Excerpt: Son of God, son of David, or son of Man? Jesus is identified as “son
of David” fourteen times in the New Testament, starting with the very first
verse (Matthew 1:1). The Gospel of Luke documents forty-one generations
between Jesus and David, while Matthew lists twenty-six. Jesus, a distant
descendant, can only wear the “son of David” title metaphorically. But how
then should we understand the title, “son of God?” The “Trilemma,” a common proposal of Christian
missionaries, states that “Jesus was either a lunatic, a liar, or the Son of
God, as he claimed to be.” For the sake of argument, let’s agree that Jesus
was neither a lunatic nor a liar.
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