The True Son of Man

THE TRUE SON OF MAN

There have been many angels called at various times sons of God but only one heavenly being has always been singled out as “like a son of man” because He is particularly human and humbly so, as one who needs to learn from God.  God called Ezekiel Son of Man as a term of endearment and as reminder that Ezekiel needed to humbly learn as a human the things of God and God could use Ezekiel’s firsthand knowledge to assign him tasks of being involved in the judgement of humans. In the experiences of Daniel, it was as human to human (fellow man) that the Son of Man laid a hand on the shoulder of Daniel to reassure him as he struggled to come to terms with heavenly things. Because He is Son of Man He can relate to humans and properly understand them because though heavenly in origin He is so like humans and was so before becoming flesh and while flesh and still now that He is the first immortal resurrected human. So there is no reason He should not also judge humans since He can do so sympathetically with true understanding. God wants it to be humans who judge humans so there can be true sympathy and understanding and no excuse for humans being judged. The ultimate holy human is the Son of Man, designated as Anointed One by God - of righteousness and faith. He has only ever learned from God as a human learns, even before becoming flesh when His humanness still back then singled Him out from angels. So He is able to teach humans those things He has learned since He knows what it is to learn from God as a human being. We should dwell on this. There is only and ever will be only one true Son of Man in heaven sent to live a life in the flesh and die for the sins of the world and rise again and live forever to judge and to save.

Essentials of Salvation

The Book of Enoch provides some information which is essential to salvation, such as the nature of the pre-existence of the Christ and the nature of the mortal sin of sorcery.

This leads to two conclusions:

Firstly if you want to stop people being saved, suppress the Book of Enoch.

Secondly it is almost essential to salvation to prove the veracity of the Book of Enoch. (‘Almost’ essential because there are direct revelations and miracles from Christ Himself through the Holy Spirit which can substitute for the book.)

Experiential Knowledge

The Son of Man made Himself known to me (as also did God the Father and the Holy Spirit around that time in mid nineties) and He is very much the Son of Man we see in scriptures (Enoch, Daniel, 2 Esdras, John, Revelation) - heavenly and mysterious and hidden but human and loving and kind and yet judge over all who is ever carrying judgements in God’s name - majestic.

Experiencing the Father - He is just awesome (“I am God”, He said) and fatherly and showed love for my colleagues - experiencing the Holy Spirit - He has a tremendous understanding of truth and wisdom - experiencing the Son of Man - I find He shows complete understanding of what it is to be human - that is why He is the Son of Man - the one who fully knows our humanity.

Eternal Life

Before the scriptures written by the New Testament writers the previous scriptures only hint that the Son of Man was a living man-like being before becoming flesh as that baby in Bethlehem. Daniel gives a glimmer of Him as a living man who spoke to Daniel and put a hand on his shoulder and was later struggling against angelic enemies and there are other hints at the Son of Man’s “goings forth from most ancient times” but in the Book of Enoch there is no question about it - the Son of Man was personally seen by Enoch and Enoch was taken up to Him and this Son of Man, the book tells us, was there with God hidden away before creation. So we see what Jesus meant by “Before Abraham was born, I am”. Here in the Son of Man proclaimed by Enoch we see what it is that someone has eternal life. And this Son of Man is still aive today and, He tells us, “alive forever”. And all because the Father gives Him life and raised Him from the dead. Letting what He truly is sink in, He becomes YOUR eternal life too.

The Three Way Settlement

The meaning of the cross symbol in the language of the ancient world meant settlement of debt or taxes and sacrificial offerings required as settlement with God for wrongs done. The cross of the crucifixion of the Son of Man made settlement in three ways.

1. We need to repent to be absolved of sinful status by God but even with repentance there is a debt to pay by blood sacrifice for forgiveness from God to be complete and the repented sins to be considered settled. The cross is the symbol from God that His Son’s death actually is that settlement blood sacrifice. This is our settlement with God. 

2. However, the repentance is not a guarantee of ceasing from sin - for a real prospect of major sin ceasing in this life it takes the ongoing work of the living Jesus and ongoing faith that He ever lives by God’s power - then holding to His teachings as a true disciple so He continues to set free from sins. Part of this holding to His teachings is the matter of forgiving others so that God can forgive us. This involves settlement between each other.

3. Especially life-giving faith is the belief that Jesus has flesh and has been just as human as us and died in that weak state - belief that the only life He now has is by resurrection given Him by God the Father (John 6:57). This is God settling things with us by making us righteous and giving us life through this belief in the reality of what Jesus is and was and will be forever.

CHRIST DIED FOR YOU

The Leopard

THE LEOPARD DOES NOT CHANGE ITS SPOTS 

Which leopard? The Hellenisers. The Hellenism that subjugated the Romans long before the Vandals sacked Rome. The Hellenisers took over Constantinople too and through it took over the world with their philosophies. They subverted the churches not just in Europe but everywhere. This leopard grew its spots in the days before Alexander the Great conquered the world. Daniel foresaw this leopard and Jesus showed John (in Revelation) how it would return as part of a new Beast. The Maccabbees lamented at how bad this leaopard was in subverting the Jews and setting up the abomination that causes desolation in the Temple of God. The Hellenisers made Jews fearful of staying true to their faith by forcing the masses to participate in social mass events that undermined Jewish religion. Jesus warned the abomination would return. The effects of the abominable Hellenisers continued and grew in the centuries after Christ ascended until their teachings were considered more Christian than Christ’s teachings. These guys and those who followed them stripped the truth of the Book of Enoch and history of Nephilim away from the churches.

The BrExodus Precedent

EXODUS

Exodus 9:

5The Lord set a time and said, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this in the land.” 6And the next day the Lord did it: All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died. 7Pharaoh investigated and found that not even one of the animals of the Israelites had died. Yet his heart was unyielding and he would not let the people go.

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Exodus 10: 

24Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the Lord. Even your women and children may go with you; only leave your flocks and herds behind.”

25But Moses said, “You must allow us to have sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the Lord our God. 26Our livestock too must go with us; not a hoof is to be left behind. We have to use some of them in worshiping the Lord our God, and until we get there we will not know what we are to use to worship the Lord.”

27But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to let them go. 28Pharaoh said to Moses, “Get out of my sight! Make sure you do not appear before me again! The day you see my face you will die.”

29“Just as you say,” Moses replied. “I will never appear before you again.

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Exodus 11: 

9The Lord had said to Moses, “Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you—so that my wonders may be multiplied in Egypt.” 10Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go out of his country.

At the Cross

The fact that philosophically inclined people interested in Christ tend to find scripture verses they can use to justify their philosophical position does not mean God endorses their position or their philosophical leanings. God makes philosophy appear foolish by making the wonderful salvation of believers flow out of the inner workings of the message that Christ died for them. The cross is the sign that God has made settlement through the death on the cross of His Son. Hearing and taking to heart this message fills a believer whose heart is opened by God with knowledge of God’s truthfulness and rightness. 

“At the cross at the cross where I first saw the Light 

and the burden of my heart rolled away.

It was there by faith I received my sight 

And now I am happy all the day.”

When you are given to know God through the inner working of the death of Christ for you then you will love God because He has forgiven you and given you grace and taught you personally. But you might forget all this and lose your love for Him. So remember often and build on that love by acting on it and letting it fill your heart. Build on it by growing in goodness and knowledge and self-discipline and godliness and brotherly kindness and love for all the ones who love like this. Know God’s will and obey it.

The Meaning of the Cross

Researching the Book of Enoch got me paying attention to Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform script and its meanings and their use in scriptures and understanding of things of God. One treasure I found is the original symbol of the cross and what it means -  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/𒈦 The cross symbol means a settlement of account or a tax and similarly means a sacrifice which settles with God. It also came to be associated with those whose role was to settle things between God (or gods) and men - mediating. Such people typically offered sacrifices to appease gods before seeking oracles. So the lamb of God having such a symbol in being crucified on a cross shows the open mind that He is a sacrifice to settle things with God.