7. The king thus constituted declares the fundamental law of His
kingdom, in the avowal of His Sonship, a relation involving His
universal dominion.
this day have I begotten thee--as
2Sa 7:14,
"he shall be My son," is a solemn recognition of this relation. The
interpretation of this passage to describe the inauguration of Christ
as Mediatorial King, by no means impugns the Eternal Sonship of His
divine nature. In
Ac 13:33,
Paul's quotation does not imply an application of this passage to the
resurrection; for "raised up" in
Ac 13:32
is used as in
Ac 2:30; 3:22,
&c., to denote bringing Him into being as a man; and not that of
resurrection, which it has only when, as in
Ac 2:34,
allusion is made to His death
(Ro 1:4).
That passage says He was declared as to His divine nature to be the Son
of God, by the resurrection, and only teaches that that event
manifested a truth already existing. A similar recognition of His
Sonship is introduced in
Heb 5:5,
by these ends, and by others in
Mt 3:17; 17:5.
JFB.
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