parkerslope Posted October 21, 2015 Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 How do these verses describe “one like a son of man”? They describe Him as: He came from Heaven He is to judge all people He is to be glorified He is to be lifted up He is to save as the atoning sacrifice He is to return in glory What makes us think he is a divine figure? Because, as He is addressed as the son of man, He has taken on Himself the substance of a man and He can approach the throne of "the Ancient of Days", as only deity can do. What authority and glory does he receive? He receives the authority from "the ancient of Days" and receives glory as the atonement, the sacrifice for all sin, becoming the payment required of God. Why do you think Jesus called himself “the Son of Man”? Yes, He did because He want to really show that He was of human substance. Like This Quote MultiQuote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haar Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Q2. (Daniel 7:13-14) Q. How do these verses describe "one like a son of man"? A. He is dominion, glory and all peoples, nations, languages should serve him. Q. What makes us think he is a divine figure? A. He comes from heaven, He is given authority to judge and will return in his glory. Q. What authority and glory does he receive? A. The glory of his father Q.Why do you think Jesus called himself "the Son of Man"? A. Because that is who he is and also the divine son of God Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleezah Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 Q2. (Daniel 7:13-14) How do these verses describe “one like a son of man”? What makes us think he is a divine figure? What authority and glory does he receive? Why do you think Jesus called himself “the Son of Man”? 13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. When heaven is associated; it is divine and His Father is there, His Father is divine 14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. Because he “was” the SON OF MAN, he came through Mary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frangena Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Q 2. (Daniel 7: 13-14) How do these verses describe "one like a son of man"? These verses describe "one like a son of man" as the divine one who has all the authority, glory, power and dominion over all creation. What makes us think he is a divine figure? We think he is a divine figure because: Jesus himself confirmed that he was the "Son of "an" during his trial (Matthew 26:64). "Coming with the clouds of heaven" is an earmark of divinity - it is a prerogative of God alone. What authority and glory does he receive? He receives all authority in heaven and on earth. He gets all the sovereign power and glory. He will destroy and crush all earthly kingdoms and reign forever. Why do you think Jesus called himself "the Son of Man"? Jesus called himself the "Son of Man" because he was indeed a human being brought to earth by the virgin Mary and yet divine because He is the Incarnate God. By calling himself the son of man he did not provoke his enemies before he could finish his ministry on earth. There was no blasphemy, religious or political baggage in that expression. It was an accurate and yet ambiguous definition of who Jesus was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanley Tavaziva Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Q2. (Daniel 7:13-14) How do these verses describe "one like a son of man"? What makes us think he is a divine figure? What authority and glory does he receive? Why do you think Jesus called himself "the Son of Man"? This one “who looked like a man” is the Messiah. Jesus used this verse to refer to himself (Matthew 26:64; Luke 21:27; John 1:51). The clouds of heaven portray the Son of Man as divine; throughout the Bible, clouds represent his majesty and awesome presence. God’s glory appeared in a cloud in Exodus 16:10 and 19:9 at the giving of the law at Sinai. “‘Are you that Daniel who is one of the exiles from Judah’” Notice that the king addresses him by his Hebrew name, not his Babylonian name. Also notice that it is mentioned that he is from Judah, the location of the very God that Belshazzar had offended The verse discribe (1) Belshazzar is asserting that Daniel is a captive Jewish person or (2) Daniel is a member and representative of YHWH’s people; the YHWH who controls history and the destiny of kings, our God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Jerry Posted November 3, 2015 Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 These verses describe “one like a son of man” as a man coming down with the clouds from heaven. Everybody will bow down to him and worship him because his dominion over everything and it will never end. I think that Jesus called himself “the Son of Man” because he didn’t want to offend the Jewish leaders and have them after him all the time. He didn’t want them to think that he was blaspheming God’s name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linda bass Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 The verse Daniel 7:13-14 describes "one like the son of man" as coming with the clouds of heaven. He is a divine figure because He was led into the presence of the Ancient of Days (God). The authority He received was sovereign power over all peoples (nations). The glory He received was, men of every language would worship Him. Jesus called Himself " the Son of Man" because He was claiming He was the fulfillment of Daniel's prophecy, plus He was identifying with His humanity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moises Percu Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 How do these verses describe “one like a son of man”? What makes us think he is a divine figure? What authority and glory does he receive? Why do you think Jesus called himself “the Son of Man”? These verses describe the son of Man as the Almighty Lord, the One who received all the power in Heaven and on Earth. All the verses show us He is God. "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. 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." (Daniel 7:13-14, NIV) He receives all the power and all the glory. Jesus called himself Son of man to prove He came in flesh, He was like anyone of us, he could suffer the same things we suffer. At the same time, He, in flesh, is the second Adam, the perfect Human Being, the only One capable to carry our sins and brings us eternal salvation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancyann Posted November 16, 2015 Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 Daniel spoke of Jesus as soemone who looked like the Son of Man, He would come as man to us to show us how to live and to honor God. He would have glory and power he would come riding on the clouds. The way that Jesus was led into the presence of God. He was given authorty, glory and sovereign power over all nations. Jesus called himself the Sonof Man so that there would be no blasphemy. He would show that He was great and powerful but if he had address himself as the Son of God that would have ended his ministry early and that was not God's plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth kerr Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 I do not think that Jesus called Himself "Son of Man" to be vague and avoid accusations of blasphemy and being killed before He had completed His ministry on earth. Any Jew who had studied the prophecies of Daniel would have recognized the title and realized that Jesus was calling Himself God. The use of this title did not help Jesus avoid the accusations of blasphemy: He was explicitly accused of blasphemy for telling the paralytic that his sins had been forgiven (Luke 5:17-26) and it can be inferred at other times that the Jewish leaders thought Jesus was blaspheming even though the Bible doesnot' explicitly say so. The Jewish leaders who did not believe in Jesus and the Roman officials could not have killed Jesus before the right time set by God in eternity. Jesus knew that He would be executed and taught His disciples about it beforehand (Matthew 16:21-28, 20:17-19; Luke 18:31-34) and when the time God had determined, the right time, came for Jesus to be executed, Jesus headed for Jerusalem (John 2:4, 7:6, 7:8, 7:39, 8:20, 12:23, 13:1, 17:1) and did not try to escape. But no man has the authority or the power to move ahead or to delay or to thwart the fulfillment of God's plan for God alone is sovereign over all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionwolf Posted November 22, 2016 Report Share Posted November 22, 2016 Q2. (Daniel 7:13-14) How do these verses describe "one like a son of man"? What makes us think he is a divine figure? What authority and glory does he receive? Why do you think Jesus called himself "the Son of Man"? These verses make clear "one like a son of man" as coming with the clouds of heaven, came to the Ancient of Days, was given dominion, glory, and an everlasting kingdom. He is divine because he came on the clouds of heaven. Jesus used the term Son of Man because it is an accurate term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clelie Posted August 14 Report Share Posted August 14 Son of man came from heaven,the son of man is judge of all,the son of man is to be glorified, the son of man is to be lifted up, the son of man comes to save the losts, the son of man returns in glory, The son of man appears before the Most High in all glory and power. He was given Authority,Glory and sovereign power He called Himself Son of man to identify Himself as the son of God coming on earth as son of man. He did not take the title of Messiah or son of God to claim His title but humbly called Himself son of man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissi Posted September 27 Report Share Posted September 27 This was very informative -- thank you, Pastor Ralph. The Son of Man seems to be an intentionally ambiguous phrase that points to both humanity -- a human being -- and divinity -- God's essential self. I found the little world "like" to give a hint to the meaning of this phrase, (I don't read Hebrew so don't know if that word is truly in the original language, however.) Ezekial describes someone who is LIKE a son of Man. Perhaps this means that some people have Jesus-like qualities, but are still human and sinful? As Pastor Ralph wrote, the phrase points to both humanity and divinity -- only Jesus had both. Jesus had the authority and glory due to God, yet he assumed the "shape" of the son of Man. After his resurrection, he appeared before God in both glory and power. -- Although this isn't developed in this passage, I was struck by the idea that the word PELAH means to pay reverence to or serve. In my little brain, I thought true worship was effortless and flowed seamlessly from my heart. ON rare occasions, it IS like this, but most of the time, I have to work at worship. It's difficult for me. Thus, the idea that PELAH means working at worship is almost a relief. Thankfully, God honors this or, perhaps, accepts it as another imperfect but intentional form of worship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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