Is Jesus The Son Of God?
IsJesus The Son Of God?
“Teabing Declared, ‘until that moment
in history, Jesus was viewed by his followers asa mortal
prophet … a great and powerful man, but a man
nonetheless, A mortal.’
‘Not the son of God?’
‘Right,’ Teabing Said. “ (Da Vinci Code page 315)
Lets see what the HolyQuran has to say.
The Quran says
“Hebegetteth not, nor is He begotten;” (Quran 112:3)
Furthermorethe Holy Quran condemns this idea of God begetting a son in very strong terms.
“Theysay: "((Allah)) Most Gracious has begotten a son!”
“Indeed ye have put forth a thing most monstrous!”
“At it the skies are ready to burst, the earth to splitasunder, and the mountains to fall down in utter ruin,”
“That they should invoke a son for (Allah) Most Gracious.”
“For it is not consonant with the majesty of (Allah)Most Gracious that He should beget a son.” (Quran 19:88-92)
Because begetting is ananimal act and one cannot attribute such lowly functions to Almighty God who isthe creator of the universe. In the catechism of the church it says
“Jesus is the only begottenson of God, Begotten not Made”
Lets see what the Bible hasto say.
According to the Bible, Godhas got sons by tons.
It’s mentioned in the Bible:
“That the sons of God saw the daughters ofmen……” (Genesis 6:2)
“……when the sons of God came in unto thedaughters of men….”(Genesis 6:4)
“……Thus saith the LORD, Israelis my son, even my firstborn:” (Exodus 4:22)
“…....for I am a father to Israel,and Ephraim is my firstborn.” (Jeremiah 31:9)
“……..which was the son of Adam, which was the son ofGod.” (Luke 3:38)
“ I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said untome, Thou art my Son; this day
have I begotten thee.” (Psalms 2:7)
God also says to David
“
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He will call out to me,'You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.'
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I willalso appoint him my firstborn
, the most exalted of the kings of theearth.
(Psalms 89:26-27)
So we can see that from theabove quoted verses that in the idiom of the Jews. Every Righteous person isthe son of God. But the common verse quoted to show the difference betweenJesus and other “sons” of God is
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begottenSon, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but haveeverlasting life.” (John 3:16)
King James Version goes tothe ancient manuscripts. But if we read the RSV (Revised Standard Version),revised by thirty-two scholars of the highest eminence backed by fiftycooperating denominations. They say:
“Yet the King James Version has grave defects.By the middle of the nineteenth century, the development of Biblical studiesand the discovery of many manuscripts more ancient than those upon which theKing James Version was based, made it manifest that these defects are so manyand so serious as to call for revision of the English translation” (PrefaceRSV)
And in the RSV thisblasphemous word “begotten” has been expunged as a fabrication, as aninterpolation. This is how the verse reads in RSV.
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” (RSV,John 3:16)
This word “begotten” is not there in the most ancientmanuscripts. Its not there even in some other versions like NIV and Good NewsBible.
“Son of God” only means a righteous servant of God, apeacemaker, the one who obeys God, the one who is led by the spirit of God. Whosays so? Jesus says so
“Blessedare the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.” (Mathew5:9)
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Blessedare the peacemakers, for they will be called
sons of God
. (Mathew 5:9,NIV)
Paul testifies the same thing.
“Foras many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”(Romans 8:14)
See what John (the supposed author of the fourthgospel writes)
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Yetto all who received him, to those who believed in his name,
he gave theright to become children of God
—
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children born not ofnatural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but
born of God
.
(John 1:12-13)
“Son of God” does not prove anything. It only means arighteous servant of God as Jesus (pbuh) and Paul both testify.
It is the term, which wasfrequently used in Semitic languages like Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic etc, butAlhumdulillah we have dropped this term in Arabic because of themisunderstanding that was created.
Even in Arabic, son ofsomething, father of something only meant metaphorical. Like there was acompanion of the Prophet (pbuh) by the name of “Abu Huraira”. “Abu Huraira”literally means father of the kitten. He was given the name because he lovedcats. It doesn’t mean he literally gave birth to a kitten.
If someone calls Jesusthe son of God in a sense of a righteous person, as a peacemaker then there isno problem. But he is not the begotten son of God as the Christian says.
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