luke 3:38 says 'adam was the son of god.' jesus knew he had a brother. did jesus want to say 'only beloved son'?
2007-09-04 08:18:47 · 10 answers · asked by martha 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jesus was the only begotten from the dead.
2007-09-04 08:23:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Adam was the created son of God. God's people are adopted sons of God. Jesus is the "only begotten Son".
Begotten implies same material - like begets like. Father (God) and Jesus (Son) are made of the same 'material', hence sharing the same nature.
2007-09-04 08:38:05 · answer #2 · answered by Andy W 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus didn't say that. God revealed that to the Apostle John. Adam was formed from the dust of the earth, Jesus Christ was the Creator in the form of flesh. God Himself came to this world through the virgin birth so that He could become the perfect sacrifice for us all.
2007-09-04 08:27:05 · answer #3 · answered by michael m 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
The only-begotten Son of God, the only Son produced by Jehovah alone. This Son is the firstborn of all creation. By means of him all other things in heaven and on earth were created. He is the second-greatest personage in the universe. It is this Son whom Jehovah sent to the earth to give his life as a ransom for mankind, thus opening the way to eternal life for those of Adam’s offspring who would exercise faith. This same Son, restored to heavenly glory, now rules as King, with authority to destroy all the wicked and to carry out his Father’s original purpose for the earth. The Hebrew form of the name Jesus means “Jehovah Is Salvation”; Christ is the equivalent of the Hebrew Ma·shi′ach (Messiah), meaning “Anointed One.”
The person who became known as Jesus Christ did not begin life here on earth. He himself spoke of his prehuman heavenly life. John 1:1, 2 gives the heavenly name of the one who became Jesus, saying: “In the beginning the Word was, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god [“was divine,”]. This one was in the beginning with God.” Since Jehovah is eternal and had no beginning (Ps 90:2; Re 15:3), the Word’s being with God from “the beginning” must here refer to the beginning of Jehovah’s creative works. This is confirmed by other texts identifying Jesus as “the firstborn of all creation,” “the beginning of the creation by God.” (Col 1:15; Re 1:1; 3:14) Thus the Scriptures identify the Word (Jesus in his prehuman existence) as God’s first creation, his firstborn Son.
That Jehovah was truly the Father or Life-Giver to this firstborn Son and, hence, that this Son was actually a creature of God is evident from Jesus’ own statements. He pointed to God as the Source of his life, saying, “I live because of the Father.” According to the context, this meant that his life resulted from or was caused by his Father, even as the gaining of life by dying men would result from their faith in Jesus’ ransom sacrifice.
2007-09-04 09:18:28 · answer #4 · answered by BJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is the only creation that was created from Jah's 'hand' directly (Rev.3:14,Colo.1:15-17)
2007-09-04 08:51:20 · answer #5 · answered by Robert J W 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We all have two parts of us- a physical and a spiritual....
Most of us (Adam and Eve and Jesus excepting) have a Father of our spirit (God), and parents of our physical bodies (Mom and Dad, back home).
Adam and Eve, like the rest of us had a Father of their spirits (God), but their physical bodies were created, formed from the elements of this earth after everything else was created.....
Jesus Christ is the most unique in that like us, the Father of His spirit is also God, but unlike us, the parents of His body were a young woman (extraordinary, but as fully human as the rest of us) and God.
Hence, even though Adam and Eve were created physically by God, Jesus was the only one that was begotten in the flesh (physical) by God.
2007-09-04 08:32:24 · answer #6 · answered by Yoda's Duck 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
not that ! Begotten son means son in the physical sense like you are your mother's begotten son. same as you are your dad's begotten son.
It means physical parent by blood, not by adoption. In other words they had you they did not adopt you.
If it said "Only beloved son" that means Jesus could have been either his blood son or his adopted son.
2007-09-04 08:40:53 · answer #7 · answered by JUAN FRAN$$$ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We are all sons and daughters. Jesus was the only one "begotten" by Heavenly Father.
2007-09-04 08:36:55 · answer #8 · answered by Isolde 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i don't know. people say Jesus is God, God is Jesus. so theres is something missing.
2007-09-04 08:25:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
we are all sons and daughters of
God
2007-09-04 08:29:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋