05-26-2003, 07:13 PM
The language spoken by Jesus was Aramic. It is my understanding that Aramic, Arabic, and Hebrew are closely related languages. Both in the text style, and in their sounds.
The mass was for quite a long time celebrated in Latin, a language Jesus himself was unfamiliar with, and very much unlike his Aramic tongue. Also, the Bible was not translated using the language spoken by Jesus and his companions.
The Bible refers also to David as 'God's son', and even the tribe of Israel as 'God's son'.
The fact that God is unlike anything we can imagine leads me to believe that his 'genetic material' is not going to be the same as anything in his creation. The creator is always greater than the creation. Therefore, I don't believe that God could parent a child in the traditional sense. Perhaps this translation of 'God's son' means something a little closer to 'God's creation,' or 'child of Adam' which would make it a phrase that applies to all of mankind.
Just something to consider.