Who was God's first son?

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 Son of God, a title that connects to the theme of the firstborn.

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Who was God's first born son?

Israel as God's firstborn

In Exodus, Moses is instructed to say to Pharaoh "Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, my firstborn." The death of Pharaoh and the Egyptians' firstborn sons at the first Passover is direct recompense for God's identification of Israel as his own firstborn.

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Who is God's second son?

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.

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Who was the son before Jesus?

In Trinitarianism this "Logos" is also called God the Son or the second person of the Trinity. Theologian Bernard Ramm noted that "It has been standard teaching in historic Christology that the Logos, the Son, existed before the incarnation.

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Is Adam God's first son?

Adam was neither God nor the Only Begotten Son of God. He was a child of God in the spirit as we all are (see Acts 17:29). Jesus was the firstborn in the spirit, and the only one born to God in the flesh. ...

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How is Jesus related to Adam?

Jesus was fathered by God's spirit (1.35), as was his ancestor Adam (through Joseph). Likewise, some claimed Augustus was fathered by Apollo and that his ancestor Aeneas (through adoption by Julius Caesar) was the offspring of Aphrodite/Venus.

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Is Yahweh and Jesus the same person?

BLOOM: The basic argument of this book, "Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine," is that we have three very different personages or beings: the more or less historical Jesus of Nazareth, a Jew of the first century of the common era; the Greek theological formulation, or God, Jesus Christ; and the original God of the ...

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What was Jesus name before he came to earth?

Jesus' name in Hebrew was “Yeshua” which translates to English as Joshua. So how did we get the name “Jesus”?

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Who is the true Son of God?

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.

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Who is the founder of God?

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.

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Who is God's only son?

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).

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Is God the Father God the Son?

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.

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Who was chosen by God before he was born?

What does it mean that Abraham was “chosen before [he was] born”? (See Abraham 3:23. He was foreordained to be a prophet.)

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When was God first called Father?

The first passage where God presents himself as the father of Israel is Exodus 4:22-23. It happens after God calls Moses and commissions him to deliver the Israelite people.

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Is Yahweh and Allah same?

Though Muslims and Christians can describe Allah and Yahweh in similar ways at times, they are not the same god.

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Who is Jesus Father?

According to the Gospels, Mary, a virgin betrothed to Joseph, conceived Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit – and therefore Christians consider Jesus the Son of God. However, most Christians understand Joseph to be a true father in every way except biological, since Joseph was the legal father who raised Jesus.

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Does the Bible say Lord or Yahweh?

Traditionally, the translation “God” renders the Hebrew word Elohim. Likewise, the word “Lord” is a translation of Adonai. In the LSB, God's covenant name is rendered as Yahweh, as opposed to LORD. The meaning and implication of this name is God's self-deriving, ongoing, and never-ending existence.

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What is God's oldest name?

In Christianity, the Old Testament reveals YHWH ( יהוה‎; often vocalized with vowels as "Yahweh" or "Jehovah") as the personal name of God.

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What was God's age when he died?

Considering Jesus' varying chronology, he was 33 to 40 years old at his time of death.

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Who is older than the Bible?

The Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh dates back nearly 5,000 years and is thought to be perhaps the oldest written tale on the planet.

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Does the bloodline of Jesus still exist?

Ultimately, the notion that a person living millennia ago has a small number of descendants living today is statistically improbable.

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Which tribe did Jesus come from?

Tribe of Judah - Wikipedia.

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Were Adam and Eve God's?

According to the Qurʼān, both Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit in a Heavenly Eden. As a result, they were both sent down to Earth as God's representatives.

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