Son of God: Jesus' Humanity and Incarnation

The Son was begotten in time through the incarnation and is the genuine human life of Jesus Christ.

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Psalm 110:1The Messiah is exalted to God's authority and victory.Isaiah 9:6The born child bears titles that belong to God himself.Matthew 1:20–23The child conceived by the Holy Ghost is the manifestation of God with us.Luke 1:31–35The title Son of God is connected directly to the miraculous conception and birth.Luke 22:42Jesus expresses a real human will in perfect submission to God.John 1:14God's eternal Word entered genuine human existence.John 17:1–5Jesus prays from his messianic human mission toward the glory purposed in God before creation.Acts 2:32–36The risen Messiah is exalted to divine authority and publicly declared Lord and Christ.1 Corinthians 15:24–28Christ's mediatorial kingdom reaches its appointed goal when every enemy is defeated.Galatians 4:4The Son enters history by being made of a woman under the law.1 Timothy 2:5The one mediator is explicitly identified in his genuine humanity.Hebrews 1:1–3God's final revelation comes through the Son, the visible expression of his glory and being.Hebrews 1:8–9The Son is directly addressed as God while his anointed messianic role is affirmed.Hebrews 5:7Jesus' prayers arise from the days of his flesh and genuine human experience.Hebrews 7:24The risen Christ continues forever in an enduring priesthood.Revelation 22:3–4God and the Lamb culminate in one throne, one face, and one name.

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Why did Jesus pray if he is God?Jesus prayed from his genuine human life as the Son, not because a second divine God needed help from the first.Who was Jesus praying to?The man Christ Jesus prayed to the eternal God who was his Father and who also dwelt in him.Did the Son exist eternally?The one who became the Son is eternally God, but Scripture connects sonship to the incarnation, birth, and redemptive mission.Why is Jesus called the Son of God?Because he was conceived by the Holy Ghost and born of Mary as the holy human manifestation through whom God saved us.

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