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He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.I will be his father, and he shall be my son." "I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come forth from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. Rather, in Luke the term refers back to the use of the word 'son' in the promise made by God to King David back in 2 Samuel 7:12-14 of a human descendent of David to whom God will grant an eternal kingdom: However, this is not what the term 'Son' means in Luke 1:30-35. Here the word 'Son' is a description of Jesus as the second person of the Trinity, the Son who is eternally begotten from the Father. "The Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlasting of the Father, the very and eternal God, and of one substance from the Father, took Man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance." Thus, Article II of Church of England's Thirty Nine Articles refers to: This way of understanding these words is perfectly understandable given the way in which down the centuries Christian theology has used the words 'Son' to refer to the second person of the Trinity as a way of distinguishing him from the first person of the Trinity, God the Father. Many Christians who hear these words read at Christmas services assume that when Gabriel refers to Jesus as 'the Son of the Most High' and 'the Son of God,' he is making a reference to Jesus' divine nature. 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God' (Luke 1:30-35)." He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever and of his kingdom there will be no end.'Īnd Mary said to the angel, 'How shall this be, since I have no husband?' And the angel said to her,

And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.

"And the angel said to her, 'Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favour with God. In this story we find the following familiar words which we hear year by year in church services at Christmas time: In this article I want to explore how the Bible describes Jesus as Son of God in two different ways, as the king descended from the line of David, and as the second person of the Trinity, the eternal Son of God the Father.Ī good way to start thinking about these two uses of the term 'Son' is to look at Luke's account of the announcement by the angel Gabriel to Mary that she is going to give birth to Jesus. However, in my experience what most Christians don't stop and think about is what exactly the Bible means when it calls Jesus the 'Son of God.' If asked what Christmas is about most Christians would, I hope, agree that what Christians celebrate at Christmas is the birth of Jesus, the Son of God.