my Bible interest. She was laid to rest next to her husband. My other brother-in-law is in a grave nearby, and also my parents and many other friends. We believe in the resurrection not immortal souls and my father-in-law and mother-in-law have the inscription "In hope of the resurrection". She died at 100 years and was a widow for 38 years.

So, while I will respect your need for space right now, I trust that you will return to this thread when you are able, to deal honestly with the clear exegetical and doctrinal rebuttals that have been offered. When you're ready, I will be here to continue the exchange.

I am reticent to retrace all that has transpired and have started to listen to six thorough studies on Psalm 8 given in Canada in 2016. I am disappointed with the current posts, as Matthew 1:20-21 and Luke 1:34-35 clearly state that the conception was the result of God's power, the Holy Spirit. As such Jesus was not a son of Joseph, but the Son of God - but possibly you seem to disagree in part here. I am content to leave this forum. I appreciate your interaction.

Kind regards
Trevor

 

[David Lamb]

That word "sired" means he impregnated Mary.

I would not say that God "impregnated" Mary, because that gives the idea that God is like a human male, with a physical body, We are not told (as far as I am aware) precisely how God caused Mary, a virgin, to conceive. Mary asked how she, a virgin, could conceive, and the angel Gabriel replied:

“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.” (Luke 1:35)

 

[Odë:hgöd]

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FAQ: From whence did baby Jesus obtain a Y chromosome for his male gender if
not from Joseph?

REPLY: In the beginning, Eve's entire body-- inside and out, front to back, top to
bottom, and side to side --was constructed with material taken from Adam's body.
(Gen 2:21-22) So if God could construct an entire woman from material taken from
a man's body, then it shouldn't be too difficult for Him to construct a teensy little
chromosome from a woman's body.

The beauty of it is that a Y chromosome constructed with material taken from
Mary's body wouldn't be an alien substance created ex nihilo; but would be 100%
natural, and easily traceable to David. I'm very confident that what I suggest herein
actually took place when the power of the Most High overshadowed Jesus' mom per
Luke 1:35.

FAQ: Doesn't Luke 1:36 suggest Mary was of the tribe of Levi instead of David's tribe
Judah?

REPLY: Levi and Judah were Leah's children (Gen 35:23) i.e. Elizabeth and Mary
were cousins by means of the same paternal grandmother.

FAQ: I've heard it said that Jesus had God's blood instead of human blood. Is that
true?

REPLY: According to Lev 17:11, the life of the flesh is in the blood. Well then, in
order for Jesus to be David's bona fides paternal descendant, he had to have
human life in his blood due to the fact that his paternal ancestor David was human.

One of the oldest creeds in the book states that Jesus is fully God and fully Man.
Well that creed would be grossly mistaken if something other than human life was
in Jesus' blood. Plus: on numerous occasions Jesus referred to himself as "son of
Man" which, likewise, would be patently false were human life not in his blood.
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