Christianity would have you believe that Jesus – the son – is part of a trinity. Christianity would have you believe that Jesus is the physical son of God. The term “son of God” is not something new that was only expressly used to refer to Jesus. It is a term that was used throughout the Tanakh.
First, let’s look at the Christian Bible’s usage of the term as it references back to the Tanakh.
Matthew 4:5-6: Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He shall give His angels charge over you,’ and, ‘In [their] hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ “1
Luke 4:9-11: Then he brought Him to Jerusalem, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here. “For it is written: ‘He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you,’ “and, ‘In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ “2
These verses are references back to Tehillim 91.
Tehillim 91:11-12: For He will order His angels to guard you wherever you go. They will carry you in their hands lest you hurt your foot on a stone.3
Tehillim 91 was written by Moshe as a means of comforting B’nei Yisrael during their wandering in the Wilderness. Moshe is comforting B’nei Yisrael and letting them know that God is there to comfort them and protect them. God has sent angels to protect the people from literally and figuratively harming themselves during their time in the Wilderness.
Notice that in the very last verse of this chapter, there is a reference to long life.
Tehillim 91:16: I will let him live to a ripe old age, and show him My salvation.3
This obviously does not refer to Jesus but it does in fact refer to B’nei Yisrael.
Hebrews 7:1-3: For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated “king of righteousness,” and then also king of Salem, meaning “king of peace,” without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually.4
This is a reference back to the king and priest Malki-zedeq who brought food and blessings to Avraham after Avraham defeated the kings.
Bereishit 14:18-20: And King Malki-zedeq of Shalem brought out bread and wine; he was a priest of God Most High. He blessed him, saying, “Blessed be Avram of God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your foes into your hand.” And [Avram] gave him a tenth of everything.3
This obviously does not refer to Jesus since he was neither a king nor a priest.
The verse in Hebrews makes absolutely no sense. It references the fact that Malki-zedeq had no father or mother, no genealogy, and was always in existence. Where does the Torah say that Malki-zedeq had no father or mother? Wouldn’t this fact (if it were true) make Malki-zedeq a god? Wouldn’t this actually make him superior to Jesus since Jesus had a biological mother? Just because Malki-zedeq’s genealogy was not listed does not mean that he was not a human being. If Malki-zedeq had always existed wouldn’t that also make him a god?
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1Blue Letter Bible. “Gospel of Matthew 4 – (NKJV – New King James Version).” Blue Letter Bible. 1996-2013. [http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Mat&c=4&v=1&t=NKJV#top]
2Blue Letter Bible. “Gospel of Luke 4 – (NKJV – New King James Version).” Blue Letter Bible. 1996-2013. [http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Luk&c=4&v=1&t=NKJV#top]
3David Stein (ed.). JPS Hebrew-English Tanakh. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1999.
4Blue Letter Bible. “Letter to the Hebrews 7 – (NKJV – New King James Version).” Blue Letter Bible. 1996-2013. [http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Hbr&c=7&v=1&t=NKJV#top]