Further Thought:

The coming of Jesus to this earth as the Son of God fulfilled several functions at the same time. In the first place, as the Divine Son of God, Jesus came to reveal the Father to us. Through His actions and words, Jesus showed us what the Father really is like and why we could trust and obey Him.

Jesus also came as the promised Son of David, Abraham, and Adam, through whom God had promised He would defeat the enemy and rule the world.

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Thus, Jesus came to take the place of Adam at the head of humanity and fulfill the original purpose God had for them (Genesis 1:26-28, Psalm 8:3-8). Jesus came to be the righteous ruler God always wanted this world to have.

“The word that was spoken to Jesus at the Jordan, ‘This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased,’ embraces humanity. God spoke to Jesus as our representative. With all our sins and weaknesses, we are not cast aside as worthless. ‘He hath made us accepted in the Beloved.’ Ephesians 1:6. The glory that rested upon Christ is a pledge of the love of God for us. … The light which fell from the open portals upon the head of our Saviour will fall upon us as we pray for help to resist temptation. The voice which spoke to Jesus says to every believing soul, This is My beloved child, in whom I am well pleased” — Ellen G. White,  The Desire of Ages, p. 113.

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You can view an in-depth discussion of The Promised Son in the Hope Sabbath School class led by Pastor Derek Morris. Click on the image to view:

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Key Thought: God promised Adam and Eve a son who would deliver them from the enemy, recover the inheritance that they lost, and fulfill the promise for which they were created.
January 15, 2022

1. Have a volunteer read Hebrews 1:1-4.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What is the central theme of these verses?
3. Personal Application: Name some of the promises God fulfilled in the past; How should this help us to trust Him for the promises not yet fulfilled? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “What does it mean that Jesus was the brightness of God’s glory and the express image of His person? Weren’t we all made in the image of God? How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Hebrews 1:2-4..

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What are some of the things this passage teaches us about Jesus?
3. Personal Application: Since Jesus was above the angels by inheritance, what does that say about Christians whom Christ has promised would inherit all things? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “How can I reconcile the Jesus of the New Testament with the God of the Old Testament? One seems to be forgiving and loving; the other seems judgmental and condemning?” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read H4ebrews 1:2,3; Isaiah 44:24..

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
2. God said He created the world along and He is the only God; how could God create the universe through Jesus?
3. Personal Application: I Corinthians 10:1-4 tells us Jesus was the God that led Israel out of Egypt. How do you help people understand that Jesus is the God of the Old Testament that led Israel, protected them, and guided them in good times and bad? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states: “Was Jesus some kind of secondary God that God allowed to be a part of Creation and share in His glory and rulership?” How would you respond to your relative?
   (Note: Jehovah stated that there was no God formed before Him, and there are no gods after Him. There are no secondary gods. Jesus is Jehovah, the Creator God, one of three coeternal persons of the Godhead that have existed from eternity.)

4. Have a volunteer read Hebrews 1:5.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What promise to David did Paul apply to Jesus?
3. Personal Application: How is Jesus the only begotten Son of God is Jesus is eternal? Share your thoughts.
   (Note: This is not a statement of the nature of Christ, but a statement of His role in the plan of salvation. John 3:16)
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 NLT

The Adventist Biblical Research Institute agrees with the modern translations of “one and only” instead of  “only begotten.” Hebrews 1:1-14 make it clear that Jesus was God. He was not given life, He is the Life Giver.

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Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. John 11:25 NLT

Just as 1 John 4:8 does not tell us that God has love but rather is love, so Jesus does not say that He was given life, but rather that He is life. 

In Christ is life, original, unborrowed, underived. -Ellen White, Desire of Ages, Page 530.

While Hebrews 2:1-18 explains the complete humanity of the Son of God, Hebrews 1:1-14 explains the complete divinity of the Son of God. While Jesus is God the Son, who never originated but always existed as far back as eternity goes, Ty Gibson suggests in His book, The Sonship of Christ, that while He was always God the Son, that the term “Son of God’ explains His humanity more than His divinity. For example, Adam was the first one who was called the son of God.

Adam was the son of God. Luke 3:38 NLT 

Adam was created to be the son of God and to be the representative for this earth. Job 1:6 talks about when the “sons of God” came to present themselves before God. Adam was to be this earth’s representative as the son of God for this earth. However we read where Satan shows up at this meeting, as Adam surrendered this right to Satan when he sinned. So we see that Adam was the son of God, and there are other sons of God representing their worlds. By the way Hebrews 1:2 mentions that Christ made the worlds. The word “worlds” refers to inhabited planets, while uninhabited planets are simply called planets. In Job 1:6 the sons of God came from these other worlds. 

So in John 3:16 Where it says, “only begotten Son” or “one and only son” it is not referring to God the son ever being born. Neither is it saying that there are not other sons of God, because we have just seen that there are. So what does it mean by “one and only son?” Hebrews  11 gives us a clue.

Abraham, who had received God’s promises, was ready to sacrifice his only son, Isaac, Hebrews 11:17 NLT 

Wait a minute? Was Isaac Abraham’s only son? No! So why is this saying that Isaac was Abraham’s only son? 

The Scriptures say that Abraham had two sons, one from his slave wife and one from his freeborn wife. The son of the slave wife was born in a human attempt to bring about the fulfillment of God’s promise. But the son of the freeborn wife was born as God’s own fulfillment of his promise. Galatians 4:22-23 NLT 

Isaac was called Abraham’s only son because Isaac was the promised son. Now we know why John 3:16 says He gave His only begotten or one and only son. It is not insinuating that God the Son was ever created or given life by the Father. Christ had life that came from being God Himself. His life was original, unborrowed and underived.  The term “Only begotten” or “one and only Son” means that Jesus Christ is the promised Son to redeem mankind and take the right that Adam surrendered in being the representative of the world. 

Adam was the original son of God, who because of sin surrendered the right to represent this world before God. Meanwhile Satan claimed that right and in Job 1:6-11 accused the inhabitants of the earth. But Jesus, the promised One, lived a perfect life and died our death on the cross, and has now won the right to represent us before the Father. Instead of accusing us, He is representing and defending us! 

 He entered into heaven itself to appear now before God on our behalf. Hebrews 9:24 NLT 

Since Jesus Christ is the promised Son to replace Adam as our representative, not only is He representing us and defending us, saving and redeeming us, but we are also already seated in heaven with Him!

For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:6 NLT 

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