Each title for Christ focuses out attention on a different aspect of his nature, teaching, works or personality. The Son of God, represented by the kof כ speaks of his divinity. The final kof ך inherits the meaning of the kof as the Son of God, but it has two variations, and so two new highlighted doctrines.

The rounded upper corner of the kof כ had become squared. The spiritual nature of the attribute of the Son of God will do something in the flesh. The lower horizontal becomes vertical and extends below the earthly line of the square test template, suggesting descending into death.

When we speak of the Son of God dying we must understand that he did not cease to exist, but was separated from the father at the time of the cross. There are actually two separations of the father and son.

The first separation is in his incarnation, illustrated by the parable of the prodigal son. Luke 15:11–32

The son asked the father for his inheritance. To him his father was already dead. ^[1] Don't make the mistake of attributing sin to Christ. The Word of God went to the Father and remained fully God (his inheritance) as he became incarnate (separate). As he became flesh, he was just as incapable of seeing the father as we are, choosing not to use his divinity as an advantage. He had to learn who he was and what he was to do.

The Son left the presence of the father to become man, and bringing his divinity with him, spent all he had of both his divine and human nature... freely giving of himself. ^[2] 'Prodigal' means 'wastefully extravagant': he threw away everything he had. Now many of you thought 'prodigal' meant 'sinful' and perhaps missed the picture of Christ because of it.

After he had spent all (died on the cross being fully consumed) a famine arose in the land. ^[3] Since eating is a metaphor for learning, and the Word of God has died on the cross, who is there to teach?

He then descended into the abominable pit. illustrated by feeding the abominable pigs. ^[4]

He arose from death to return to the father. ^[5] And he took with him the sin of those he attached himself to. ^[6]

And then he was restored to his previous glory. ^{[7] [8]}

This first separation was a separation in the spirit.

As the incarnate son, the Son of God is in the flesh of man. As the body of Jesus died, the Son of God nature which had been voluntarily suppressed, was set free. In his death he now had the power to fulfill his promise of performing only one sign in his own strength; that of his own resurrection. ^[9]

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1. ↑ Lu 15:12 And the younger of them said to [his] father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth [to me]. And he divided unto them [his] living.
2. ↑ Lu 15:13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
3. ↑ Lu 15:14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
4. ↑ Lu 15:15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. Lu 15:16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
5. ↑ Lu 15:18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
6. ↑ Lu 15:19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
7. ↑ Lu 15:22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put [it] on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on [his] feet:
8. ↑ Joh 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
9. ↑ Lu 11:29 ¶ And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.