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Man had reached the ears of mixed audiences, including the ^nsees and the Scribes who claimed to be knowledgeable in the faith of
fh^'l scriptures. Yettheyasked, haveheardoutof C aw that Chnst abideth forever: and how sayest thou. The Son of man
"ajwt be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?" John 12:34). Although the
° statements of Christ involving the title Son of Man could have been
^ "®*plunatory to his inquirers, this self-designation from the lips of Jesus comesfromanall-encompassingbackground. Indeed,itisastrikingfact
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Father, now manifested in His own flesh, (in the Son) was in
called "man," Hebrew "lysh" and not "enoshe" in its degree of p>erfection and spiritual essence.
For it is written, "The LORD is a man of war: the LORD (YAHWEH) is lus name" (Exodus 15:3), or "The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, ( ysh) he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall ciy, yea, roar; he
^allprevailagainstHisenemies"(Isaiah42:13). Hereagainscripturecalls Him "lysh". Interestingly, this passage is found in the chapter where Isaiah
gives a detailed account of a mighty conquering Messiah. The point is that m these passages, the word "man" is translated from the Hebrew word iysh or eesh." As translated in "Strong's Hebrew and the Greek Lexicon," it means 'mighty, great rnan, male person', in opposition with the other
Hebrew word for man, "enoshe" meaning 'mortal, flesh, of lower degree'. Therefore, "man" as "iysh" qualifies God the Father showing His omnipo- tence and conquering power. God Himself has asked Israel to call Him "Ishi", meaning "my man" (Hosea 2:16; Job 25:4).
When David said, "But I am a worm, and no man (iysh); a reproach of men, and despised of the people" (Psalm 22:6), he was qualifying Himself ''enoshe", a reproach of men, far from being a man, "iysh", following the Hebrew rendering of the text. In the Lord's indignation, as expressed in
Isaiah 59:16, "...he saw that there was no man (iysh), and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him." Here also theword man is "iysh", not "enoshe", in the Hebrew. God is not seeking after the sons of Adam, but
after His own "image", the "arm of God", Zerowa Yahweh, could mean power, strength, seed of God, perfect "manhood", and the "Son of Man." (Hebrew Dictionary, Numbers 376, 2220,582). According to the Exegeses Parallel Bible by Herb Jahn, and The Complete Word Study KJV and the prophet Hosea and Isaiah, Jehovah is supposed to be called God Man or
Mighty Man. Hosea 2:16 states, "And it shall be at thatday, saith the LORD (Jehovah), that thou shalt call me Ishi; (my husband man or a man of high degree, not "enoshe", which means a natural man) and shalt call me no
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