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1 | What does Son of man really means | Matt 16:17 | Josh-X | 186231 | ||
Why is it that Ezekiel is refered to as the "Son of man" and also Jesus is known as the "Son of man"? What does being refered to as the "Son of man" really depicts. Xolile, joshua.mahlangu@gauteng.gov.za | ||||||
2 | What does Son of man really means | Matt 16:17 | ebrain | 186232 | ||
Son of man, means a real human being, in the case of Ezekiel it indicates that he was just a perfectly ordinary person as we all are, in the case of Jesus it is drawing our attention to His real humanity, as opposed to His true Deity. Son of, in Hebrew can refer to the type or sort of person an individual is for example Mar 3:17 James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder); Also. Mat 16:17 And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. In Aramic the word for son is "Bar", so what Jesus is saying is "Simon son of Jonah".. an explanation as to why He said this is given bellow. Subject: Peter's Confession. Peter's confession. Everything in the Bible is there for a reason, although we may not at first understand why.. We are given the geographic location of this incident as "Caesarea Philippi", which as I am sure you know is situated at the base of Mount Hermon. This is the highest mountain in Israel, and is right up in the north. It is snow capped for most of the year. This snow melts, and forms streams, these come out from the base of a vertical sandstone cliff face at C P . You can find Photographs of C P on the Internet, these will show not only a cliff face about 100 feet tall, and about 250/300 feet wide, but also a flat bed stream with small stones/pebbles in the water. The vertical soft rock was ideal for carving alcoves in, and into these alcoves were placed images of the many false gods worshiped at that time, including "pan". It is therefore against this background of dead false god worship, that our Lord reveals the one and only true, and living God. It was also a suitable place to refer to "Petros" (the Greek word for Peter, which can also mean pebble, or small stone) in the stream bed, and of course "Petra" (the Greek word for Rock*), but how is He to do this as He speaks in Aramaic*? (Remember Matthew would be there not only to hear what Jesus said, but also to see what He did). Could it be I wonder that when Jesus spoke that He pointed to both the stream, and the cliff face?.. And now to "Bar-Jonah" . Firstly it suggests that Jesus was speaking in Aramaic, but more important why did He not just say Peter. or even Simon Peter?, why bar-Jonah?. Is He referring to the name of Peter's father, I think not, I believe that He is using the well known custom of describing a man's nature as being just like the person refereed to, ie in this case the prophet Jonah. Now in what way is Peter like Jonah. God spoke to Jonah, telling him where to go, but Jonah went in the opposite direction. God spoke to Peter.. Act 10:14 But Peter said, "Not so, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean." So what was Jonah told to do?. Go to Nineveh, a gentile city, where did he go to, Joppa, where was Peter in acts Ch 10, Joppa.. He was told to eat, he refused.. Afterwards Jonah went to Nineveh a city of three days journey, yet when he had only gone one day they all repented.. What did Peter do, he went to a gentile household, and before he had finished his sermon, they all repented. Now do you see. * Petra the Greek word for Rock, can mean a whole cliff face or even mountain side, see Petra, a location in southern Jordan. * Aramaic, I have been told that there is only one word in Aramaic for pebble, stone, rock. God bless you. Edwin. |
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