What if the New Testament authors used the concepts of adoption and sonship as a metaphor so the original readers could understand Jesus/Father relationship and Jesus as heir of the Father’s kingdom?
What if Jesus was seen as “divine” not in essence but in function, just as Paul’s first adam vs the last Adam?
My understanding is that the ANE peoples had a function worldview rather than an material/essence one (John Walton, “The Lost World of Genesis One”). What if this function worldview is reflected in the writings of the New Testament?
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What if the New Testament authors used the concepts of adoption and sonship as a metaphor so the original readers could understand Jesus/Father relationship and Jesus as heir of the Father’s kingdom?
What if Jesus was seen as “divine” not in essence but in function, just as Paul’s first adam vs the last Adam?
My understanding is that the ANE peoples had a function worldview rather than an material/essence one (John Walton, “The Lost World of Genesis One”). What if this function worldview is reflected in the writings of the New Testament?
I am just thinking and asking.