Jesus, the Son of God: Biblical meaning, Muslim Understanding ...

St Francis Magazine Vol 7, No 3 | August 2011!Jesus' warning in verse 20 highlights the thematic threadthroughout the Gospels of the increasing need for Jesus to keep alow profile in order to not jeopardize His ability to fulfill His mission.Using "the Christ" alone here especially draws attention tothe author's intent to give it prominence, helping the audience thinkthrough the fact that Jesus was a very different kind of Messiahthan the Jews had been expecting. This is also part of the author'sgoal to teach his audience who Jesus is. Eliminating "Son of theliving God" from the text or replacing it with a substitute wouldobscure these important discourse features and change the meaningintended by the author.3. Luke 1:31–33, 35: "You will be with child and give birth to ason, and you are to give Him the name Jesus. 32 He will begreat and will be called the Son of the Most High. The LordGod will give Him the throne of His father David 33 and Hewill reign over the house of Jacob forever; His kingdom willnever end..... 35 The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and thepower of the Most High will overshadow you. So [that's why]the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God."Because Jesus' kingship is mentioned here in the same context as"the Son of God", the MIT movement claims that this passage givesevidence for "the Christ" being a synonym and acceptable substituteterm. However, this claim is not valid. Rather, it is clear from theseverses that the central message being proclaimed by the angel Gabrielwas that Mary's son would be "the Son of the Most High"(verse 31), that is, "the Son of God" (verse 35). Between these twoprominent declarations of Jesus' identity as God's Son is the statementthat God would give to His Son the throne of David and thatHis Son would reign forever as King. 56 In other words, the angelwas telling Mary that her son would be God's Son and that He!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!see the importance of preserving that meaning in a translation. [Also see the previousnote on this topic.]56Other Scripture passages such as John 5:36 clearly teach this: "For the very workthat the Father has given Me to finish, and which I am doing, testifies that theFather has sent Me." The work that the Father gave to Jesus His Son was the workof the Christ, the Savior-King.St Francis Magazine is published by Interserve and Arab Vision!"$!