![]() ![]() In Him “all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form” (Colossians 2:9). As such, Jesus is the supreme example of all that God intended mankind to be, the embodiment of truth and grace (John 1:14). Ezekiel may have been a son of man, but Jesus is the Son of Man. This intentional lowering of His status from King of Heaven to Son of Man is the epitome of humility (see Philippians 2:6–8). The Son of Man suffered at the hands of men (Matthew 17:12). The Son of Man ate and drank with sinners (Matthew 11:19). The Son of Man had “no place to lay his head” (Luke 9:58). The Second Person of the Trinity, eternal in nature, left heaven’s glory and took on human flesh, becoming the Son of Man, born in a manger and “despised and rejected by mankind” (Isaiah 53:3). ![]() Son of man is simply a periphrastic term for “human.” Jesus Christ was truly a human being. In this way, God was simply calling Ezekiel a human being. God called the prophet Ezekiel “son of man” 93 times. ![]() Son of Man, in contrast, focuses on the humanity of Christ. Other titles for Christ, such as Son of God, are overt in their focus on His deity. The only use of Son of Man in a clear reference to Jesus, spoken by someone other than Jesus, came from the lips of Stephen as he was being martyred (Acts 7:56). ![]() In fact, Son of Man is the primary title Jesus used when referring to Himself (e.g., Matthew 12:32 13:37 Luke 12:8 John 1:51). Jesus is referred to as the “Son of Man” 88 times in the New Testament. ![]()
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