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1 | Jesus called himself the son of man why? | Matt 16:13 | BradK | 128060 | ||
DBR, You write "Hence he had not simply materialized a human body as angels had previously done; he was not an incarnation but was actually a ‘son of mankind’ through his human mother". Wrong. Scripture teaches no such thing. Christ, as the second Person of the Trinity had two natures- one Divine, one human. He was and is the eternal Son of God and His nature is fully Divine- Ps. 2:7, Heb.1:5. He was also fully human- 1 Tim. 2:5, 3:16. As to the use of the term "Son of man", Easton's Bible Dictionary comments "In the New Testament it is used forty-three times as a distinctive title of the Saviour. In the Old Testament it is used only in Ps. 80:17 and Dan. 7:13 with this application. It denotes the true humanity of our Lord. He had a true body (Heb. 2:14; Luke 24:39) and a rational soul. He was a perfect man." With the "Father-Son " language we have to link this terminology with the claims of Jesus Himself, namely, that He was sent to earth by the Father (John 14:24; John 5:26). Or the claims of those he taught, namely that he is the eternal God who created everything (John 1). And then there is also the hostile witness of his enemies: they sought to kill him because he made himself equal with God (John 5:17). From a human point of view, that is why he died: the charge was blasphemy. Or, study the parable of the vineyard: the owner sent his son to the vineyard, and they killed him (Matt. 21:33-46). Why? Because he was the son. In other words, there would have been no cross without Jesus’ claim to be equal with God the Father and heir of all things. And everyone, believer and unbeliever alike, acknowledges that Jesus was crucified. So the point of Jesus’ use of the “Father-Son” language was meant to teach that he was equal to the Father in nature but subordinated to the Father for the mission. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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2 | Jesus called himself the son of man why? | Matt 16:13 | DBR | 128073 | ||
My comment was spacific and dealing with the "son of Man" side of Jesus physically -"human"- nature not the spiritual -"divine"- one. As you say "He had a true body (Heb. 2:14; Luke 24:39) and a rational soul. He was a perfect man" because he was born of woMAN. To simplify my comment, Jesus was called the "son of Man" because he was born of woMAN, Mary, referring to his physical or "human" nature while on earth. DBR |
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3 | Jesus called himself the son of man why? | Matt 16:13 | srbaegon | 128077 | ||
Hello DBR, You make an error in your explanation. You say Jesus' physical side is human and His spiritual side is divine. This is not correct. Jesus was and is fully God and fully man in every respect. You cannot divide Him into pieces. Steve |
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4 | Jesus called himself the son of man why? | Matt 16:13 | TheFinalSQL | 128078 | ||
God never was and never will be human. God certainly did not die on the cross: John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. Praise the Lord! Norm |
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5 | Jesus called himself the son of man why? | Matt 16:13 | BradK | 128080 | ||
Norm, Am I reading you right here when you say "God never was and never will be human. God certainly did not die on the cross:" ? Scripture clearly teaches that Jesus was both fully God and fully man. The doctrine of the incarnation is central to the Christian faith because it is central to the eternal plan of God. Without this doctrine, Jesus is just another human being; without this doctrine there is no salvation for us in him; and without this doctrine it is wrong for people to worship him. It is a fundamental teaching of the historic Christian faith that God came into this world in mortal flesh to redeem us. The word “incarnation” means “in flesh.” And John declares this truth very early: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God . . . . The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us” (John 1:1 and 14). This is how the prophecy of Isaiah about “Immanuel,” God with us,” came about (Isa. 7:14). Paul writes, “But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, to redeem them that were under the Law” (Gal. 4:4). There was a birth in Bethlehem, but that birth was anything but natural. It was the birth of Jesus, a Jewish man from Galilee; but it was in that birth that God the Son entered the human race. The one born to the virgin Mary was conceived by the Holy Spirit; he would be fully human, but he would also be divine--this is his twofold nature. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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