"This is my Son, the beloved, I have approved you." Who was talking? Who was he talking about?

Question

What did it mean to have his approval?
Please try to make scence .......

Answer 1

Mat 3:17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased

Obviously the Father is anouncing his Son Jesus Christ.
God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit they are ONE God.
We are created in the image of God.
Gen. 1 Let US create man in OUR image.
Gen 2 God formed man from the dust (flesh)
God breated in life (spirit)
Man became a living soul (soul)
Man is created in the image of God above the animals with an eternal soul.
Man is flesh, spirit and soul ONE man.
God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit ONE God.

John 1:
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the onlyfbegotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Answer 2

Each time Almighty God said this audibly so that the people and the disciples would KNOW that Jesus Christ WAS His Son and Almighty God was very pleased with how he quickly obeyed Almighty God in all things, while Jesus was on Earth.

All these are the times Almighty God is quoted in The New Testament as saying this:

Matthew 3:17
Matthew 17:5
Mark 1:11
Mark 9:7
Luke 3:22
Luke 9:35
2 Peter 1:17

In each of the above scriptures, which basically say, "This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased."

Each time, it is Almighty God speaking audibly so that the people surrounding Jesus Christ could hear and know that Jesus Christ WAS Almighty God's beloved Son in whom He was well pleased.

The first time Almighty God said this (Matthew 3:17) was right after John The Baptist baptized Jesus in the River Jordan.

The second time Almighty God said this (Matthew 17:5) was when Jesus took the disciples Peter, James, and John to the top of a mountain & was transfigured before them & the disciples saw Moses & Elias there speaking with Jesus & the disciples.

The third time Almighty God said this (Mark 1:11) Mark confirms what happened when Jesus was baptised in the River Jordan by John The Baptist.

The fourth time Almighty God said this (Mark 9:7) Mark confirms what happened when Peter, James, and John were on the mountain with Jesus and they saw Moses and Elias.

The fifth time Almighty God said this (Luke 3:22) Luke is confirming what Amighty God said when Jesus was baptised.

The sixth time Almighty God is mentioned saying this (Luke 9:35) Luke is confirming what Almighty God said when Peter, James, John, & Jesus were on the mount of transfiguration and saw Moses & Elias talking to Jesus.

The seventh time Almighty God is mentioned saying this (2 Peter 1:17) is when Peter tells about being on the mountain with Jesus, James, and John when Jesus was transfigured and they saw Jesus talking to Moses and Elias & heard Almighty God's voice.

Answer 3

OK, that is translated differently from the way I'm familiar with (This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased).

God the Father bore witness of Jesus at Jesus' baptism. To complete the Trinity / Godhead, the Holy Ghost descended in the form of the dove.

Answer 4

Jehovah God was Talking, Jesus had been Baptized and John the Baptist was the listener, because it goes on to say " Listen to Him"...
Jesus was praying at the time of his baptism. Evidently, from this point on in his life, he fulfilled the words of Psalm 40:6-8, as later indicated by the apostle Paul: “Sacrifice and offering you did not want, but you prepared a body for me.” (Hebrews 10:5) Thus Jesus showed his awareness that God “did not want” animal sacrifices to continue being offered at Jerusalem’s temple. Instead, he realized that God had prepared a perfect human body for him, Jesus, to offer as a sacrifice.

Answer 5

The hypostatic union is the term used to describe how God the Son, Jesus Christ, took on a human nature, yet remained fully God at the same time. Jesus always had been God (John 8:58; 10:30), but at the incarnation Jesus took on human flesh - He became a human being (John 1:14). The addition of the human nature to the divine nature is Jesus, the God-man. This is the hypostatic union, Jesus Christ, one Person, fully God and fully man.

Jesus' two natures, human and divine, are inseparable. Jesus will forever be the God-man, fully God and fully human, two distinct natures in one Person. Jesus' humanity and divinity are not mixed, but are united without loss of separate identity. Jesus sometimes operated with the limitations of humanity (John 4:6; 19:28) and other times in the power of His deity (John 11:43; Matthew 14:18-21). In both, Jesus' actions were from His one Person. Jesus had two natures, but only one person or personality.

The doctrine of the hypostatic union is an attempt to explain how Jesus could be both God and man at the same time. It is ultimately, though, a doctrine that we are incapable of fully understanding. It is impossible for us to fully understand how God works. We, as finite human beings, should not expect to be able to comprehend an infinite God. Jesus is God’s Son in that He was conceived by the Holy Spirit (Luke 1:35). But that does not mean Jesus did not exist before He was conceived. Jesus always has existed (John 8:58; 10:30). When Jesus was conceived, He became a human being in addition to being God (John 1:1,14).

Jesus is both God and man. Jesus has always been God, but He did not become a human being until He was conceived in Mary. Jesus became a human being so that He could identify with us in our struggles (Hebrews 2:17) and, more importantly, so that He could die on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins (Philippians 2:5-11). In summary, the hypostatic union teaches that Jesus is both fully human and fully divine, that there is no mixture or dilution of either nature, and that He is one united Person, forever.

Recommended Resource: The Moody Handbook of Theology by Paul Enns.

Answer 6

Perhaps another translation will help define it.

"and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, `This is My Son -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight.' "
Robert Young Literal Translation 1862, 1887, 1898 Info
Other translations quoted in answers included "in whom I am well pleased"

Often looking at different translations helps us to understand the whole meaning of a word. (Usually original language is Hebrew or Greek, etc. In this case Greek.) I prefer to use blueletterbible.org.

The Greek Lexicon (Dictionary) describes as
1) it seems good to one, is one's good pleasure
a) think it good, choose, determine, decide
b) to do willingly
c) to be ready to, to prefer, choose rather
2) to be well pleased with, take pleasure in, to be favourably inclined towards one

All references found on same site.
I hope this helps you and I hope it made sense.
S.

Answer 7

Jehovah could have made his creatures robots, programmed to do his will and unable to do otherwise. Instead, he dignified them with free will. Our God desires willing subjects. He takes delight in seeing his creatures, old and young, serve him out of love. The finest example of loving submission to God’s will is his only-begotten Son, of whom Jehovah stated: “This is my Son, the beloved, whom I have approved.” (Matthew 3:17) This firstborn Son said to his Father: “To do your will, O my God, I have delighted, and your law is within my inward parts.”—Psalm 40:8; Hebrews 10:9, 10.

Answer 8

It was God talking about Jesus Christ