Featured The Two Natures of Christ

With respect, Just read the verse: John 5:18. Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kll Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.'
So to the Jews at least, to be a Son did not automatically imply subordination.

 

Thank you for your reply, and thanks especially for quoting Scripture, which is most refreshing.

If I may deal with the second one first: Hebrews 1:5-6. 'For to which of the angels did He ever say: "You are My Son, today I have begotten you"? And again: "I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son."........' There is no time-frame here, as indicated by the word 'ever.' My view is that both these statements were issued in eternity.
'But again when He brings the firstborn into the world, He says: "Let all the angels of God worship Him."' This refers to the incarnation (Luke 2:13) but it does not indicate that the previous verse does.

Your quotations from Romans, Colossians and Revelation don't seem to impact on what I wrote; perhaps you would explain further.

The most important verse is Acts 13:33-34. 'God has fulfilled this for us their children, in that He has raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second Psalm, "You are My Son, today I have begotten You."
And that He raised Him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, He has spoken thus, "I will give You the sure mercies of David."' Again, I don't see that the two verses need to be connected in time (though I can see how you might). Jesus was 'raised up' in eternity when He was begotten of God; He was 'raised up' on the cross to die, and 'raised up' again on the Third day. The quote from Isaiah 55:3 references the Resurrection, but I don't see that Psalm 2:7 does.

But elsewhere (post#31) you write of the Lord Jesus as the 'eternal Son.' With this I absolutely agree. What exactly is the nature of our disagreement?

 

Matthew 26:37-38. 'And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. Then He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me......"'
Luke 22:41. '......And He was withdrawn from then about a stone's throw, and He knelt down and prayed, saying, "Father, if it is Your will, take this cup from Me; nevertheless, not My will but Yours be done.
Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him......' Wouldn't you like to know what that angel did for Him? Because whatever it was, it didn't make all the bad stuff go away. So what happened? He said, "Yes!" Jumped up, did a couple of fist-pumps, a few press-ups and off He went? No! No! '......And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling to the ground.' Can this be our Lord and Saviour, God in the flesh, horrified and bewildered at the prospect of the ordeal through which He must pass? Yes! Yes! On a night when it was cold enough to need a fire in the High Priest's courtyard (Luke 22:55), our Lord sweats profusely; the psychosomatic reaction of a human being to impending trauma! And this trauma was something more than physical, it was spiritual. He knew full well what was coming to Him. That He must go through this ordeal utterly alone. There was no angel to strengthen Him at Golgotha. The fellowship with the Father would be completely broken during those hours and He must hang there totally alone with all the sins of His people laid upon Him.