Israel's God to have a Son

What does it mean for Israel's God to have a "Son"? Is this to say that Paul and the other New Testament writers give some credibility to pagan concepts of fertility and procreation in the celestial realm?

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Allen Browne

Check out some commentaries on the OT passages that provide the background for this usage. For example:

on Israel as God's firstborn son among the nations: Exodus 4:20; Deuteronomy 32:6; Hosea 11:1; Matthew 2:15.
on the king as the son chosen/anointed by God to represent the reign of heaven on earth: 2 Samuel 7:14; Psalm 2:7.

Example of books that deal with this topic:

Collins, Adela Yarbro, and John J. Collins. King and Messiah as Son of God: Divine, Human, and Angelic Messianic Figures in Biblical and Related Literature. Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2008.
Jipp, Joshua W. The Messianic Theology of the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2020.

Richard J. Ward

D. A. Carson has a small book that might help you with this question: Jesus the Son of God: A Christological Title Often Overlooked, Sometimes Misunderstood, and Currently Disputed.