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NASB | Numbers 23:19 "God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Numbers 23:19 "God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken and will He not make it good and fulfill it? |
Subject: The Glory of Israel |
Bible Note: Hi EdB, You say "I won't" and I congratulate you and praise you on your desire to give God glory through your capitalization. I can only say in my defence that I do not blaspheme the Holy Spirit, although I seem to speak against the Son of Man here in this thread. See Matthew 12:32. Let me look with you at the passages again and try to tell you what problems I am seeing. I, too want to capitalize Son of Man for He was God. He was not just a man; he was not just the best man around (a son of man), for He was the Son of Man. But the Scripture says here, "God is...Nor a son of man..." The Hebrew has it in all capitals so that doesn't help us. If it means "Nor a son of man" then it certainly shows that the translator/interpreters of our Bibles are wrong in not capitalizing the pronouns of this Man. But it still remains that Scripture says "GOD IS...NOR A SON OF MAN". I believe that Hebrews 2:6 is a passage that speaks of "What is man, that Thou rememberest him?" and recognizes the "littleness" of man. But it speaks just as Numbers does,of "the Son of Man that Thou art concerned about Him? Thou hast made Him for a little while lower than the angels..." Now it is time to crown Him with glory and honor, for "we do see Him who has been made for a little while lower than the angels, namely Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone." We know from John 11:50, "'that it is expedient for you that one Man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.' Now he did not say this on his own initiative, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation, and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. So from that day on they planned together to kill Him." Yes, Jesus was the Son of Man, He was the Son of God, and He was the Holy One. He was the One sent from God. Do I dare say that He was not God? All that I can say is that God in all His glory can not be seen. They saw Jesus, and got to know the Father through Him. But when we get to heaven we will know Him and see Him as He is, the triune God. John 4:23ff |