What a wonderful explanation, thank you for giving me another clue proving Christ deity.. as a Christian apologist from northern Nigeria i say thank u indeed Jesus Christ is God.. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️

Man, again, thank you Dr. Habermas for your clear explanation of scripture. So much confusion here of what is really the bedrock of our faith! If Jesus is only a man, and not God come in the flesh, we are hopelessly and forever lost in our sin. And we have no Saviour! "But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!" 1 Cor. 15:57

I would encourage you and your followers to watch a documentary called “The Unseen Realm” with Dr. Michael S. Heiser.

Yes TY 🙏for this great explanation of the term "Son of Man"! I was told this also by a muslim...that was their belief of why; i was told that term did not speak to His Deity and that was what the muslim said that; Our Lord called Himself. Unfortunately, i did not have internet and could not adequately answer,😪 So TY every Christian needs this very good explanation ready.

Well he didn't define what was meant specifically by "son of man" which is what the video title states. That's what I was looking for.

I would encourage you and all of your audience to watch “The Unseen Realm” by Dr.

Perhaps the term "Son of Man" is making a tie into the prophesy in Genesis where it talks about the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent....

Beautiful!! 😍

Nabeel Quareshi has an excellent short KZfaq talk on this topic of Son of Man

Dr. Habermas, great answer! The reason they continually sought to stone, and kill Jesus, and finally crucified Him, was His claiming to be the Son of God, God come in the flesh. And, Son of Man was exactly that in scripture. And they knew the scriptures speaking of the Son of Man was not speaking of only a human man, but the Messiah, in Daniel 7. Good word, brother!

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Both the Son of God and the Son of Man in the Bible applies specifically to the incarnation, or the hypostasis of Christ/Hypostatic Union, where the Son of God refers to the divine nature of Christ, otherwise known as the Logos/Word of God, while the Son of Man refers to the human nature of Christ, otherwise known as Jesus, simple as that.

'Son of Man' is a title. The king used this title when he was acting in the role of a Sariel. In the Hierarchy, one grade below is 'Son of', 2 grades below is 'servant of'. The Sariel is one grade below the 'Gabriel'. 'Gabriel' means ' man of, or strong man of god', so the Sariel would be called the 'Son of Man'.

But how does the OT scriptural usage of "Son of man" ( e.g. Ezekiel, Isaiah, Daniel), square with Jesus' usage of the term regarding himself?

We should remind ourselves that the word MAN in Hebrew is Adam. Ben Adam = son of man. So when we read "son of man" remember that it is Son of Adam. So who is Adam? Adam was a being, distinct from all other animals because he (they) was made in the image and likeness of God, so he is like God, but clearly not God himself. Since Jesus came from both God and Man (Adam) he has authority to judge all of man.

What about Daniel 7?

I think the confusion might come from Ezekiel who is also called “Son of Man.”

There is a reason why Jesus always said 'son of man' in the 3rd person as in THE 'son of man'... because the son of man is not a person as much as it is a thing, a 'spiritual door' that is the gateway to a relationship with the Father - a door that can only br opened by faith, and open and shut ONLY by each person themselves - each posseing those keys... and what they open no one can shut and what they shut no one can open. Son man is NOT always a complimentary term... see Numbers 23:19. For an example of the spirit opening the door - see Ezekiel 2... it is the spirit that enters him and sets him on his feet, that he could hear the Lord speaking.

Jesus was the Son of man and God as the Mediator. Jesus is revealed in the NT as our Judge, which is the role of the Mediator at the right hand of God, a man and firstfruit of resurrection.

I just believe Jesus, as the faithful witness, when he states that he is a man, that he is our brother…and that his Father is our Father…and that his God is our God. He does not lie. He was to be exalted by the Father as the man to judge the living and the dead. Acts 17:31 “Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.” Jesus, the faithful witness, states in the scriptures -that he is a man: “but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.” John 8:40 He also said: “Jesus said, "Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'" John 20:17

This is pretty disingenuous in the fact that he doesn't mention the genealogies in Matthew chapter one and Luke chapter 3. Obviously Jesus chose every word carefully. He describes himself as "Son of God" 76 times and "Son of Man" (not "son of A man"!) 80 times. They mean different things, quite clearly. And do not forget that a major part of the Good News is that WE can become children of God by being "born again/born of the Spirit/born of God" (John 1:12-13 & 3:5-10). That's why Jesus is called the "first fruits" several times, the "forerunner" (Hebrews 6:20) and our "brother" (Hebrews 2:11) whereas God is ALWAYS referred to as "father". It concerns me greatly that the warnings repeated 3 times in the following passages below are routinely ignored or else read completely wrongly. He says the antichrist spirit denies that JESUS came in the flesh (flesh = SARX in Greek: very much worth a word study in its own). Please, everyone. Read Scripture (especially the New Testament) for yourself anstop relying on men and outsourcing your understanding to them. In John 14:26 & 16:13, Jesus says that the Holy Spirit will be our teacher and guide and unless you are living in unrepentant sin, he WILL BE! "Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world" (1st John 4:2-3) "For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist" (2 John v.7)

... and, behold, [One] like the Son of Man came with the clouds of heaven, ... Dan 7^13

The Son of Man is also a messianic title or claim. The figure in Daniel to whom all authority is given is the messiah. But this figure appears before the person of God and is given the authority to accomplish the will of YHWH. He is NOT YHWH. He is not God. Rather, he is the anointed of God. Being a divine figure in the Second temple period is not the same as being God.

The Son of Man is a messianic title. It comes from Daniel's vision where the messianic Son of Man is clearly one other than God. The Son of man is given all authority . He is God's anointed One, his messiah. This means he is not God.

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So I think it's fair to say anyone who reads there bible can conclude when Jesus is referred to as the son of man that that is a reference to His Deity. I think you have to work hard and use misdirection to try and suggest other wise. However I was secretly hoping the explanation of why that is was going to be explained.

You people are mistaken . Jesus only referred to Himself as the "son of man" a couple of times... the other 99% of the times , He was referring to ANOTHER "son of man".... the coming "son of man". And that will be another flesh and blood human being as He was . Jesus almost always spoke of the coming "son of man" in the THIRD PERSON..... meaning another "ben 'adam" ( son of Adam or "son of man" ) as He was . And He tells you all about this coming "son of man" in the book of John , chapter 16, a man that will have the "Spirit of Truth" ( JESUS )...."IN" him ........ he will " convict the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment " ( John 16:8 )

Daniel 7:13 there is a Son of Man coming on the clouds.

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SON OF MAN , BECAUSE HE IS 100% HUMAN , SON OF GOD , BECAUSE HE GOD'S SON.

The Son of man is who we think we are as bodies. "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." We are here on earth to see our way past that to Sons of God. Jesus is the Wayshower. He is with us always for us to make the transition. We do so in our minds, transforming the carnal mind into the Christ mind. It is done so through metanoia, which Jesus focused his ministry upon, forgiveness and repentance.

I think our Lord was making a statement w/ this term "son of man" like a "lion whose wings were plucked & was made to walk as a man" per Daniel. This would be like a boss putting on a worker's uniform perhaps that all former "powers & principalities" against these "workers" will understand the boss is one of them now which they hate (per that curse of "seeds" that only ends on the last page of the Bible), whom NOW makes kings & preists of "man" too, as "man" wasn't always exalted, but "made to till", HOWEVER, since the Lord came, statues of gods have been replaced w/ statues of man. Clearly, there is an ordinance change in our world, --all part of "God's Mystery" perhaps. 🤔

Son of man, son of David, son of Mary, son of God (Yahweh, the one true God).

Note: This teaching and understanding are not of this church. The designation, "son of man" (Numbers 23:19), is a designation filled with peril. Every man potentially participates as a "son of man." We participate as a "son of man" when we take up the role of father to our children. It is then we impress on the world through our children the beliefs, teachings, and commandments by which they are to live and possibly have life. David prevailed as a son of man to his son Solomon (Proverbs 4:3-4). Every minister participates as a "son of man" when they impress on their congregations, whether synagogues, mosques, or churches what they envision as the beliefs, teachings and commandments by which they are to live. But whether the spirits we impress on our respective "congregations" attend to them having life? It is a different matter altogether. What's so perilous about this designation, "son of man" is that it serves as a spiritual "weigh station." It's a "spiritual weigh station" in that, the LORD weighs what we teach as fathers and ministers to our respective "congregations" as to whether what we've taught is of Him. If we teach what is of the LORD, then we deliver our respective congregations to the LORD. And thereby we ascend in the earth as a "son of God." However, if what we teach is in opposition to the LORD. Then we descend in the earth and in the eyes of the LORD as a Son of Belial (1Samuel 2:12). Jesus uses the designation (Matthew 16:13) to impress on his disciples that they too emerge as sons of man when they live out the cause for which He calls them. Within the KJV, the author appropriately capitalizes the designation (Matthew 16:13 KJV). Given the beliefs, teachings, and commandments Jesus impresses on his disciples are revelations that expound on the truths of Moses, the scribes, and the prophets. Be mindful, however. This bears no relationship to what you receive from this church as doctrine, orthodoxy, or any teaching taught by the church fathers.

The son of man is that addressed by God the who represent of mankind. Jesus don't represents human being. He represents God. That's why he called son of God

Son refers to a child, can mean daughter. It is only used because in that time they were against women. God is no respector of people! The same essence is in a male and female. Son of man is us ALL! Are you not a child of a man? We are ALL ONE in christ. It’s our first born status as earthy ( carnal mind) before understand the truth ( spirit).

It doesn't mean anything to me since I don't believe that the Jesus character created by Christian writers ever existed.

He's not a human.. here's Jesus saying the son of man will die for the world. John 3:10-17 [10]Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? [11]Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. [12]If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? [13]And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. [14]And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: [15]That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. [16]For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. [17]For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Jesus is using the title Son of Man to be counted as a real human being amongst men. Jesus could not be a son of God because that is not possible. God cannot be a Father because God has no human attributes. For then God is human? Jesus is not God. Jesus is of God, as we all are. We were created by the breath of God Almighty. So simple.