Abstract

Abstract A feature of Jesus’ teaching, made especially clear in the Lord’s Prayer, is that he invites his followers to share his relation to the Father, telling them to pray to his Abba as he does. Hence divine sonship in the New Testament is the mirror image of divine sonship in the Scriptures of Israel. In the Scriptures of Israel, divine sonship begins with Israel, God’s people, and is subsequently focused on the figure of the Davidic king. In the New Testament divine sonship begins with the person of Jesus, the Davidic messiah, and subsequently radiates outward from him to his followers who become by their association with him the sons and daughters (or children) of God, also referred to as “the saints,” who have hope amid the despair of the world.

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