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which prophets of the past were called gods. 'Son of. God' is simply a metaphor and not a literal description. (2) The title of 'Son of God' is conferred on a host of people in the Bible; refer: "And you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the Lord, Israel is my first-born son," (Ex. 4:22) "You are the son of the Lord your God. . . . "(Deut. 14: 1). "Father of the fatherless. . . is God . . "(Ps. 68: 5). "He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever, I will be his father, and he shall be my son. . . . . . " (Sam. ii. 7:13-14). "He said to me, 'It is Solomon your son who shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. " (Chron, i. 28: 6). "He shall build a house for my name. He shall be my son, and I will be his father," (Chron. i. 22: 10). "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called Sons of God" (Mt. 5:9)—"-so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven;-"(Mt. 5:45). "And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. " (Mt. 23: 9). "Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God and every one who loves the parent loves the child. " (Jn. i. 5: 1). ". . . the son of Enos, the son of. Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God. " (Lk. 3 38). "For 'In him we live and move and have our being'; as even some of your poets have said, 'For we are indeed his offspring'. " (Acts 17: 28). "For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. " (Rom. 8:14). ". . . it is the Spirit himself 22