“I was watching in the night visions, And behold, One like the Son of Man, Coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, And they brought Him near before Him. Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, Which shall not pass away, And His kingdom the one Which shall not be destroyed.”
Daniel 7:13,14**
The husband was an American and his wife Canadian. The child was both. He wasn’t a little of each, but 100% a citizen of both countries.
Jesus Christ is the God-Man. Conceived through the Holy Spirit, He is all that the Almighty ever was or is. Born of a woman, He is fully human and is a credit to His race. Not half God and half man, the Lord Jesus combines deity and humanity without diluting either.
As Son of God, Christ is of the family of God and the possessor of God’s nature. As Son of Man, the Lord couldn’t have been more human. There wasn’t an emotion or experience that He couldn’t feel.
Of the two titles, it was Son of Man that He chose to use the most. It was such a special title that, with only one exception in the New Testament, it always comes from the Lord’s own mouth. The term is powerful and most often refers to a time when the God-Man will reign forever over the human race. However, the Savior made it very clear that the Son of Man had to be lifted up, suffer, and die for His creation before this would be possible.
Son of Man, His incarnation
Opened first the tale of grace;
Son of Man, in new creation
Leader of a chosen race!
Well may glory, well may glory,
Give to Him the honored place!
– Thomas Kelly
* The favorite title of Christ for Himself.
**see also Mark 14:62; Matthew 20:28; John 3:14; Acts 7:56 plus 80 other New Testament references
August 18
