Why is Jesus called the Son of Man?

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I'm wondering why the Lord called himself the Son of Man, and I know the general answer is to accentuate his humanity, that he was fully man, but in actuality, he was the son of a woman, but not the son of a man, not biologically.

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Just any thoughts you have on that? Yeah, well that's often what you hear, that, you know,

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Son of God means he's the Son of God, and Son of Man, that's emphasizing

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Christ's humanity, and that would make sense, but really, the

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Son of Man, if you study it, it's a messianic title, because Daniel actually talks about, you know, one like the

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Son of Man, you know, coming in the clouds of heaven and goes to the Ancient of Days, so actually

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Son of Man speaks of Christ's deity as well. But then we just saw, was there a prophet or a king that was called the

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Son of Man? Yeah, Ezekiel was called the Son of Man, and you know, how much we want to make of that,

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I don't know, but. Just another, I guess it's just a human being.

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Yeah, was Ezekiel the Son of Man? Yeah, sure. Was Jesus the

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Son of Man? Yeah, but he was also the, yeah, he was also the

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Son of God. So, all right, we're in the book of, does anyone have any insight on this? Does anyone want to address this subject?

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I suppose we were all in Adam somehow. But I want, let's turn to Daniel chapter 7, just since you brought it up.

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The Son of Man is a messianic title. So Daniel chapter 7, verse 12 says,

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And for the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away, yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.

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And I, Daniel, was watching in the night visions, and behold, one like the Son of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven, he came to the

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Ancient of Days, and they brought him near before him. To him, the

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Son of Man, was given dominion and glory in a kingdom that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him.

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His dominion was an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away, and his kingdom, the one which shall not be destroyed.

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So who's that a reference to? Obviously, it's a reference to Christ. So because Ezekiel is called the

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Son of Man, and Jesus is called, you know, it's just the way, I'm sure you could study that and find some more information, but Son of Man is a reference also to Christ.