Joy Gisela Liem The Son of Man this title the Son of Man was Jesus favorite designation for Himself. He referred to Himself as Son of Man more than eight times. other people never addressed Him that way. He, of course, selected this special designation for Himself with a purpose in mind. This idiomatic expression was common in the Old testament. with just one exception, it always referred to a human, thus Jesus used it in order emphasize His humanity. scripture presents Jesus as a true human being. He was born as a baby, grew up as a child ( increasing in wisdom and in stature, Luke 2 : 40, 52 ), and had sisters and brothers ( Matt 13 : 55, 56 ) He ate ( Matt 9 : 11 ) slept ( Luke 8 : 23 ), was tired ( John 4 : 6 ), and suffered hunger and thirst ( Matt 4 : 2, John 19 : 29 ) He also experienced sorrow and distress ( Matt 26 : 37 ) to the casual observer, Jesus seemed to be a common man who walked among the people as one of the multitude. Many of His contemporaries didnt recognize in Him anything more than a man ( John 7 : 46 ). people treated Him as one of them, they laughed at Him ( Luke 83 : 53 ), criticized Him ( Matt 11 : 19 ), even mocked and beat Him ( Luke 22 : 63 ). to them, He was just another human being unfortunately, they failed to perceive that there is more to be found in this title. According to daniel 17 : 13, 14 One like the Son of Man came with the clouds of heaven to the Ancient of days and received eternal dominion, glory, and a kingdom. the Jews identified this Son of Man with the Messiah. so when Jesus used this title, He was revealing, in half concealed way, that He also the promised Messiah, in incarnate Christ. in Matt 24 : 30, 25 : 31, 26 : 64 elements in Jesus words recorded in these verses see reminiscent of daniel 7 : 13, 14 is, Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said, nevertheless I say unto to you, hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 03:09:43 +0000
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