38. The central theme of the whole Bible is Christ. In what way is Christ represented in the whole Bible?
(3) Others: Deliverance from Egypt, Passover, Entrance into Promised Land, Sacrifice rituals, Priesthood, 7 Feasts of Jehovah (Lev 23)
(4) New Testament Gospels: King, Servant, Man, God (Rev 4:7) represented by Lion, Ox, Man, Eagle
g. To be fulfilled in the future: (1) will come back in glory (Ps 24; 72; Da 7:13-14), (2) as a king (Ps 2; Ps 110; Nu 24:17; Isa 9:6-7; Jer 23:5-6; Zec 9:9)
h. The fulfilment of these prophesies in the person of Jesus clearly shows that Jesus is the Christ in the Bible because the probability of fulfilling all these prophecies by chance or by human manipulation is practically zero.
b. The term "only begotten" came from the Greek word monogenes (Jn 1:14,18; 3:16; 1Jn 4:9).
c. The Church Fathers used the explanation that "only begotten" means "the Son was the only begotten by the Father from eternity past", meaning the Son was not created.
d. A further problem occurred when it was found that the best manuscript for Jn 1:18 contains "monogenes God", not "monogenes Son".
e. Church Fathers took the word as connected with the root of the Greek verb gennao meaning generate or beget, hence the English translation "only begotten". Study of Greek writings before the 1st century proved that monogenes is not derived from the root gennao, but is derived from genos, kind or class.
f. The word therefore means "in a class by Himself" or "the only one of His kind" or in other words "unique", "peerless", "matchless", "incomparable". Thus the NIV correctly translated the term "the One and Only". The doctrine of eternal generation was thus a mistake.