Salve Regina C. Tolentino III-ABRELED Christology Mr.Nicolas 10/11/15

1. Jesus as Messiah The group of Jewish believers who became the first founders of Christianity were

convinced that Jesus of Nazareth was their promised Messiah. The name “Christ” is the Greek equivalent of “Messiah,” so that the name Jesus Christ really means "Jesus the Messiah," or "Jesus the anointed." They preached this truth with such conviction and power that not only many Jews but, later, a still greater host of Gentiles, believed on Jesus, both as the Christ and also as the Lord and Savior of all men. The Old Testament Messianic prophecies were found to be uniquely fulfilled in the Lord Jesus Christ. There are hundreds of these prophecies, so that the possibility of their accidental convergence on any ordinary man is completely ruled out by the laws of probability.

2. Son of God Jesus is not God’s Son in the sense of a human father and a son. God did not get married

and have a son. God did not mate with Mary and, together with her, produce a son. Jesus is God’s Son in the sense that He is God made manifest in human form (John 1:1, 14). Jesus is God's Son in that He was conceived in Mary by the Holy Spirit. Luke 1:35 declares, “The angel answered, 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.’’

3. Son of Man The term Son of Man means Jesus was a human. This term was common in the Old

Testament for a human. "Son of man" occurs 93 times in the book of Ezekiel and 106 times in the entire Old Testament. It means a person was a human. Here are some examples.

God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? (NASB) Numbers 23:19 Then He said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet that I may speak with you!” And as He spoke to me the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet; and I heard Him speaking to me. Then He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel . . . (NASB) Ezekiel 2:1-3

But when we come to the New Testament, the term has an additional meaning. It still means a person who is human, but it is now used as a title for Jesus. Jesus was the ultimate human. He was God in human flesh.

But in order that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” --then He said to the paralytic--“Rise, take up your bed, and go home.” (NASB) Matt. 9:6 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath. (NASB) Matt. 12:8 . . . for just as JONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE BELLY

OF THE SEA MONSTER, so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. (NASB) Matt. 12:40

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