Excerpt from The Yahushaic Covenant Volume 1 by Rav Sha'ul What does "The Son of Yahuah" mean? by Rav Sha'ul   The Scriptures generally describe all things relative to Yahuah using human terms i.e. physical to spiritual parallels. This literary technique, called anthropomorphism, is one of the primary means used in Scripture to lead us into an understanding of Yahuah. Anthropomorphism: Attribution of human characteristics to nonhumans: the attribution of a human form, human characteristics, or human behavior to nonhuman things such as deities in mythology and animals in children's stories. This is commonly done in the Scriptures with reference to Yahuah's "heart", "hand", "finger", etc. Attributes of personality such as "jealousy", "will" or "desire", "hate", and many other "emotions" are anthropomorphic. The reason for this technique is so that mankind, who is incapable of truly understanding the infinite Almighty, can grasp the basics of what is actually beyond our ability to understand. The reference to Yahusha as Yahuah's "son" is one of these techniques to help us understand the relationship between Yahuah and all His chosen. It may surprise most Christians to realize Yahusha was not the ONLY "son of Yahuah" mentioned in Scripture! Solomon was referred to as Yahuah's son: 2 Samuel 7:14 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men NOTE: Meaning of “iniquity” is breaking The Law of Yahuah. The word in that verse is the Greek word anomía: Entry for Strong's #458 - ἀνομία                                              Proof of this referring to Solomon is found in 1 Chronicles 28:6 1 Chronicles 28:6 (KJV) 6 And he (Yahuah) said unto me (David), Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. It should be noted that verses regarding Solomon (and many other passages) are sometimes assumed to refer to Messiah. I agree, however, I feel the correct standard method of interpreting Scripture is to first look for a DIRECT application first and then the spiritual parallel. Continuing with the sons of Yahuah mentioned in Scripture... The entire nation of Israel is referred to as Yahuah's sons! Exodus 4:22 22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Yahuah, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: Adam was the "son of Yahuah" also. Luke 3:38 38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of Yahuah. Of course, all TRUE followers of Yahuah's Holy instructions (Torah) are called sons of Yahuah. Therefore it is SCRIPTURALLY accurate to say there is reference to well over 600,000 "sons of Yahuah" in the Bible, since Israel is Yahuah's son. This is something Traditional Christian teachers hate to have revealed. Exodus 12:37 37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. The term "son of Yahuah" is always used in an anthropomorphic sense to refer to Yahuah's representative(s) i.e. “sons”.  Of course, as THE greatest, most obedient, and most exalted of ALL of Yahuah's representatives, Yahusha, is indeed, THE son of Yahuah. Yahusha is the ultimate tsadik, or pious and righteous servant and representative of Yahuah. Also, of course, if one wishes to accept the virgin birth, Yahusha can be further seen as being a "son" of Yahuah. However, as I show when I address the Virgin Birth, the teaching that Yahusha was conceived of a virgin outside of the seed of Joseph actually threatens Yahusha's claim to being the Messiah and disqualifies him.  So there is nothing within the context of the virgin birth that makes Yahusha any more of a son of Yahuah than any other men. The New Testament actually suggests to us the exact moment that Yahusha was "begotten" of Yahuah! Yes, believe it or not, we can know the precise time of the final "begetting" of Messiah Yahusha. In Acts 13 Paul is speaking to those gathered in a synagogue of Antioch. In this single chapter the entire gospel is summed up in one of the most concise presentations to be found anywhere in Scripture. During this sermon Paul reveals the exact moment that Yahusha's "begotten" status was completed. Acts 13:33 33 Yahuah has fulfilled this for us their children, in that He has risen up Yahusha. As it is also written in the second Psalm: "You are My Son, Today I have begotten You." The Psalm to which he refers is: Psalm 2:7 7 I will declare the decree: Yahuah has said to Me, "You are My Son, Today I have begotten You." Therefore, we see the SCRIPTURAL day Yahusha was begotten - THE SCRIPTURAL DAY HE FULLY BECAME THE SON OF Yahuah. It was on the day of his resurrection. This, also, is how he became the "first fruits of the resurrection" and the full "son of Yahuah." The announcement of the angel Gabriel in Luke presents in the future tense the fact that Yahusha "will be called the Son of the Highest." This prophecy from Gabriel had its fulfillment at Yahusha's resurrection. Luke 1:32 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and Yahuah will give Him the throne of His father David. As usual, I appeal to common sense. One that is "begotten" is not eternal but has a beginning; therefore, the "begotten one" (Yahusha) cannot be the "Eternal One," Yahuah.  I would argue that the resurrection is the COMPLETION of the PROCESS of Yahusha's becoming Yahuah's Son. He was already His Son as defined previously in terms of being Yahuah's perfect representative, agent, servant, and anointed One. For the reasons I will explain in the virgin birth section, I do not accept the virgin birth as it is taught.  I consider it to be an attempt by those lead by the spirit of error (spirit of the False Messiah) to usurp Yahusha's rightful claim to be the Messiah of Israel.  The doctrine of the Virgin Birth eliminates the primary importance of him being of the literal seed of David through the father as scripture demands! Upon his resurrection, Messiah Yahusha became THE Son of the Highest due to the fact that Yahusha was the very first man EVER resurrected to eternal life! Romans 1:3-4 3 concerning His Son Yahusha the Messiah our King, who was born of the seed of David (the son of man, the man Joseph) according to the flesh (the “seed” of Yahuah is Spirit not flesh), 4 and declared to be the Son of Yahuah with power according to the Spirit of holiness (this is the “seed” of Yahuah), by the resurrection from the dead. Yahusha prior to resurrection was 100% human the product of the seed of Joseph and Mary like all humans; fully human in every way as Paul put it.  Yahuah has no physical seed and in no way “impregnated Mary” as is taught.  That is a pagan philosophy out of Babylon (Ishtar being impregnated with Tammuz by the rays of the sungod Ba’al).  If Yahusha was in any way the Spiritual Son of Yahuah while on Earth, death would have been impossibility.  The fact Yahusha died is the “nail in the coffin” of the false doctrine of Incarnation. Luke 20:36 36 for they cannot even die anymore, because they are like angels, and are sons of Yahuah, being sons of the resurrection. Again we see above that you are not fully begotten by the seed of Yahuah until resurrection.  Only once your body is transposed to The Kingdom of Yahuah through resurrection are you truly begotten by Yahuah in His full image as an eternal son.   Next: "Only begotten Son", what does that mean?

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