The Son of God - כ
The Son of God is a particular title used of Christ. Like all titles it displays one aspect of his character or nature. Though titles MAY sound like they are contradictory, we separate and rejoin the ideas so the we understand them better, like the vav ו.
The 'Son of God' stands in contrast to the 'Son of Man'. If these titles are taken as redundancies or equal aliases for Christ, then we don't learn anything.
The Son of God speaks of his divine nature, and the Son of Man speaks of his human nature. These are two sides of his one nature. He was not half and half as some would have him, though we can reference his divinity or his humanity separately, as a way to know him intimately.
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God
In Hebrew the 'Son of God' is the 'bar elohin' אלהין. Elohin is a name of God which differs from Elohim only by the last letter.
'Elohim' אלהום represents God 'el' separated from his people (waters 'im' ום meaning creation ו completed in the works of the son ם.) by not understanding ה.
'Elohin' אלהון means "God separated from 'his' ין, as in those who are his, by not understanding ה." Here , 'ין' is 'his' as creation י finished by the Son of Man who died ן.
Son
In the two titles: Son of Man and Son of God, two different words are used for 'son', emphasizing the different natures.
The Son 'ben' בן of Man ends with the nun ן representing the death of the Son of Man.
The Son 'bar' בר of God ends with the resh ר representing the Word or revelation of God.
Son of God
The 'Son of God' title, refers to the divine nature of Christ. Melchizadek was a type of Christ since his lack of geneological records suggested that Jesus was without beginning or ending of days. [1]
The Son of God is mentioned only once in the OT. It is Nebuchadnezzer, who declares the fourth man in the fiery furnace to be like the Son of God. [2] It is unlikely he used it as a title for a man, but was proclaiming that no one short of a divine being could be there. The idea that God would become a man is hidden in other places and will be mentioned when we speak of the nun ן as the Son of Man.
'Bar' as son also means 'pure, field, and corn or grain, and empty. Consider Jesus's saying:
- Joh 12:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
He is suggesting that the Son of God would die. The divine nature of Christ would die. Some object to the idea that the divine nature had to die, even suggesting that the Son and the Father were never separated. But death is a representation of being separate from God, it does not mean that the divine nature ceased to exist. If we do not cease to exist when we die, why would we expect Christ to? [3]
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References
- ↑ Heb 7:3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
- ↑ Da 3:25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
- ↑ 2Co 5:8 We are confident, [I say], and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
