What does the phrase “who shall declare his generation” mean?

Thomas R. Valletta

“One text is the great messianic utterance of Isaiah, which he couched in these simple words: ‘Who shall declare his generation?’(Isaiah 53:8). This means, ‘Who will give his genesis? Who will reveal his genealogy? Who will give the source from whence he sprang? Who will announce the divinity of the mortal Messiah?’ We might also take another text, and this is one that Jesus himself spoke. He said, ‘Whose son is he?’ … He is the firstborn spirit child of God, our Heavenly Father. … The Lord Jesus, the great Jehovah, the creator of all things under the Father, is the firstborn of all that spirit host” (McConkie, “Who Shall Declare His Generation?” 554–55).

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