But I see no issue in seeing Jesus primarily as the Son of God.
No-one is arguing otherwise Wynona. The gospel of John, and his letters, were written to prove that very thing. And He did, and no-one is denying it.
Matters get blurry when we legitimately all two principle questions,
A.
when did Jesus become (begotten) the Son of God?
B. What kind of Being did that begetting result in?
The only way to deny a literal sonship... Whereby the Son is of the same "DNA" (so to speak)/ NATURE/kind or type of being as the Father, is to claim He began His existence in Bethlehem. Therein is the key turning point. Of Jesus pre-existed Bethlehem, then one has to consider from whence He came, how, and who was involved in the process. The only answer to those questions is simply, we don't know. What we
do know is that when Jesus claimed to be the Son of God, the Jews knew His meaning. He didn't correct them and say, "oh wait guys, I don't mean a real son, I mean like you are sons, like the angels are sons....". No. Jesus didn't say that. He knew exactly what He meant... God was His Father and when the Jews took up stones to kill Him, it was because they also knew exactly what He was meaning... Equality with God. He was claiming to be the Prince of the universe. Deity. And the Jews knew that.
KJV Mark 12:6
6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
But they said,
"Here is the heir, let us kill Him and take His inheritance"
KJV Mark 12:8-12
8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.
The above parable can only be understood I'm the context of the divine Father sending His equally devine Son to the earth to become a human, become rejected, but to overcome to become the Cornerstone... The Head of His own house, His church. K