Strangers & Aliens

In Old Testament terms, "Son of Man" is often a description, not a title (see, for example, Ezekiel 11.15 & Daniel 8.17-18). But it is more than a description. In Daniel 7.13.-14, the Son of Man is

• a person not a beast (compared to the terrible vision that Daniel has received)
• he has come on the clouds (i.e. from heaven, not from the evil sea)
• not seizing the kingdom (it already belongs to him)
• not temporary in his rule, but ruling forever

No wonder that Jesus makes the description into a title. He is truly the Son of Man.

This is the stuff that Simon Manchester is teaching at the Proclamation Trust Autumn Minister's conference going on this week.