Jesus referred to himself as "son of man". Is there a literal meaning to this phrase?
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It is hard to say for sure exactly what this meant.  Jesus seemed to believe that there would be coming very soon a "Son of Man" in glory on the clouds of heaven.  And he seems to be some sort of cosmic judge.  Of course, it was later understood by Jesus's followers that he was speaking of himself.  \n\nSon of Man seems to have been used in Judaism to refer to the Messiah or some sort of a cosmic judge of the earth that would come in apocalyptic times.  It is used in the book of Daniel in this way.  \n\nSon of Man actually can be argued to have almost a MORE divine connotation than Son of God.  Everyone is a son or daughter of God.  And also everyone is a son or daughter of man.  But to become a true Son of God, one must make himself subservient to his fellow man, thus becoming a son of man.  \nSo when Jesus washed the feet of his disciples, he was making himself a son of man, a servant of man.  And in so doing, he precisely shows himself to be a true Son of God, because to become great, one makes oneself lowly.
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"Eat the food you gathered yesterday. Today is a Sabbath, the Lord's day of rest;"\n\n"This is what the Lord commanded, because tomorrow is the Sabbath, the Lord's holy day of rest."\n\n"but the seventh day is a day of rest to honor the Lord your God."\n\n"So the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath day"\n\n"So then, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath day." \n\n"Then Jesus said to the Pharisees, 'The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath day.'"\n\nI think that pretty well settels it!
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No He was son of god.
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We are saying that the story of Jesus was probably embellished alot down the line. Perhaps he did not claim to be the son of god, maybe he was just a prophet or political activist who gained people's admiration - and ended up being persecuted by the politicians of the time for spreading his political message.
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Why all days in a week, every moment you breath is His.This being the eternal Truth, what does the Bible say or for that matter some human beings in the past have said in the name of 'son of God' is immaterial.
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Jesus is quoting from Psalm 82.  The exact line he's quoting is: "I said, 'You are "gods"; you are all sons of the Most High.'  But you will die like mere men; you will fall like every other ruler."  It does not mean human beings are literally gods, but that everyone who hears the word of God and takes it to heart contains the Spirit within them.
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Jesus is the Lord.  The Son of Man is the Messiah.  Messiah is flesh.  Jesus came in the flesh.  Approach in understanding:\n\n======================================================\n\nThe Nature of the Messiah\n\nSomeone might say – if God cannot be tempted by evil – how was Jesus tempted?  Concerning the\nMessiah, individuals need to understand that the Son of God (Jesus) came in the flesh.  A body was\nprepared for him, which was fully human.  The nature of the Messiah is both fully God and fully\nhuman.  Human nature is naturally tempted.  Jesus the Messiah was made like us in every way, so\nthat Salvation could be given to us.  Thus, in human nature the Messiah was tempted, but was without\nsin because he is fully God.\n\nAnyone who denies that Jesus came in the likeness of sinful man is an antichrist.  Concerning the flesh,\nhe had to be born of a naturally sinful woman.  To claim that Mary was without sin is to deny that Jesus\ncame in the flesh.\n\nRomans 8:3-4\nFor what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending\nhis own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering.  And so he condemned sin in sinful man, in\norder that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the\nsinful nature but according to the Spirit.  \n(New International Version)\n=========================================\nfrom [ http://heylel.info ] under 'Concerns'
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When Jesus was asked this question, he said, "Hear O Israel: The Lord your God is One. Thou shalt love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind." That's a paraphrase, since I don't think I have it memorized by heart. Then Jesus said, "And the second is like it: Love thy neighbor as thyself. All the law hangs on these."\n\nEDIT: Whoops. Actually, Jesus was asked what the "greatest commadment" was, not the "most important".
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Jesus did not come to talk of Himself!!!--He came to announce the existence of GOD THE FATHER AND HIS KINGDOM AND HOW YOU CAN BE A PART OF IT!!! Jesus plainly stated He would be Head of this Royal Family--but that YOU could also be a son or daughter with GOD!Any other "gospel" is a false gospel that centers on the Messenger(Christ) and NOT on what He preached!!!-I hope you have your answer-good for you for trying to understand the truth!
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In Koran, Jesus is mentioned as a highly esteemed prophet who came before prophet Muhammed. Koran rejects the concept of trinity and do not consider Jesus as a GOD or son of GOD. Regarding this Koran says, the similitude of Jesus is the similitude of Adam. Since both of them did not have a father. and that is not necessarily a reason to consider a person Son of GOD. Regarding Bible, Koran do mention that a holy book was revealed to Jesus but they were not preserved to be in orginal form it was revealed.
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In context, Matthew 23:7-9 reads, "... And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven."\n\nThis is call for humility for those in leadership roles. Not to be taken literally.\n\nWe are not to deny our male parent and cut the Commandment to honor our father and mother in half.\n\nSome leaders in any church may fall into the same folly as the pharisees of Jesus' day.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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YES\n\nIt means it is made up to try to make Jesus seem more than a the son of a carpenter.\n\nWithout that the bible wouldn't be much of a novel would it
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Matthew 27:43. Read and Study this. Jesus is the Son of God. The Son of God  IS  synonomous with "The Word"  This  is  what  The Son of God means, it means "The Word" Jn 1:1\n\n   AND  Jesus  did  say,  "Before  Abraham  existed,  " I  AM ' !"\n \n"I  AM"  was the name God/YHWH  gave to Moses to give to God's people.  When Moses asked God,    God/YHWH  Said  to \nMoses, tell  My people  that  "I AM"  has  sent  you.\n  \n\nBefore  Abraham existed, Jesus existed with His Father, YHWH\nas "THE  WORD".  which  became flesh.  Jesus is  "I AM".\n\n\nYou  can  choose  to believe  the old testament (The Tanak=Scriptures of the Jews),  and the new testament, &  the words of Jesus, both which speak only the Truth,   or  you  can  choose to reject it.\n\nP.S -  Jesus is not an image, God did not 'create' an image of Himself,  Jesus  is the  incarnation  of  God.\n\n"In the beginning was "The Word" and "The Word" was with God, and "The Word" was God.    And  "The Word" was made flesh, was incarnated, and dwelt amoung mankind and mankind beheld His Glory.   "The Word" that became flesh, was given the name Jesus, Immanuel which means "God With us"\n\nI have studied in hundreds of texts, Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic.  And well as many many Hebrew-Greek Concordances of the Bible, Studied the History of the Bible and the History of the Christian Church.  Over 40 years of studying.\nI do not claim perfection.\n\nBut the incarnation is God becoming flesh,  "The Word" becoming flesh,  Jesus,  is  NO  doubt the Truth !!\nJesus, in His own words said He is the Great "I AM"\nAnd many Apostles were put to death because of this strong unwavering belief, including the Apostle Paul.\n\nIt is your choice to believe the Truth or not.\n\nEvery human being, including yourself has  Free Will !!
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How Are God and Christ “One”?\n\n“I AND the Father are one.” (John 10:30) Those words, uttered by Jesus Christ, enraged his fellow countrymen. They considered his statement to be blasphemous and were ready to stone him. (John 10:31-33) Why was this so? Had Jesus Christ claimed that he was God himself, his Father’s equal?\n\nThe context in which Jesus’ words appear in the Biblical narrative reveal what he meant. A group of Jews had encircled him, demanding that he tell them outspokenly whether he was indeed the Christ. Answering them, Jesus stated: “I have told you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name are my witness; but you do not believe, because you are no sheep of mine. The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me. I give them eternal life; they will never be lost and no one will ever steal them from me. The Father who gave them to me is greater than anyone, and no one can steal from the Father. The Father and I are one.”—John 10:25-30, Jerusalem Bible.\n\nONENESS NOT EQUALITY\n\nClearly Jesus Christ was not claiming to be his Father’s equal. He himself stated that he acted, not in his own name, but in the ‘name of his Father.’ He recognized his Father’s superior position and authority, acknowledging that the “sheep” had been given to him by his Father. He pointedly said that ‘the Father is greater than anyone.’ At the same time the Father and the Son are “one” in purpose respecting the salvation of the “sheep.” That is, both are equally concerned about the “sheep,” not allowing anyone to snatch them out of their hand.\n\nThat Jesus referred—not to an equality of godship—but to a oneness of purpose and action is confirmed by his prayer recorded at John chapter 17. Jesus said: “I have made your name manifest to the men you gave me out of the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have observed your word. They have now come to know that all the things you gave me are from you . . . I make request, not concerning the world, but concerning those you have given me; because they are yours, and all my things are yours and yours are mine . . . Also, I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I am coming to you. Holy Father, watch over them on account of your own name which you have given me, in order that they may be one just as we are.”—John 17:6-11.\n\nNote that the thoughts voiced by Jesus in this prayer are similar to his words recorded at John chapter 10. In chapter 17, Jesus again acknowledged that his disciples, his “sheep,” were given to him by the Father. So the kind of oneness referred to in both of these chapters is the same. From Jesus’ prayer we can see that Jesus and his Father are “one” in the same sense that his true followers can be “one.” (John 17:11) Obviously the faithful disciples of Jesus Christ could never become part of a triune God. However, they could be one in purpose and activity. Further proving that Jesus never claimed equality with his Father is the fact that, in his prayer, he addressed his Father as the “only true God” and spoke of himself as his Father’s “representative.”—John 17:3, 8.\n\nBut someone might object, arguing, ‘When Jesus said “I and the Father are one,” the Jews took it to mean that he was God, and Jesus did not deny this.’ But is that really the case? Why not examine the account?\n\nThe Catholic Jerusalem Bible reads: “Jesus said to them, ‘I have done many good works for you to see, works from my Father; for which of these are you stoning me?’ The Jews answered him, ‘We are not stoning you for doing a good work but for blasphemy: you are only a man and you claim to be God’. Jesus answered: ‘Is it not written in your Law: I said, you are gods? So the Law uses the word gods of those to whom the word of God was addressed, and scripture cannot be rejected. Yet you say to someone the Father h
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He was a rebel, he rebelled against Mosaic Law. I think what he meant by saying he was Gods son is that we are all one with God. For example he said we have all got it in us to do all the things he did and even greater. He prayed for his disciples to become "one" with God like he is one with God.He devinitely rebeled agains the racial and religious descrimination of that time. He was a soul rebel...
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Jesus is the man's name.  Christ is the word describing what he did.  He 'Christed' by uniting his physical self with his spiritual self and manifesting the Light that we each carry within.  We can each embody this Light, if we chose to.  I think that is what the original meaning of "accepting Christ" meant;   accepting that we can each become a Christ through an act of will.
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Bar-Abbas,  according to tradition, had for his first name "Jesus." His name means, "The Savior, Son of the Father". The Romans thought it good to offer them a pick of the 2 Jesus' "The Savior, King of the Jews" or the other. The irony of the two Jesus' fits well with the story. A Jesus who was of the Father, or One Who would be their King. Some historians bear out this tale, but it has been sent to "Tradition," for lack of Biblical confirmation.