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Was Jesus Really the Son of God?


The words “The Son of God” have confused and polarized Gentile Christians for over 1,900 years.

BHC strives to identify, truly and accurately,
the thinking in the ancient world, the thinking in the world of the Bible,
and to take that where it leads us –
whether toward solutions or into more problems.

Our approach does not provide “the definitive answer” to the question. It provides information about what the words “The Son of God” meant to different people over those 1,900 years. This email is about what they meant to the Jewish Jesus and his Jewish followers.

In the Jewish world in which Yeshua, the Jewish Jesus lived, everyone understood what the words “The Son of God” meant – they just disagreed over whether Yeshua was that person. Continue reading at -
https://mailchi.mp/1764d99fc180/was-jesus-really-the-son-of-god

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