Jesus is the ultimate firstborn (a title applied to him by Paul). The gospel authors never refer directly to Jesus as God's firstborn, but they do refer to him as the
Jesus is called the "son of God," and followers of Jesus are called, "Christians." As applied to Jesus, the term is a reference to his role as the Messiah, or Christ, the King chosen by God.
In the New Testament, Jesus is referred to as the firstborn of creation, using the Greek word prototokos.
4 Hong emphasised the divine origin of his demon-slaying mission not only by claiming that God had granted him the title Heavenly King (Tianwang), but also by asserting that he – as the 'natural younger brother' (baodi) of Jesus – was the second son of God.
You are a child of God if you have believed… a belief that causes you to surrender your life to Jesus as your LORD (Creator and Owner). A belief that keeps on believing and keeps on surrendering to your LORD. In other words, God's child! If we are God's child we will love our heavenly Father.
Jesus was the only person to be born of a mortal mother, Mary, and an immortal father, God the Father. That is why Jesus is called the Only Begotten Son of God. From His Father, He inherited divine powers (see John 10:17–18).
The Four Daughters of God are a personification of the virtues of Truth, Righteousness/Justice, Mercy, and Peace in medieval Catholic religious writing.
God the Father is a title given to God in Christianity. In mainstream trinitarian Christianity, God the Father is regarded as the first person of the Trinity, followed by the second person, God the Son Jesus Christ, and the third person, God the Holy Spirit.
Vishnu is the primary creator. According to Vaishnava belief Vishnu creates the basic universal shell and provides all the raw materials and also places the living entities within the material world, fulfilling their own independent will.
First-born referred not to birth order but to rank. The first-born possessed the inheritance and leadership. Therefore, the phrase expresses Christ's sovereignty over creation. After resurrecting Jesus from the dead, God gave Him authority over the Earth.
Abel, in the Old Testament, second son of Adam and Eve, who was slain by his older brother, Cain (Genesis 4:1–16).
Therefore, the first creation by God was the supreme archangel followed by other archangels, who are identified with lower Intellects. From these Intellects again, emanated lower angels or "moving spheres", from which in turn, emanated other Intellects until it reaches the Intellect, which reigns over the souls.
There was a first time that he heard the story of the Annunciation and the Nativity, of the shepherds and the Magi. There was a first time that he understood that God was his Father in a special way that he was not the Father of other people.
In Christianity, Mary is commonly referred to as the Virgin Mary, in accordance with the belief that the Holy Spirit impregnated her, thereby conceiving her first-born son Jesus miraculously, without sexual relations with her betrothed/husband Joseph, "until her son [Jesus] was born".
In the biblical Book of Genesis, Cain and Abel are the first two sons of Adam and Eve. Cain, the firstborn, was a farmer, and his brother Abel was a shepherd. The brothers made sacrifices to God, but God favored Abel's sacrifice instead of Cain's.
Jesus' name in Hebrew was “Yeshua” which translates to English as Joshua.
For the majority of Christian denominations, the Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Holy Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and is Almighty God. As such he is personal and also fully God, co-equal and co-eternal with God the Father and Son of God.
The scriptures describe specific qualities or characteristics of those who can be called the sons and daughters of God. In the first place, we are His spirit children. Secondly, we become the sons and daughters of God (Jesus Christ) when we make and keep sacred covenants.
Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human.
The book of Genesis mentions three of Adam and Eve's children: Cain, Abel and Seth.
Some wish the ceremony that celebrated the beginning of the alleged marriage of Jesus and Mary Magdalene to be viewed as a "holy wedding"; and Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and their alleged daughter, Sarah, to be viewed as a "holy family", in order to question traditional gender roles and family values.
Amara is the embodiment of the Darkness -- God's twin sister. God and the Darkness were previously one cosmic being composed of both light and darkness, who split apart into two separate equally powerful beings, causing the Big Bang and bringing existence into being as a result.
The fifth step of the “Way of the Heart” is entitled, “He calls us his friends.” Before ascending into Heaven Jesus boldly proclaimed, “I am with you always.” God did not want to leave us alone on earth, but to call us to a deeper friendship, to walk side-by-side with us forever.