Filho de Deus: o que significa a divindade de Jesus?
O que significa Jesus ser o Filho de Deus
Na Bíblia, o título "Filho de Deus" afirma a plena divindade de Jesus e a Sua igualdade de natureza com o Pai. Não significa que Jesus foi criado no tempo nem que teve uma origem biológica, mas que Ele compartilha da mesma essência divina e é a revelação exata do Deus invisível.
No contexto judaico do primeiro século, falar da relação de filho com o pai indicava identidade de natureza e representação total. Quando Jesus chamou Deus de Seu próprio Pai, os líderes religiosos entenderam de imediato o peso daquela afirmação:
But Yeshua [God is Salvation] answered them, My Father works up to this time, and I work.
Therefore the Y’hudim (Judeans) [praised of Yah] sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the Shabbat [rest], but said also that God-The Father was his Father, making himself equal with God-The Father.(John 5:17,18)
O Antigo Testamento já apontava para esse mistério, anunciando séculos antes que o menino que nasceria receberia títulos divinos:
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Pele-Yo’etz El Gibbor Avi-’Ad Sar-Shalom (Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God [The Powerful Living Word], The Father of eternity, The Prince of Peace).(Isaiah 9:6)
O Novo Testamento confirma que o Filho é a presença visível de Deus entre os seres humanos, eterno e criador de todas as coisas:
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.(John 1:14)
No man has seen God-Theos at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared [him].(John 1:18)
Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Being made so much better than the angels, as he has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.(Hebrews 1:3,4)
O testemunho do Pai e a confissão de Pedro
A identidade de Jesus como Filho de Deus não surgiu como um rumor popular, mas foi afirmada pelo próprio Deus no início do ministério público de Cristo:
Immediately when he came up from the water, the heavens were opened to him and he saw The Ruach [Spirit [Ruach]] (Spirit [Ruach]) of Elohim (The Many Powered) [The Living Word of God] coming down in the likeness of a dove and remained upon him.
Then behold a voice from heaven was saying: "This is My beloved Son, whom I love very very much and in whom I am very well pleased".(Gosel 3:16,17)
A resposta esperada diante dessa revelação é o reconhecimento. Em Cesareia de Filipe, quando Jesus perguntou aos discípulos sobre a Sua identidade, Pedro expressou a base da fé cristã:
Yeshua [God is Salvation] went out into the Land of ‘Caesarea [severed] of Philip [friend of horses]’ and asked his disciples saying: "What do men say about me?"
They said unto him: "Some say ‘he is Yochanan [Yah is gracious] the Baptizer’, some say ‘he is Eliyahu [my God is Yah] u [my God is Yah]’, and some ‘Yirmeyahu [Our God has uplifted]’ or ‘one of the prophets’".
Yeshua [God is Salvation] said to them: "What do you say about me?"
Shim’on [he has heard]; called Kefa [pebble]; answered and said: "You are Ha-Moshiach [Messiah] [The Messiah] [which means ‘the Messiah’], the Son of the Living Elohim (The Many Powered) [The Living Word of God], who has come into this world"(Gosel 16:13-16)
Reconhecer Jesus como o Filho enviado por Deus é o ponto de partida da comunhão com o Criador:
Whosoever shall confess that Yeshua [God is Salvation] is the Son of God-The Father, God-The Father dwells in him, and he in God-The Father.(1 John 4:15)
Por que Deus enviou o Seu Filho
O envio do Filho à Terra teve um propósito definido: resgatar a humanidade da condenação do pecado e manifestar o amor do Pai de forma concreta na história.
For God-The Father so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16)
In this was manifested the love of God-The Father toward us, because that God-The Father sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
Herein is love, not that we loved God-The Father, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the Propitiation (sacrifice to pay for sins against God, to satisfy His righteous anger) for our sins.(1 John 4:9,10)
Ao se entregar na cruz e ressuscitar, o Filho desfez o poder do mal e reconciliou com Deus aqueles que estavam separados dEle:
He that commit sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God-The Father was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.(1 John 3:8)
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God-The Father by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.(Romans 5:10)
A autoridade do Filho e a nova vida de quem crê
O Pai conferiu ao Filho a autoridade de julgar e de conceder vida. Ter o Filho significa ter a própria vida espiritual restaurada:
For as the Father raises up the dead, and quickens [them]; even so the Son quickens whom he will.
For the Father no man, but has committed all judgment unto the Son:
That all [men] should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honours not the Son honours not the Father which has sent him.(John 5:21-23)
Truly, truly, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God-The Father: and they that hear shall live.
For as the Father has life in himself; so has he given to the Son to have life in himself;(John 5:25,26)
He that has the Son has life; [and] he that has not the Son of God-The Father has not life.(1 John 5:12)
Quem recebe a Jesus deixa de ser apenas criatura e passa a fazer parte da família de Deus. Pela obra do Filho eterno, os crentes recebem o Espírito Santo e são adotados como filhos do Pai:
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God-Theos, [even] to them that believe on his name:
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God-Theos.(John 1:12,13)
But when the fullness of the time was come, God-The Father sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the sonship of sons.
And because you2f are sons, God-The Father has sent forth the Spirit [Ruach] of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.(Galatians 4:4-6)
Essa nova condição transforma o cotidiano: a vida agora é conduzida pela fé no Filho de Deus, que se entregou por cada pessoa.
I am crucified with Moshiach [Messiah]: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Moshiach [Messiah] lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God-The Father, who loved me, and gave himself for me.(Galatians 2:20)
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