Subject: Whose Son is He? |
Bible Note: Hi Bern, You wrote, "The dilemma is this--in what way is Jesus David's son if Jesus is God?" The way that we look at Jesus, as the way or the Way for instance, will give you a reasonable answer. You look at Jesus from the outlook of the NWT and see Him as a "god" as per John 1:1. Looking at it that way, I could see how you would see Jesus as David's "son". The way I look at it as one who is interested in capitalization, is that Jesus is the Son of God, He is the Son of Man, He is the Son of Joseph, the Son of Abraham. Capitalizing Son denotes Him as Deity, as God. I would that you could say with Exodus 4:5, "that they may believe that the Lord, the (God) of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you." The way that we can understand Jesus is David's son is to know that He is David's Lord, and that He is the Christ. He is God Himself in flesh, in appearance as a man. Even your NWT reads "Son of David" for instance, Mark 10:47. The translation reverses the order of the pronouns to hide the interpretation, but it still reads "Son of David". Mark 10:47, NWT, "When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he started shouting and saying: "Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me." Mark 10:47, NASB, "And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me." I agree with Morant61, that a good look at Philippians 2:1-11 would be helpful to you. And I agree with Hank that you could look at the New Testament again with a fresh look. Look at it with pen and pencil in hand. A pencil because nobody knows all the answers and a pen to cross off "a god" to show the Word as God. Write "God" in pen because you will not need to change it. From the heart, Ray |