If Jesus is God, how is he called God's only begotten son?

If Jesus is God, how is he called God's only begotten son?

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If Jesus is God, how is he called God's only begotten son?

...after a certain age, one tends to beget one's self.

I will say right up front that it's late, I need to sleep, but this is interesting? So, I will try to catch up tomorrow, but I may not have time until Sunday. The question may have already been asked, but are you only looking at Old Testament, New Testament and are you only checking the King James version which was not the first rendition?

I will say right up front that it's late, I need to sleep, but this is interesting? So, I will try to catch up tomorrow, but I may not have time until Sunday. The question may have already been asked, but are you only looking at Old Testament, New Testament and are you only checking the King James version which was not the first rendition?

Dictionary dot com has a good definition here.

The original Hebrew text did indeed use the term Jehovah many times in Ch. 18. The word Adonai inserted in verse 3 (and other places) was added by Jewish scribes in their superstitious avoidance of the divine name. However, the context makes it clear that the person speaking is an angel of Jehovah and not Jehovah himself.

Gen 18:1 Afterward Jehovah appeared to him among the big trees of Mam´re, while he was sitting at the entrance of the tent about the heat of the day.

Gen 18:3 Then he said: "Jehovah, if, now, I have found favor in your eyes, please do not pass by your servant.

Gen 18:22 At this point the men turned from there and got on their way to Sod´om; but as for Jehovah, he was still standing before Abraham.

Gen 18:33 Then Jehovah went his way when he had finished speaking to Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.

Okay, okay - now let me ask you oh-so-serious scholars this:

Why does it matter if it was God, his angel God and an angel, a trio of angels, or God and a trio of angels? How does it affect your belief or the message?

The word 'trinity' does not appear in the bible. Why is it such an important belief?

neologist wrote:

The word 'trinity' does not appear in the bible. Why is it such an important belief?

I selected these sentences for you..

...Since the fundamentals of, not true Christianity, but the present-day Christian religion and the fundamentals of Islam have parted on an important point, they go their separate ways in many respects like the above-mentioned differences. The important point is this:

Islam is the religion of the true affirmation of Divine Unity so that it dismisses intermediaries and causes. It breaks egotism and establishes sincere worship. It cuts every sort of false dominicality, starting from that of the soul, and rejects it. It is because of this that if a person of high position from among the upper class is going to be completely religious, he will have to give up his egotism. If he does not give up egotism, he will lose his strength of religion and to an extent give up his religion.

As for the Christian religion of the present day, since it has accepted the belief of Jesus (Upon whom be peace) being the Son of God, it ascribes a true effect to causes and intermediaries. It cannot break egotism in the name of religion. Rather, saying that it is a holy deputy of Jesus (Upon whom be peace), it attributes a sacredness to that egotism. For this reason, members of the Christian upper classes who occupy the highest worldly positions may be completely religious. In fact, there are many like the former American President, Wilson, and the former British Prime Minister, Lloyd George, who were as religious as bigoted priests. But those who rise to those positions among the Muslims rarely remain completely religious and firm in their religion, for they cannot give up their pride and egotism. And true taqwa cannot be combined with pride and egotism.... 29.letter/second sign/ BSN