Who Are the "Sons of God"?

I've been reading through the Book of Job, and I inevitably came across the term "sons of God" a few times. Modern perversions of the Bible corrupt "sons of God" and turn it into "angels" to fit some strange doctrine that was invented by man. In this post, I will define the term "sons of God" and defend the inerrancy of Scripture.

Job 1:6a says, "Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD..."


The Book of Job opened up describing a perfect man named Job. Job 1:6 begins a transition where Satan appears out of a crowd of the "sons of God" and has a conversation with God about His servant Job. This is before the fall of Satan, so this conversation is likely taking place in heaven. Before we go any further into the background, let's define "sons of God" so we can have a foundation on which we can understand the rest of the passage(s).

When reading the Bible, it's best to read everything in its proper context. If there is a term or phrase that is unexplained in a certain passage, try finding that term or phrase elsewhere in the Bible to help you understand its meaning. Doctrine should be established on clear, direct statements. For example, we know that we are saved by faith because John 3 says over and over again that whosoever believes has everlasting life. Salvation is by faith, and we know this because it based on countless verses and passages that clearly define it for us. This should be the same approach we should take with "sons of God."

The most clear statement on who the "sons of God" are is John 1:12: "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name." It doesn't get much clearer than that! Those that believe on Jesus Christ are called the "sons of God." If that doesn't solidify it for you, Galatians 3:26 says, "For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus." You're made a child or son of God by placing your faith in Jesus Christ. This is what Jesus was teaching Nicodemus by night in the beginning of John 3 when He said, "Ye must be born again." When we are born again, we become born from above and thereby become brethren with Jesus. We are spiritually birthed so that we may see the kingdom of God. 1 John 3:1 says, "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God." The "we" here in 1 John 3:1 is referring to believers! Hebrews 12 says that God deals with as with sons when He disciplines us. Other references that use "sons of God" (or "children of God") to mean saved, born-again believers are Romans 8:14-21, Philippians 2:15, 1 John 3:1-10, Matthew 5:9, Luke 20:36, John 11:52, Romans 9:8, and 1 John 5:2.

It's a very simple term to describe those who are saved. There are numerous verses to back this doctrine up. Yet there are those out there that teach that the "sons of God" here in Job 1:6 is referring to angels. I will explain this false doctrine in a moment. But before we get into angels and the sons of God, I want to tip the first domino that will start to up-heave other bad doctrines.

I just proved that the sons of God are born-again believers. I am a son of God because I have placed my faith in Jesus Christ. If you have placed all of your faith in Christ alone, then you are also a son or daughter of God. Question: if someone has not placed their faith in Jesus Christ, are they a son of God? According to the Bible, they are not. Remember that John 1:12 says that only those who believe on the name of Christ are given the right to be called the sons of God. Romans 9 refers to those who have not believe as the "children of the flesh." Romans 9:6b-8 says, "For they are not all Israel which are of Israel: neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed." These "children of the promise" are the sons of God who are counted for the seed. Whose seed? The seed of Abraham. Galatians 3:29 says, "And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." That verse is where we get "children of the promise." Follow these verses out. Romans 9 is saying that not everyone that is descended from Jacob are counted for the seed. In fact, most of the physical descendants of Jacob (or Israel) did not get saved; they rejected Christ. Only a remnant of the physical descendants believed on Jesus Christ. You are not a child of God just because you have a lineage that goes back to Jacob. Jews are not inherently the children of God because they have Abraham as their father. Without Christ, physical Jews are the children of the flesh and are not the children of God. Without Christ, they are bastards and not sons.

The Jews today are unsaved and are not the children of God. Whether they can trace their lineage back to Jacob is completely irrelevant. Jesus told the unbelieving Jews in Matthew 21:43, "Therefore I say unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof." Romans 9:25-26 says, "I will call them my people, which were not my people... And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God." We were once not His people, but we are now His people by faith in Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 6:16 says, "...for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people." Have the Jewish people today accepted Christ as their Savior? If they haven't, then God is not their Father, and they are neither His people nor His children. The privilege of being counted among God's elect is reserved for those who have trusted in Jesus Christ.

And here's the first doctrine to fall: the Jews are not God's chosen people. Only those who have been born again can rightly be called His people. Romans 9:30-33 states, "What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone, as it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed." The Gentiles who believed on Jesus Christ attained righteousness, but the Jews who tried to pursue their salvation by works did not attain righteousness. Galatians 2:16 is clear, "Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified." The Jewish rabbis in Jesus' time taught works-salvation. They disregarded God's Word and regarded their own teachings as Scripture (or, the "tradition of men"). They were like the modern-day Catholic Church. The unbelieving Jews of Jesus' day as well as the Jews today who do not believe are not counted as the children of God. Faith is what separates us from them. We are His children, His people; unbelievers are the children of the flesh (or "children of men"). An unrepentant Jew has the same eventual destination as an unbelieving Muslim. Neither of these people are counted as His children unless they put their faith in Christ. God does not regard the physical, Jewish descendants as His children simply because their lineage goes back to Abraham and Jacob. God goes on to say that He does not even consider them the true Israel. Today's Jews are not the children of God, nor are they God's chosen people. The word "elect" (which means "chosen") is not once used to refer to an unbelieving Jewish person in the entire New Testament. But they can easily become the children of God by placing their faith in Jesus Christ and thereby become one of God's chosen people.

One false doctrine has just been demolished because of the definition of "sons of God." With an established definition of "sons of God," we can see that in Job 1:6 God is referring to those who have placed their faith in Him (saved people). People in the Old Testament were saved the same way we are today. You must be born again! When Jesus told that to Nicodemus, He had yet to go to the cross, die, and rise from the dead. Being "born again" is not new; it's always been necessary. You must be born of the Spirit in order to see the kingdom of heaven. So, if an individual is called a "son of God" in the Old Testament, he has been reborn! There is a false doctrine out there that teaches that these "sons of God" in Job 1:6 are actually angels. Proponents of this idea will have you turn to Genesis 6:2-4, where it says, "That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose...There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown." The false doctrine goes like this: fallen angels came down from heaven, saw some pretty women, and went in unto them to bear huge giants.

This false doctrine comes straight from the Book of Enoch, Chapter 7. Please read it for yourself if you don't believe me.

You will not read anything about fallen angels and 450-foot (or 300 cubits) giants anywhere in Genesis 6 or the chapters that precede it. This entire fabrication originates from a fictional, pseudo-Christian text. Are we going to regard God's Word as the ultimate authority in all manners of truth and doctrine, or are we going to rely on uninspired texts to guide us? God gave us logical, critical-thinking minds. Giants that reach 450 feet into the sky are a complete work of fiction. The "sons of God" in Genesis 6 are saved men if we go with the definition that the Bible uses repeatedly. These saved men lusted after heathen women and married them. Not one time did we ever see this term refer to angels. But in case you're not convinced, we'll go further to destroy this bad doctrine.

As mentioned previously, angels have never been referred to as the "sons of God." Hebrews 1:5 says, "For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?" God has never called His angels His sons. Angels are created beings, but they have not been made in the image of God; only man has been created in God's image. Angels serve God and His purpose. Hebrews 1:7, 14 say, "And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire... Are [angels] not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?" Angels are spirits and are part of the unseen spiritual realm. They are only seen by man when God has sent them to deliver a message (for example, when Daniel saw the angel, or when Joseph was visited by an angel in his dream). They are part of an invisible world, and unless they are ordered to appear unto man, they go unseen. Hebrews 2:16 says, "For verily [Jesus] took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham." The Word of God became flesh, a physical man. The nature of angels is different from that of man. Angels are spiritual, unseen beings that do not share the same physical, earthly characteristics of man. This brings me to the final point about angels, Mark 12:25: "For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels which are in heaven." After our resurrection, we will be like angels in that we won't marry, but we won't be actual angels. In Luke 20:34-35, Jesus stated that the children of this world marry and are given in marriage, but when they are resurrected from the dead, they will no longer marry. Humans marry. Angels don't. Angels are not male and female, nor are they sexual beings like we are. Angels never beget after their kind through sexual reproduction.

Knowing some facts about angels, let's turn back to Genesis 6:2-4, "That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose... There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown." It says the sons of God took the daughters of men as wives. Angels do not marry according to the very words of Jesus Christ. Nor are they like men in that they can sexually reproduce. Are we supposed to believe that there were marriage ceremonies between fallen angels and humans before the great flood? Also, angels are invisible, spiritual beings! The only times that angels appeared before men were when God sent them with a specific message. And the idea that there were 450-foot giants walking the earth is utter insanity; I won't even comment on that.

If that isn't enough to convince a theologian, let's go into the context of Genesis 6 to further establish that this passage is not talking about angels. Genesis 6:1 says, "And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them..." The passage begins with men as the subjects, not angels or mega-giants. Genesis 6:5-7 says, "And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that the had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them." The subject of Genesis 6:1-7 is man, not fallen angels or sky-high giants. The saved men married and had children with heathen women, and, as a result, their children became wicked. The sons of God had disregarded God's commandment and went after worldly women. The world then became wicked, which angered God into sending a flood to destroy them. The Bible tells believers not to be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. Young, saved men are supposed to marry saved, born-again ladies. That's the message that is being taught in this passage. If the fallen angels committed all this wickedness, wouldn't they have been called out for it? Wouldn't God's wrath have been directed at them at one point in this passage if that was the case? The sons of God are men, not fallen angels. And by mingling with the heathens, they produced a generation of very wicked men.

But what about the giants that are mentioned in Genesis 6:4? It would be an erroneous conclusion to say that the giants were the offspring between the sons of God and the daughters of men. The children of these marriages were the "men of renown," not the giants. There definitely were giants during that time period. There were also giants after that time period, too, such as Goliath. But no where in the Bible does it say that these giants were 450 feet tall. They were, at max, about 8-10 feet tall. The Bible is simply making a statement here that giants existed during this time. Anything else claimed about these giants likely originates from man's wild imagination, a.k.a. the Book of Enoch.

I looked at Genesis 6 in other modern versions, and it appears the majority kept the text in line with what the KJV says. The "Living Bible" translation says in Genesis 6:1-2, 4, "Now a population explosion took place upon the earth. It was at this time that beings from the spirit world looked upon the beautiful women and took any they desired to be their wives... In those days, and even afterwards, when the evil beings from the spirit world were sexually involved with human women, their children became giants, of whom so many legends are told." Atrocious. But what do you expect from a translation that calls itself the "Living Bible"?  The "Good News Translation" renders the "sons of God" as "heavenly beings." The product of this unholy matrimony between heavenly beings and women, the "giants," apparently made God sorry that "he had ever made them and put them on the earth." But hold on: God didn't make these giants. From this poor translation, the giants were made from "heavenly beings" mating with young, beautiful women. They weren't "put on earth" by God. Bad Bible translations create a host of contradictions and illogical statements. We'll look at some bad translation errors in Job shortly.

In Job, which I initially quoted at the beginning, the term "sons of God" is used three times. Job 1:6 says, "Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them." Job 2:1: "Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD." Job 38:7: "When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?" Since the Bible always defines "sons of God" as saved people elsewhere, and since the fallen-angel theory of Genesis 6 is a fairy tale, the term "sons of God" in these passages must be referring to saved people (or "saints"). One may wrongly conclude they are angels because the location of these sons of God appears to be heaven. They are indeed in heaven, but they are not angels. They are saved people that have passed on and gone to heaven.

The New International Version reads in Job 1:6, "One day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them." The sons of God are not angels. Job 2:1 in the NIV makes the same mistake, "On another day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before him." If you notice in the footnotes for both of these verses in the NIV, they'll say that the original Hebrew texts say "sons of God." If that's the case, why don't they just translate "sons of God" and leave it at that? It's because it wasn't a translation; it was commentary injected into the Scripture. The NIV translators thought, "Well, it's clearly talking about angels here, so we're going to go ahead and remove sons of God and put angels in the passage." Apparently the NIV thinks you're far too stupid to ascertain who the sons of God are. In pushing their flawed view, they create an error in their translation. 2 Peter 1:20 says that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. If there are minor "tweaks" to God's Word here and there, it can affect doctrine profoundly. The NIV is not the inspired Word of God, and neither is any other translation that contains contradictions and errors.

To make a more concrete case that the sons of God of the Old Testament went to heaven, read Job 38 in more of its context: "Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Where was thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who laid the corner stone thereof; when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?"

The "sons of God" in Job 38 are shouting for joy in heaven at the laying of the cornerstone. What or who is this cornerstone? Let the Bible be its own dictionary. Isaiah 28:16 says, "Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste." Psalm 118:22, references this stone, "The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner." So who is this corner stone that the Old Testament speaks about? Acts 4:10-12 says, "Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." Ephesians 2:20 also references Jesus as the chief corner stone. Job 38:6 is an Old Testament reference to Jesus Christ. The chief corner stone was laid when Jesus died and rose from the dead. That is the foundation of our faith! The saints of the past looked on at the laying of the cornerstone from heaven and shouted for joy. It says in John 8:56, "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad." Abraham was a son of God because he believed God and it was accounted to him for righteousness. He was one of the sons of God shouting for joy in Job 38! Obviously, Christ had not been born yet in Job's day, but the Bible speaks of future events as if they were in the past. Satan is talked about being cast down in Isaiah, but that event doesn't occur until Revelation. Likewise, Isaiah talks about Jesus suffering for our sins in the past tense, but that doesn't happen until the future at this point.

There's an implication that lies within these passages in Job about the sons of God being in heaven before God. This will knock another false doctrine down. Old Testament believers went to heaven when they died, not some compartment in hell as is commonly taught. This compartment is erroneously called "Paradise" or "Abraham's Bosom."

In Genesis 5:24, God took Enoch and translated him without seeing death. In 2 Kings 2:11, Elijah also did not see death and was taken up into heaven by a whirlwind. By the Old Testament's own admission, the sons of God, or believers, went to heaven. Was Elijah just a really great, righteous man? Is that why he went to heaven? The Bible is emphatic that our own self-righteousness cannot get us to heaven. Elijah was saved by grace through faith, and that's why he went to heaven. He was born again. Romans 4:2-5 says, "For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory, but not before God. For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness." Abraham was justified by faith and not by works! Some say that people in the Old Testament had to have an alternative way to salvation since Jesus Christ had not died yet. However, Revelation 13:8 says that Jesus is the "Lamb slain from the foundation of the world." Romans 4:6 continues, "Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin." Abraham was saved by faith, and it's reiterated in Romans 4:21-22: "And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness." Old Testament saints were well aware of the forgiveness of sins and imputation of righteousness.

The moment Abraham put his faith in God and His promise, his sins and iniquities were forgiven and washed away. Washed under what? The blood of Christ. Righteousness was put on Abraham's account because of his faith. Whose righteousness? The righteousness of Christ. Titus 3:5 says about salvation, "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us." Romans 10:10 says that it is with the heart that "man believeth unto righteousness." It continues, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Abraham called on the name of the Lord, his sins were washed away, and he had the righteousness of Christ put on him. All of this was accomplished way before Jesus Christ had come to earth. He was made completely blameless and spotless. What could have prevented him from entering into heaven when he died? Some teach that when Abraham died, he went to Paradise, a "compartment" next to hell. Paradise isn't mentioned one time in the Old Testament.

As we've done time and time again, we ought to let the Bible define itself. What is Paradise? 2 Corinthians 12:4 says that a man was "caught up into paradise." Paradise is up. Hell is down. Revelation 2:7 says, "To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God." Where is the tree of life? Revelation 22:1-2 says, "And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life." It goes on, "And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever." That sounds like heaven, or the new city. Revelation 22:14 says, "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city." The tree of life is in paradise, the city, or heaven. That much is abundantly clear. At what point did the Bible say Paradise is right next to hell? Instead of letting some "educated" theologian define words for us, we should be able to pick up the Word of God and determine what it's saying for ourselves.

Matthew 22:31-32 says, "But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living." That's a quote from Exodus in the New Testament. Revelation 20:13 says that "the dead" are in hell. If someone is in hell, they are not living. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were alive because they had the gift of eternal life given to them when they became the sons of God through faith. They did not descend into the center of the earth, hell, to wait for Jesus Christ to pay for their sins. Their salvation was already accomplished. The moment they believed they were forever alive and went to be with the Lord when they physically died. 2 Corinthians 5:8 says that when we are absent from our bodies, we will be present with the Lord. If we've trusted Christ, we'll be with the Lord when we die. It wasn't any different for Old Testament believers.

Since Old Testament saints went to heaven when they died, where would Jesus have gone during those three days and three nights that He was dead? The Bible says that Jesus went down into hell in Psalms and Acts. Many who subscribe to the compartment theory say Jesus went to the "good side" of hell (Paradise). But Paradise is heaven, and it isn't anywhere near hell. Therefore, Jesus went to a literal, real hell when He died.

On the day of Pentecost, Peter preached a gospel message about Jesus Christ to a group of Jews. He tied in David's prophetic words in Acts 2:25-31, "For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; he seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption." A couple other places describe Jesus' descent into hell, such as Romans 10:6-7, "But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)" Ephesians 4:9-10 says, "Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things." Going to hell was part of Christ's mission to save man, and Hebrews 2:9 states, "But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man." His soul went down into hell, and it's plainly stated in Matthew 12:40: "For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth." Jonah and the whale was a picture of the time that Jesus spent in hell. Romans 6:23 says that the wages of sin is death. If Christ truly bore the sins of all men, then it makes logical sense that he would have to endure death, which is also known as hell. Hebrews 9:26 says, "For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself." Jesus Christ is that perfect, sacrificial Lamb that bore the sins of the world. He took on the wrath of God so that we wouldn't have to. He stepped in and took our punishment for sins. His sacrifice propitiated the God's wrath.

If you're still not quite convinced, follow this passage in Exodus 12:5-11, "Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: and ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's passover." The foreshadowing of Jesus Christ is obvious. He is the Passover Lamb. This passage mentions not once nor twice, but three times that this sacrifice is to be roasted with fire. It would be an important part of the sacrifice, right? So how was Jesus Christ roasted with fire? The truth is that Jesus was roasted with fire down in the depths of hell, enduring the wrath of God for our sake so that we may become the sons of God by faith in His name.

Jesus Christ goes by the name "the Son of God." The sons of God are born-again believers, but Jesus Christ rightly lays hold to the title "the Son of God." John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God, but we're also referred to as sons and children. There is no contradiction. The key word is "begotten." The NIV, NLT, and ESV rip "begotten" out of John 3:16 and say something to the effect of "his only Son." That would be false, because the term "sons of God" exists in many places. That would create a contradiction in those Bible versions. Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God because he was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. None of us, as believers, can claim that we were conceived of the Holy Spirit. That's what makes Jesus' Son-ship unique from our own.