What Beliefs Can a Modern Christian
             The Disciple's understanding of the titles of Jesus evolves throughout all of the Gospels, this is reflected in particular in Mark's Gospel with his use of the titles for Jesus. Mark opens the Gospel using the Term the 'Son of God', showing this is his opinion of how Jesus should be viewed.
             The title Son of God most obviously refers to the promise God made with king David; that his descendants would follow him onto the throne of Israel, one of them being the 'Son of God' – a Messiah. It can be said though Jesus never physically sat on the throne of Israel. But a Christian making an anti-semitistic statement can often be argued down by another saying Jesus was in fact the 'King of the Jews' whose homeland is Israel, so when thinking metaphorically this fits rather nicely.
             However this title is only used four times throughout the Gospel: one mentioned above; another when Jesus is exorcising demons in Mk. 3:11 they would call out "You are the Son of God" but he would immediately silence them, suggesting he did not want people to hear him referred to in this way; in Mk. 14:61+62 facing trial before the High Priest He answers yes when questioned if He was, in fact, the Son of God, suggesting this was perhaps the true title for him; and ultimately on the cross when the centurion says "truly He was the Son of God" in Mk. 15:39 again suggesting he generated this image, whether he wanted to or not. Christians today would say that this title means that He was God the Son, the second part of the Holy Trinity – the incarnation of God. Personally, I feel it shows his more human side because he knew, being God, he was going to die and was afraid of exactly what people would do if they heard we was going around using this title so he often tried to hide it but, being pure, never denied it.
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