Jesus Christ, the One who has no beginning, the Ancient of Days, yet was begotten. He proceeds by eternal generation from the Father as the Son, and because eternal, that birth never took place, it always was. Our Lord never started to be God’s only begotten Son. He always was His Son. He possesses the same essence as God the Father, and therefore He can in His incarnation fully explain God. The word “declared” in our English version is from a Greek word which means “to lead out.” God the Son in