7/25/2019 Does God Have a Son

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/does-god-have-a-son 1/2

 Two passages make the point that theMessiah is also, in some way, the Son of God.

1. Psalm 2

Psalm 2 deals primarily with the Kingshipof the Messiah, but also brings out theMessiah’s Sonship with God. The twelveverses of the Psalm read as follows:

Why do the nations [Gentiles] rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves,

 And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed[Messiah], saying,Let us break their bonds asunder,

 And cast away their cords from us.He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh:The Lord will have them in derision.Then will he speak unto them in his wrath,

 And vex them in his sore displeasure:Yet I have set my kingUpon my holy hill of Zion.I will tell of the decree:

 Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son;This day have I begotten thee.

 Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations for thineinheritance,

 And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy

 possession.

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron;Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

Now therefore be wise, O ye kings:

Be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

Serve Jehovah with fear,

 And rejoice with trembling.

Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish

in the way,

For his wrath will soon be kindled.

Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.

Concerning this Psalm, Rashi admits, “Ourrabbis expound it as relating to King Messiah.”Although the majority of rabbis in earlieryears also explained this Psalm as referringto King Messiah, many rabbis today wouldrefer it to David rather than the Messiah. Butthe words of the Psalm and a comparison ofhistory would exclude David as a possibilityaltogether.

In this passage, God tells the Person to whomHe is speaking that He is turning over thedominion and the authority of the wholeworld to Him (v. 8). History makes it very clearthat David never had that dominion, norwas he ever able to exercise such authority.Hence, David must be excluded. Thus, theearly rabbis were correct in interpreting this

Psalm to speak of the Messiah who, in thisPsalm, is referred to as the Son of God.

Among the titles given to Messiah is the term“Son of God.” This is applied to Messiah twicein Psalm 2, in verses 7 and 12. This Messiah,who is to be king in Jerusalem and over thewhole world is also, uniquely, the Son of God.Also in this same Psalm, God warns that allmust submit to the Son of God, the Messiah.

 Those who refuse will be punished. However,

those who take refuge in the Messiah—thatis, place their faith and trust in Him for theirsalvation—will receive new life.

2. Proverbs 30:4

 The second passage comes from the wiseking, Solomon, who compiled the Book ofProverbs. In Proverbs 30:4, we have a series ofsix questions. The first four questions all askthe same question of identity: “Who did it?”

 The first question is: Who [has gone up] intoheaven and  [come down]?

 The second question is: Who [has] gatheredthe wind in his fists? 

 The third question is: Who [has] bound up thewaters in his garment? And the fourth question is: Who [has]established all the ends of the earth? 

 These are four questions that Solomon isasking, indicating that the answer is veryclear. When we look at the events describedin these four questions, it is obvious that onlyone Person could possibly do all those things:God Himself.

Now we come to the fifth question: What ishis name? 

We see that only God can do those thingsin the first four questions, but now, “whatis God’s name?” No one really knows howto pronounce His name anymore because,throughout the centuries, we feared to takeGod’s name in vain and the pronunciation hasbeen forgotten. In Hebrew we have it in fourletters: YHVH . We substitute this name withthe word Adonai . In English, sometimes wereplace it with the name Jehovah. Actually,the name is YHVH , the Great I AM. It is God,the Great I AM, who did all these things.

Now, let us go on to the sixth question, whichis found in the very same verse: what is hisson’s name, if thou knowest? 

Notice how Solomon is posing the sixthquestion. First, there were four questionsasking who did all these great things. Theanswer was: God did all those things. The fifthquestion was: “What is God’s name?”

7/25/2019 Does God Have a Son

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/does-god-have-a-son 2/2

 The answer: YHVH , the Great I AM, is Hisname. But then Solomon poses a trickquestion because he knows that, at this stageof biblical history, it would be impossible toanswer. That is why he adds the phrase, “if youknow”, to the sixth question. The question is:what is his son’s name, if thou knowest ? Theobvious meaning here is that this God, theGreat I AM, has a Son!

Until the time of Solomon and later, we didnot know His name because it was not as yetrevealed. This was not an unusual approachin the Scriptures. For instance, throughoutthe whole history of the Book of Genesis,no one knew God’s name. He revealed it toMoses in the Book of Exodus, first, in chapter3:14-15 and secondly, in chapter 6:2-3. Thepeople living during the time of Genesisknew that there was a God, they just did notknow His name. By the same token, no oneknew the name of the Son of God throughoutOld Testament Judaism. But Old TestamentJudaism did know that God had a Son, forboth David and Solomon spoke of Him.

 The Messiah’s Sonship with God is thusrelated to His Messiahship. In Psalm 2, thisSonship is strongly related to the Messiah’sKingship.

 

We accept man’s testimony, but God’s testimonyis greater because it is the testimony of God,

which he has given about his Son. Anyone whobelieves in the Son of God has his testimony in

his heart. Anyone who does not believe God hasmade him out to be a liar, because he has not

believed the testimony God has given about hisSon. And this is the testimony: God has given useternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who hasthe Son has life; he who does not have the Son

of God does not have life.

 1 John 5:9-12 

Copyright © 2002 Ariel Ministries

Does GodHave

A Son?

A teaching ofDr. Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum

11926 Radium Street

San Antonio, Texas 78216-2713

P.O Box 792507

San Antonio, Texas 78279-2507

Ph 210.344.7707 • Fax 210.344.1114

Ariel Thought Tract

WWW.ARIEL.ORG