“I will declare the decree:
The Lord has said to Me,
‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.’”
Psalm 2:7
“But God raised Him from the dead. 31 He was seen for many days by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses to the people. 32 And we declare to you glad tidings—that promise which was made to the fathers. 33 God has fulfilled this for us their children, in that He has raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second Psalm:
‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.’”
Acts 13:30-34
The reason, we chose this word is not because of the word itself but the importance that the language plays in the story of Jesus Christ.
The Hebrew for begotten found in both Psalms and Acts is YALAD which means “to bear, beget, or bring forth”. This translation and language is very important because In Acts 13:30-34 we see the correlation between the Psalm and the resurrection of Jesus.
“Here we discover that Psalm 2:7 was a prophecy that Jesus would return to life. That is, He would be resurrected. He was “begotten” or was “brought forth” (notice that is an acceptable meaning of the Hebrew word) from the grave.” (Neverthirsty.com)
We believe that because we are made in the image of God we are all his “begotten” children and are thus called to "bring forth" true, biblical worship. We believe that our worship should be God breathed and life bringing, pulling directly from what is written in the bible.
References
“BibleGateway.” Acts 13 NKJV - - Bible Gateway, 2019, www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%2B13&version=NKJV.
Neverthirsty.org. “What Does ‘Begotten’ Mean in Psalms 2:7?” NeverThirsty, 2019, www.neverthirsty.org/bible-qa/qa-archives/question/what-does-begotten-mean-in-psalms-27/.
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