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Nov 8, 2015 · In their view, the Old Testament makes a number of predictions about the messiah: he would be born in Bethlehem. his mother would be a virgin. he would be a miracle worker. he would be killed for the sins of others. he would be raised from the dead. These are all things that happened to Jesus!
- The Title: “Son of Man”
- The Identity of The Son of Man
- Implications
- Concluding Reflection
“Son of Man” a Human Being
The expression “son of man” occurs frequently in the OT as a synonym for “man”—a son of man is by nature man himself. It is a Semitic idiom signifying “human being.” Virtually all of the 107 occurrences of the expression bear this out. Numbers 23:19 illustrates this well: “God is not a man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind.” So also Job, reflecting on his comparatively low status before God and frustrated to vindicate his innocence in suffering, complains th...
Messianic Connections
At least twice in the OT “son of man” is used with Messianic significance. The best known is Daniel 7:13–14: I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be des...
“The Son of Man” as Transcendent
The prophecy of Daniel 7 encompasses a long look at future history from the time of Daniel to the consummation when the enemies of God are brought to final judgment and the people of God share in its rule. At what appears to be the climax of history (7:9-12) this “one like a son of man” approaches the Ancient of Days “with the clouds of heaven” to receive universal authority and eternal dominion. He is “like a son of man,” yet he does not come from earth to heaven but out of obscurity into ma...
Any Bible reader will instinctively recognize that all this takes its place in the larger sweep of Messianic expectation that finds its fulfillment in Jesus the Messiah, the uniquely qualified divine-human king. And in fact Jesus himself confirms this for us, explicitly associating himself with Daniel’s “son of man” (Matt. 26:63–64). This is in fac...
New Testament scholars have noticed three broad associations with Jesus’ use of this self-designation.
Man created in God’s image is designed to rule over God’s creation as his vice-regent. This exalted status was forfeited by sin, but in Jesus, the True Man, humanity is redeemed and restored. He is the Son of Man, the transcendent Messiah, who by his saving work has earned a universal kingship that is being exercised now in rescuing his people, one...
Oct 23, 2023 · Son of man is simply a periphrastic term for “human.”. Jesus Christ was truly a human being. He came “in the flesh” (1 John 4:2). Son of Man is a title of humility. The Second Person of the Trinity, eternal in nature, left heaven’s glory and took on human flesh, becoming the Son of Man, born in a manger and “despised and rejected by ...
The Dominion Prophecy. “I was watching in the night visions, and behold, One like the Son of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him. Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.
Although his ministry began in the fall of 26 A.D., Jesus waited until Pentecost in 27 A.D. (due to its symbolism) to publicly announce he was the Messiah in the small, isolated synagogue of his hometown! The synagogue crowd, many of whom knew Christ as a child, have a hard time accepting what he is teaching in spite of them knowing about his ...
Dec 24, 2015 · Isaiah, whose name means “salvation of the Lord,” is known as one of the greatest prophets in the Bible. The coming of Christ is foretold throughout the book of Isaiah, with Isaiah 53 explaining just how much Jesus would suffer during His sacrifice for our sins. 5. Jesus performed miracles. Biblical prophecy:
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Apr 14, 2014 · One of the most useful ways to test Christianity’s claims about Jesus is to look to the Jewish Scriptures that pre-dated Jesus’ birth. By examining the story of Israel, and by looking carefully at the different prophecies, hints, and foreshadowings that describe the promised Messiah, we can evaluate whether or not Jesus fits the picture of that Messiah.
