Daniel 7:
13 In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence.
14 He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all peoples, nations and men of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.
Luke 21:
25 There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.
26 Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.
27 At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28 When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.
At times Jesus referred to Himself as "the Son of Man" and, at other times, "the Son of God." Commonly it is taught that when He used the Son of God identification, He was expressing His deity; and when He used the Son of Man, He was pointing out His humanity.
Lee Strobel, former atheist, famous journalist, and Master of Law from Yale made a point about this in his bestseller The Case For Christ. In his quest to present the case from the journalist's prying, unbiased eye he chased down Dr. Craig Blomberg author of The Historical Reliability of the Gospels and asked him about this. Blomberg pointed out that what Jesus was doing here was also referring to His deity. The use of the term Son of Man was a reference to this passage in Daniel that the Jews would have been very familiar with, denoting the savior of the world.
Daniel's vision of the Son of Man, was the same that was seen with the three Hebrews who were thrown into Nebuchadnezzar's fiery furnace. In his vision, Daniel sees this Son of Man assume the throne of authority over all nations ~ essentially everything. Ultimate authority can belong to none but God. Jesus was revealing Himself as God incarnate, the Son of Man who would come at the end of the age and assume the reigns of universal sovereignty.
In the famous prophecy Jesus gave ~ often called the Olivet Discourse (see above) ~ Jesus identified Himself as the Son of Man who would fulfill Daniel's vision of the returning Messiah.
He goes on to say, in Luke 21:
34 Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap.
35 For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth.
36 Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.
The Jews would have known what He was talking about: and that is one reason some of them embraced Him as their promised Messiah while others sought His death for blasphemy. What do you think? Who do you say the Son of Man is?
13 In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence.
14 He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all peoples, nations and men of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.
Luke 21:
25 There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.
26 Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.
27 At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28 When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.
At times Jesus referred to Himself as "the Son of Man" and, at other times, "the Son of God." Commonly it is taught that when He used the Son of God identification, He was expressing His deity; and when He used the Son of Man, He was pointing out His humanity.
Lee Strobel, former atheist, famous journalist, and Master of Law from Yale made a point about this in his bestseller The Case For Christ. In his quest to present the case from the journalist's prying, unbiased eye he chased down Dr. Craig Blomberg author of The Historical Reliability of the Gospels and asked him about this. Blomberg pointed out that what Jesus was doing here was also referring to His deity. The use of the term Son of Man was a reference to this passage in Daniel that the Jews would have been very familiar with, denoting the savior of the world.
Daniel's vision of the Son of Man, was the same that was seen with the three Hebrews who were thrown into Nebuchadnezzar's fiery furnace. In his vision, Daniel sees this Son of Man assume the throne of authority over all nations ~ essentially everything. Ultimate authority can belong to none but God. Jesus was revealing Himself as God incarnate, the Son of Man who would come at the end of the age and assume the reigns of universal sovereignty.
In the famous prophecy Jesus gave ~ often called the Olivet Discourse (see above) ~ Jesus identified Himself as the Son of Man who would fulfill Daniel's vision of the returning Messiah.
He goes on to say, in Luke 21:
34 Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap.
35 For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth.
36 Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.
The Jews would have known what He was talking about: and that is one reason some of them embraced Him as their promised Messiah while others sought His death for blasphemy. What do you think? Who do you say the Son of Man is?
2 comments:
It proves to me one of many things but one main thing. Jesus Christ is man fathered by God making Him by inheritance the Son of God. Paul said there is one mediator between man and God the man Christ Jesus. He in all things became like us yet without sin. The man had to be baptized. Suffer it to be so to fulfill all righteousness. He being made perfect brought us to glory. A perfect offering to appease God’s wrath against our sins. And all we have to do is Believe that God sent him and raised him from the dead to walk on that path where he walked. Our slate is clean we should strive to keep it that way by obeying His voice. Then to make this Great salvation even better He sends His Holy spirit to keep us by living in us and giving us His divine nature. Bottom line is Thine is the Kingdom, Thine is the power and thine is the Glory. The third is the greater and includes the lesser
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