Is the Son really the Son?

 

“Christ was the Son of God before He was born of a woman. … We are dealing with a metaphorical use of the word 'son.'” “The Son is not the natural, literal Son of the Father.” Ángel Manuel Rodríguez, Adventist World, A Question of Sonship, November 20151 .

A metaphor. What does that mean? A metaphor is like a simile, except without the words, “like” or “as”. Therefore, the meaning of Ángel Rodríguez’ statement is that “ Christ was [like] the Son of God before He was born of a woman.” But He wasn’t really the Son of God. He was not really begotten, but simply played that part. In all actuality, He was one God among three.

But, the scripture is clear, “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten^G3439 of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14).

G3439

μονογενής

monogenēs

mon-og-en-ace

From G3441 and G1096; only born, that is, sole: - only (begotten, child).

Total KJV occurrences: 9

Because theogians have a title after their name, they are due the respect of the people. And the people love to have it so. Because the heads of NIST had titles after their names, their 9/11 official story must be accepted, despite all the 9/11 eye-witness testimonies that many bombs were exploding inside the world trade center buildings 1 and 2. And because the head of NIH has a title after his name we must believe everything he has to say about a pandemic.

“So there was a division among the people because of Him.” (John 7:43). The people had such a fear toward their leaders that most could not stand decidedly for their Messiah. Their leaders wore flowing robes with all the acoutriments that demanded respect.

And another biblical precedent for this is the way Satan during the Dark Ages caused the whole of Christendom, and how at the end he will lead the whole world, to admire and worship the beast. In either case, whether Papacy or Pharisim, Satan gives his agents great authority and esteem so that ultimately Satan gets the authority and worship.

“And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?” (Rev. 13:2-4).

What about us Adventists? Are we repeating history? We see our religious leaders who hold, D.D. or Th.D. as the next thing to God, and we stop thinking for ourselves. Isn’t this why Christ was crucified? Degrees and titles may serve a purpose, as well as other objects of outward show, but Jesus came without any of those trappings. “He hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.” (Isa. 53:2,3).

Let us bow before the condemnation of the Law of God, and be justified by the suffering Servant of God. We will then be given the Spirit of God for discernment. We will take the word of God and the Spirit of Prophecy, and we will be taught of God. The false prophets and false priests will be exposed, and their Trinity god of persecutions will be exposed to be the fraud that it is. The only true God is the Father of creation, and the only true Lord is His only begotten Son.

“Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father. Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.” (1Jn. 2:22-24).

“But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through His name.” (John 20:31).