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The
Bible calls Christ a “holy thing” in the book of Luke:
“And the angel said unto her, Fear
not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou
shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call
his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of
the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of
his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob
for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. Then said Mary
unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? And the
angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon
thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore
also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be
called the Son of God. (Luke
1:30-35)
Clearly,
the angel defines the term “Son of God” as David’s offspring, the
Son of Man. The angel tells Mary that her child “shall be (future tense)
called the Son of God” twice.
This means that Jesus was not called “Son of God” before He was
born. Why? Because the term “Son of God” must be defined as God
incarnate in human flesh, not Deity apart from the
incarnation.
If
“Son of God” means “God the Son”—pre-existent Deity apart from the
incarnation—this angel did not tell the truth. Yet, if “Son of God”
refers to the one born at Bethlehem, the words of this angel are
accurate.
The
angel told Mary that God would give the Son the kingdom of David on
the earth. This is because God in the form of a man is a much lesser
being than the omnipotent Spirit of the Almighty God. Since God
possesses all things from eternity to eternity, only in the lesser
form of a man could He be “given” a kingdom.
©
2008 By Russell Redden. All Rights Reserved
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