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"riderstanding. God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth of his holiness. The princes of the people are gathered
people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth greatly exalted" (Psalm 47:5-9). "Sing unto God, ye
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Jesus declared, "...These are the words which I spake unto you,,
things must be fulfilled, which were writ- Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms concerning
Acting or speaking from the very level of omnipotence, couldaffirm:"theSonofmanhathpoweronearthtofor- 2:10), and "Therefore the Son of man is Lord (Jehovah)
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also of the Sabbath" (Mark 2:28).
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at the famous discourse on the bread of life that caused disciplestoquitwalkingwithHim(John6:66). Acloselook ^ statement, brings us to admit that the main emphasis is on
of Man bears the seal of God the Father. "Labor not for • P®risheth, but for that meat which endureth unto ever- Son of man (God-Man) shall give unto you; for him
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earth; O sing praises unto the Lord. Selah. To him that heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth seiid
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voice, and that a mighty voice" (Psalm 68:32-33).
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hath God the Father sealed" Oohn 6:27).
Here is how the Messianic prophecy of Isaiah explains the seal: "Behold y servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have
ri" upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles"
l.nH-1 "dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead . . Y. (Colossians 2:9). Therefore Jesus could invite his hearers to accept offer, "Verily, verily, I say unto you. Except ye eat the flesh of the
o man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you" (John 6:53).
n indeed a "hard saying" for many of the disciples walked out Uonn 6:60). Had they not "murmured" earlier, "Is not this Jesus, the son of
Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I from heaven?" (John 6:42). They probably equated the bread of o . ^ heaven with earthly human flesh, while Jesus assures us, "It is the fhat quickeneth; the flesh (in the sense they have understood) prof-
I f " that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are me (John6:63). Indeed,thescripturesareclearconcerningtheoriginofthe
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nwde flesh (John 1:14; John 8:23-24; I Corinthians 15:45-47). Jesus declared that the unveiling of the mystery of the Son of Man is for those who have heard and learned of the Father by the writings of the prophets Qohn 6:44- 45; Isaiah 42:13). They shall know who the Son of Man is and have seen the Father, the God-Man (John 6:46; 14:7). It is also interesting to note that, at the end of Jesus' teaching, the answer of Simon Peter focused on the heart of the matter, "Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the liv-
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