"The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head." - Matthew 8:20 and Luke 9:58
The idea of "The Son of Man" and what it means. What it means in the bible and in the teachings of Jesus. What it might mean if I as a human being am the "Son of Man" or the "Son of God" - or both..... The idea of one as the "Son of Adam" - you exist as the inheritor of the entire human tradition going all the way back to Adam ”Son of Man”: to acknowledge your origin in Adam— created from the mud, evolved though history, inheritor of both the frailty and glory of humanity.
“Son of God” to claim your origin and destiny in Spirit—in eternity, in the divine image, in the Light that was before time.
the two poles of the Incarnation.
Yeshua stands as an example of our true nature: fully Son of Adam, fully Son of God.
He is what we are meant to become — the awakened human, the Christed one.
mystical transfiguration: The Son of Man becomes the Son of God.
“The Son of Man is not the risen Christ… Yet the Son of God abides exactly where He is.” - ACIM
Adamu
The expression "the Son of man" occurs 81 times in the four canonical gospels and another four times in the rest of the New Testament.
The equivalent Hebrew expression "son of man" (בן–אדם, i.e. ben-'adam, lit. son of Adam) appears in the Old Testament 103 times.
Nicene Creed: "by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man.”
In the Koine Greek of the New Testament, "the son of man" is "ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου" (ho huios tou anthropou). The Hebrew expression "son of man" (בן–אדם i.e. ben-'adam) also appears over a hundred times in the Hebrew Bible.
In Judaism, "son of man" denotes mankind generally, in contrast to deity or godhead, with special reference to their weakness and frailty (Job 25:6; Psalms 8:4; Psalms 144:3; Psalms 146:3; Isaiah 51:12, etc.) or the term "ben adam" is but a formal substitute for the personal pronoun.
in Mark 14:61, during the Sanhedrin trial of Jesus when the high priest asked Jesus: "Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed one?" Jesus responded "I am: and you shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven."
“And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And having turned I saw seven golden candlesticks; and in the midst of the candlesticks one like unto a son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the chest with a golden girdle. And his head and his hair were white as white wool, [white] as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;” - Revelation 1:12-14
Who is The Son of Man?
In the Bible, humans are referred to as "Sons of Man", or more specifically, sons of Adam.
Jesus' claiming this specific title was a direct claim to divine authority, alluding to that of Daniel, the one who is prophesied to "[come] with the clouds of heaven" and who is to be "given authority, glory and sovereign power"
there are some passages (as such Mark 8:38, 13:26, 14:62; Matthew 19:28, 25:31–46; and Luke 12:8–9) in which Jesus mentions 'the Son of Man' and does not appear to be talking about himself, but about someone else, namely a cosmic judge who would come down from heaven to bring judgment.
The occurrences of Son of man in the Synoptic gospels are generally categorized into three groups: (i) those that refer to his "coming" (as an exaltation); (ii) those that refer to "suffering" and (iii) those that refer to "now at work" i.e. referring to the earthly life.
According to the Synoptic Gospels, Jesus referred to himself as "Son of man" in three contexts, each with its own circle of fairly distinct meanings. He used this self-designation of (1) his earthly work and its (frequently) humble condition (e.g., Mark 2:10, 28 parr.; Matt 11:19=Luke 7:34; Matt 8:20=Luke 9:58); (2) his coming suffering, death, and resurrection (Mark 9:9,12; Mark 14:21 and, above all, Mark 8:31; 9:31; 10:33–34 parr.); (3) his future coming in heavenly glory to act with sovereign power at a final judgement (e.g., Mark 8:38; 13:26–27 parr.; Matt 24:27=Luke 17:24; Matt 25:31–32; see John 5:27).
This is the Threefold Path of the Initiate:
- Embodiment – Incarnate into matter. Know the flesh. Enter this World. Take on the burden of mortality.
- Crucifixion – Experience the experience of crucifixion that is being in and of this world. Endure suffering. Die to the ego. Sacrifice the false self.
- Ascension – Resurrect as the fulilment of the Son of Adam and become the Son of God. Rise in glory. Transcend the world. Become the Divine Image.
Christ Jesus, the Son of God, is God and Man: God before all worlds, man in our world... But since he is the only Son of God, by nature and not by grace, he became also the Son of Man that he might be full of grace as well. - Saint Augustine
The Biblical scholars don’t know or understand what exactly the Son of Man is referring to.
Multiple meanings:
- The Son(s) of Adam
- The Son of God
- The chosen one and ultimate example of Man
- The son and product of fallen humanity
- a general idiom for self-reference
- ………
What it Means to Say “I Am the Son of Man”
I was born into the human story, I am the accumulated experience and soul of Humanity. I am the great, great, great…….. grandchild and child of Adam - the first Man. I took on the sins and mistakes and errors and ignorance of this world.
“This is the Human Story, the journey from dust to glory.”
Yet I am a bridge between Heaven and Earth God and Man Material and Spirit Time and Eternity Seed and Flower Fall and Redemption Separation and Atonement
From the “son of Adam” into the “Son of Christ.” the “Son of Man” into “Son of God” “Son of darkness” into “Son of Light.”
from Adamah to Adonai
- Bar Enash (Son of Man)
Ben Elohim (Son of God)
Son of Adam
in Hebrew the term for ‘human beings’ is ‘Benei Adam’ {בני אדם} — ‘the children of Adam’
The exact words used for "son of man" vary, depending on the source language.
- Hebrew: בן אדם, ben-āḏām, 'son of Adam'
- Imperial Aramaic: בר אנש, bar[20] 'enash[21], 'son of man'
- Imperial Aramaic: כבר אנש, kibar 'anash, 'like a son of man' — see Son of man (Judaism)
- Koinē Greek: ὡς υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου, hōs[22] huios[23] anthrōpou[24], 'like a son of man' – per the Septuagint in Dan. 7:13 [LXX].
- Koinē Greek: ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ho huios tou anthrōpou, 'the son of the man' – per the New Testament, see Son of man (Christianity)
Adam Kadman
the archetypal human, the blueprint of Man.
The Son of Man & The Son of God
“No one who carries Christ in him can fail to recognize Him everywhere—except in bodies. And as long as they believe they are in bodies, where they think they are He cannot be. And so they carry Him unknowingly and do not make Him manifest. And thus they do not recognize Him where He is. The son of man is not the risen Christ. Yet does the Son of God abide exactly where he is, and walks with him within his holiness, as plain to see as is his specialness set forth within his body.” - ACIM
“For the redeemed son of man is the guiltless Son of God, and to recognize him is your redemption.” - ACIM
The Son of God retains his Father’s will. The son of man perceives an alien will and wishes it were so. And thus does his perception serve his wish by giving it appearances of truth. - ACIM
One wholly perfect teacher, whose learning is complete, suffices (to save the world). This one, sanctified and redeemed, becomes the Self Who is the Son of God. He who was always wholly spirit now no longer sees himself as a body or even as in a body. Therefore, he is limitless, and being limitless, his thoughts are joined with God’s forever and ever. His perception of himself is based upon God’s Judgment, not his own. Thus does he share God’s will and bring His thoughts to still deluded minds. He is forever one, because He is as God created him. He has accepted Christ, and he is saved. Thus does the son of man become the Son of God. - ACIM, Manual for Teachers