John 8:28 'So Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me.'
It is my belief that Jesus taught in this saying that He is the Son of Man and that it would be a major milestone for His hearers that they would realise this when He was crucified (by them) along with a realisation of the existence of the God He called the Father with whom the Son of Man was and is and will be always working and of the relationship that exists between Himself and the Father through all of time. They saw only Jesus as they argued with Him and plotted to kill Him and attenuate His ministry and fame. Yet as they headed unstoppably into crucifying Him, even those who believed in Him but still hated Him, they were about to see more than just Jesus at work because even with Jesus dead the Father was waiting the perfect time to step in and would resurrect His Son. Then it became apparent that Jesus did not act alone but the Father of Jesus, God, worked with Him. This is the truth He came to show the world. The ancients had understood about a son of man greater than angels whose authority held together the Universe and this authority had even been called the Logos, the Word. Yet now it would be clear to anyone believing Jesus is this Word, this Logos, this Son of Man that another greater than He is ever with Him in all He does and even in death to raise Him from the dead because only God could raise Him and only if God regarded Him as His Son and no liar.
It is my belief that Jesus taught in this saying that He is the Son of Man and that it would be a major milestone for His hearers that they would realise this when He was crucified (by them) along with a realisation of the existence of the God He called the Father with whom the Son of Man was and is and will be always working and of the relationship that exists between Himself and the Father through all of time. They saw only Jesus as they argued with Him and plotted to kill Him and attenuate His ministry and fame. Yet as they headed unstoppably into crucifying Him, even those who believed in Him but still hated Him, they were about to see more than just Jesus at work because even with Jesus dead the Father was waiting the perfect time to step in and would resurrect His Son. Then it became apparent that Jesus did not act alone but the Father of Jesus, God, worked with Him. This is the truth He came to show the world. The ancients had understood about a son of man greater than angels whose authority held together the Universe and this authority had even been called the Logos, the Word. Yet now it would be clear to anyone believing Jesus is this Word, this Logos, this Son of Man that another greater than He is ever with Him in all He does and even in death to raise Him from the dead because only God could raise Him and only if God regarded Him as His Son and no liar.
