Jesus' Entitlements

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The status of born-again Christians in God's family circle is that of an adopted child.
(Rom 8:15, Gal 4:5, Eph 1:15)

Jesus' status is many times more superior than theirs because he's in God's family
circle as a paternal child; in point of fact, as God's one and only paternal child.
(John 1:14 John 1:18 John 3:16, John 3:18, 1John 4:9)

Regardless of how people believe Jesus might've obtained his paternal status, and
regardless of whether his paternal status is actual or administrative, the status
entitles Jesus to be known as God's direct descendant-- a position whereby the
rules of heredity entitle Jesus to be known by his Father's name, which most
everybody knows is Jehovah, a.k.a. Yahweh.

Now if God was to actually father a direct descendant, the result would be as divine
as Himself just as when a man fathers a direct descendant, the result is as human
as himself, i.e. more of his own kind. So then, in his status as God's direct
descendant, Jesus is entitled to be known as a deity.

NOTE: I'm not suggesting that Jesus' relationship with God is biological. The thing
is: I don't know how else to explain their situation except in terms familiar to us all.
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[Olde Tymer]

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● Isa 52:13 . . Behold, My servant will prosper, he will be high and lifted up, and
greatly exalted.

In recognition for the unusual extent of his dedication to God and man, Phil 2:6-11
says God gave Jesus the name that is above every name. Well; those of us schooled
in the old testament know that the name above every name is spelled with the
four-letter tetragrammaton YHWH and/or YHVH.

The correct pronunciation is currently unknown. Sometimes it's pronounced
Yehovah, sometimes Jehovah, and sometimes Yahweh. The appellation is so sacred
among pious Jews that they make every effort to avoid speaking it except under
very special circumstances.

Anyway, because Jesus has that name, he is entitled to be worshipped and revered
by everyone up in the sky, everyone down on the ground, and everyone under the
ground, viz: the full round of nature; and then some, even the angels. (Heb 1:6)

I'd imagine there will be some very bitter folks who will resist bending the knee in
reverence to Jesus' name; nevertheless they will, and possibly by force if necessary
because the dignity of the name has to take priority over their personal feelings
about Jesus.
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[Olde Tymer]

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In the old testament economy, it was customary for a father's eldest son to inherit
the entirety of his estate. In time, it became a law for Moses' people whereby the
custom was revised a bit so that all of a father's sons could inherit something
except that his eldest should receive at least twice as much as the junior siblings.
(Deut 21:15-17)

Jesus has quite an advantage in this area of his association with God. The thing is;
according to John 1:14 John 1:18 John 3:16, John 3:18, and 1John 4:9, Jesus is
God's one and only paternal descendant. So then Jesus has no challengers in
regard to his Father's estate, viz: Jesus has no paternal siblings so he's entitled to
the whole shebang.

● Heb 1:1-2 . . In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at
many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by His
son, whom He appointed heir of all things,

We're talking about more than material wealth here, we're also talking about
political superiority.

● 1Pet 3:21-22 . . Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at God's right
hand--with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.

It is very difficult to estimate the extent of God's estate seeing as how it takes in
the whole cosmos-- all of its forms of life, matter, and energy. And that's only the
portion of God's estate with which I'm familiar. There's more yet. (John 16:15)
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As to his identification as the Son of Man, it is very easy to prove the Word's human
origin began with Adam's creation.

● Luke 1:31-32 . . You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give
him the name Jesus. . . .The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

Now, before any man can be considered for David's throne he has to be one of the
king's natural descendants; and that's on oath.

● Ps 132:11 . .The Lord has sworn in truth unto David; and He will not turn from it:
"Of the fruit of your body will I set upon your throne"

The new testament verifies Jesus is the fruit of David's body spoken of in that oath.

● Acts 2:29-30 . . Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch
David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us unto this day.
Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him,
that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on
his throne.

● Rom 1:1-3 . . Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated
unto the gospel of God, concerning His son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made
of the seed of David according to the flesh.

The Greek word for "seed" is a mite ambiguous because it can refer to spiritual
progeny as well as biological progeny; but in David's case; seed refers to biological
progeny because Christ was 1) the fruit of David's body and 2) of David's loins
according to the flesh.

So then, seeing as how Jesus was David's paternal descendant, then of course
Jesus was Adam's paternal descendant too because we all, including David, descend
from a common ancestor.

● Gen 3:20 . . Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of
all the living.

● Acts 17:26 . . He made from one, every nation of mankind to live on all the face
of the earth.

NOTE: According to Luke 1:31-33, the Word's incarnation has two paternal fathers,
the one divine and the other human, so that Jesus could speak of himself as deity
and he could speak of himself as mankind. I think quite a few Bible readers much
prefer him one way or the other, rather than both simultaneously. As someone fully
God and fully Man, the Word's incarnation can be a mite confusing at times.

Having a foot in both worlds gives Jesus a couple of amazing advantages. On the
one foot he's entitled to God's throne, and on the other foot he's entitled to David's
throne so that one day he'll be the supreme man on Earth just as he's now the
supreme man in Heaven.
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