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The firstborn or firstborn son (Hebrew בְּכוֹר bəḵōr) is an important concept in Judaism. The role of firstborn son carries significance in the redemption of the first-born son , in the allocation of a double portion of the inheritance , and in the prophetic application of "firstborn" to the nation of Israel.
Primogeniture (/ ˌ p r aɪ m ə ˈ dʒ ɛ n ɪ tʃ ər,-oʊ-/) is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn legitimate child to inherit the parent's entire or main estate in preference to shared inheritance among all or some children, any illegitimate child or any collateral relative.
Sonship theology, also known as Sonship teaching, is a movement within American Presbyterianism, associated with Jack Miller (1928–1996). Meaning.
The Firstborn by George van Horn Millet 1990. A firstborn (also known as an eldest child or sometimes firstling) is the first child born to in the birth order of a couple through childbirth. Historically, the role of the firstborn child has been socially significant, particularly for a firstborn son in patriarchal societies.
But, researchers also concluded that firstborn girls are 13 percent more likely to go onto college and graduate school than firstborn sons. "Researchers think it's because parents devote more time ...
The temporal sonship of Christ is a Christian doctrine, which claims that the Logos became the Son of God in the incarnation. Thus, the Logos is not viewed as being eternally the Son of God by eternal generation , but instead became the Son of God in the incarnation.
Like most oldest siblings, I was the guinea pig. Through rearing me, wisdom was acquired, lessons were learned and certain models of thought (i.e. anxious hovering) were abandoned with haste.
Divine filiation is at the core of Christianity. "Our divine filiation is the centerpiece of the Gospel as Jesus preached it. It is the very meaning of the salvation He won for us. For he did not merely save us from our sins; He saved us for sonship." [3] Thus the incarnation and the redemption is for this: