Was Christ Begotten at the Resurrection?
A study of Psalm 2:7, Acts 13:33 and three Greek word-groups distinguishing Christ’s eternal Sonship from His resurrection, enthronement and supremacy as Firstborn.
PreTrib PilgrimSeries 04 · 7 articles
The eternal Son, the incarnation, and the person of Christ
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A seven-part study of Christ’s eternal identity, full deity, complete humanity, divine condescension, and the glory of the Word made flesh.
A study of Psalm 2:7, Acts 13:33 and three Greek word-groups distinguishing Christ’s eternal Sonship from His resurrection, enthronement and supremacy as Firstborn.
Why eternal existence alone does not prove deity—and why John places the uncreated Son decisively on the Creator’s side of the Creator–creature distinction.
Why the eternal Son was not confined within Christ’s body, why His humanity was more than a passive instrument, and why imprecise pictures of the incarnation still matter.
Why Christ’s human mind, affections and will matter to the incarnation, His obedience and our redemption.
Why the incarnation overturns human ideas of divine greatness, matter, emotion and suffering—and why John 3:16 answers the riddle of God’s descent.
How Scripture teaches us to distinguish Christ’s complete divine and human natures without dividing the one eternal Son.
How Amelius recognised John’s language of the Word yet reversed its meaning—and why the risen Christ proves that the incarnation was not a fall into matter but a descent of divine love.