Refutation of the Divinity of Christ — Page 21
Christian Arguments for the Divinity of Christ & Trinity 21 broad range of meanings. If you wish to see the phrases containing ‘son’, take note of: ▣ The Jews are the sons of Jerusalem—(Matthew 23:37); ▣ The Jews are the children of Jerusalem—(Luke 19:44); ▣ The people are the sons of the Resurrection—(Luke 20:36); ▣ Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day— (1 Thessalonians 5:5); ▣ Ye are of your father the devil—( John 8:44); ▣ The son of perdition—( John 17:12); and ▣ The Jews are the sons of serpents—(Matthew 23:33). Given the manner in which the word son has been applied at these places with a specific meaning and context, why isn’t the expres- sion son of Allah understood in the same manner? Now I will document those phrases in which the specific expression son of Allah has been applied in a vast—yes, indeed, a tremendously vast—context within the holy scriptures: 1. Adam, peace be upon him, the son of God—(Luke 3:38) 2. Seth, peace be upon him, the son of God—(Genesis 6:2) 3. Israel, peace be upon him, the son of God—(Exodus 4:22) 4. Ephraim the firstborn of God—Jeremiah 31:9, 20; for him, the bowels of God were troubled 5. David, peace be upon him, the elder son of God— (Psalms 89:26, 27) 6. Solomon, peace be upon him, the son of God— (1 Chronicles 22:9, 10; 28:6)