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safeorigin
mile2, if you're not convinced I'll give you are more detailed and technical interpretation so bear with me.
Yachid' (יָחִיד) - means only son. It can also mean beloved son or only begotten son. This comes from the root word Yachad (יָחַד) meaning united. The confusion, however, comes from its synonym Bachar (בָּחַר) meaning chosen or appointed. INC's interpretation of this is that Jesus is therefore only an appointed messenger and thus, only a man. But using this logic is a fallacy because we know it is only a synonym.
As clarified by A.C. Gaebelein in his book, The Annotated Bible (Penteteuch). p. 29, we must not take its meaning in the New Testament in the same context as the Old Testament.
If we refer to the Greek translation, There are two distinct usages of son: Huios and Teknon. Huios(distinct) is exclusively used to refer to Jesus for example this text:
John 1:34 "I myself have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God."
Huios automatically means that the Son is in the same kind as its origin, God the Father.
Whereas Teknon(gender neutral children) is used in this:
John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name,
refers to us, the believers, not as direct offspring but as adopted children.