tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post2550416142766493938..comments2024-03-28T13:18:18.245-07:00Comments on Foster's Theological Reflections: Another Response to the Son = "Nature of X" ArgumentEdgar Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-74192738859543172352016-06-12T11:17:07.024-07:002016-06-12T11:17:07.024-07:00Omar, as I mentioned earlier, whether angels have ...Omar, as I mentioned earlier, whether angels have the divine nature or not, depends on what we mean by divine nature. For instance, D.S. Russell ("The Method and Message of Jewish Apocalyptic") writes concerning Old Testament theology:<br /><br />"There is ample evidence to show that conception of monotheism was held in conjunction with a belief in a spiritual world peopled with supernatural and superhuman beings who, in some ways, shared the nature, though not the being, of God" (page 235).<br /><br />So he distinguishes between angels having "in some ways" the nature of God, but Russell states that they do not have the being of God in Jewish monotheism.Edgar Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-26711977845977899702016-06-10T18:09:24.432-07:002016-06-10T18:09:24.432-07:00Hi Omar,
The terminology "divine nature"...Hi Omar,<br /><br />The terminology "divine nature" is ambiguous in English. Anointed Christians will share in the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4), and angels are spirits as God is spirit. However, "divine nature" also refers to God's essence or the unique properties that he possesses or exemplifies as God (omnipotence, omniscience, immutability, etc). So it really depends on what is meant by divine nature. Trinitarians normally mean that Christ (God's Son) has the divine nature in the sense that he has all the properties of God or he is God for them. If that is what one means by "divine nature," then angels do not have it. if, however, one simply means a spiritual nature, then angels do have God's nature in that sense. I guess that son of God is a metaphorical term for me; for others, it could be ontological or functional.Edgar Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-12781754693025917422016-06-10T08:21:58.414-07:002016-06-10T08:21:58.414-07:00Hi Edgar was reading the information on the topic ...Hi Edgar was reading the information on the topic "son of God = possession of the nature of God"<br /><br />For example Lord is divine nature<br />Angels are also divine nature<br /><br />That leads me to ask you perhaps Los Angeles do not have the nature of God?<br /><br />How can I understand this?Omar Meza Solanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08183786351028633101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-89129135460394456052016-05-19T10:12:14.138-07:002016-05-19T10:12:14.138-07:00Omar, it's been a long time since I tried to l...Omar, it's been a long time since I tried to learn Spanish. Outside of some common phrases many people know, I rely on google translate now.Edgar Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-61454647334791024532016-05-19T06:26:46.146-07:002016-05-19T06:26:46.146-07:00Such edgar, how could see your studies in Spanish ...Such edgar, how could see your studies in Spanish ? Maybe you have some web translator that is specificOmar Meza Solanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08183786351028633101noreply@blogger.com