Tag: Son of Man

  • Son of Man – a Prophetic Path to Gethsemane

    Son of Man – a Prophetic Path to Gethsemane

    Where have we heard the scriptural depiction, ‘son of man’ most in the Bible?

    And to whom do we point by calling some mortal the “son of man?”

    Hold your answers for a moment until we look into who said that in the Bible and who was called that by whom. 

    Prophets Before Christ

    Recall that true Prophets of God speak for the LORD God.

    In part 1 we glanced at an important prophesy of Moses and then we followed Elijah observing some of the Prophet’s miracles.


    Also in part-1:

    We also glanced quickly at historical context of the Jews from Canaan to Babylon and A.D. 1st c. Jerusalem.

    pillar of fire in the midst of Moses and the Hebrews

    ~1450 B.C

    The Prophet Moses

    ~870 B.C. – 849 B.C.

    The Prophet Elijah

    Elijah map of the Prophet's journeys

    Later, as prophesied:

    • defeat of ISRAEL the Northern Kingdom
      • 722 B.C.
    Ezekiel at the River Kebar

    ~620 B.C. – 570 B.C

    • eventual fall of JUDAH the Southern Kingdom…
      • 586 B.C.

    Introduction to the Son of Man

    You’ll read in just ten times in the books of Moses:

    לֹא אִישׁ אֵל וִיכַזֵּב וּבֶן־אָדָם וְיִתְנֶחָם הַהוּא אָמַר וְלֹא יַעֲשֶׂה וְדִבֶּר וְלֹא יְקִימֶנָּה׃

    Numbers 23:19 Masoretic Text

    In Hebrew, literally, ben adam” or ‘son of adam.’

    It is illustration of created man made in the image of the LORD.

    You will find it frequently in the New Testament as well, most frequently with the Lord Jesus referring to Himself.

    In the common Greek of the A.D. first century Roman empire, “huios anthrōpos” or ‘son of humans.’

    It is here we see the significance of God born to a virgin woman (Mary) as a Son of Man.

    One in substance with the Father and Holy Spirit — yet the Lord Jesus IS a real human Person.


    First Century A.D.

    “But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.

    Gospel of Matthew 25:31 LSB


    The Prophet Ezekiel

    We return not to Jerusalem, but to Babylon where Nebuchadnezzar, powerful arm of the LORD’s judgment against Judah resides.

    10,000 Hebrew captives led to Babylon

    Ezekiel dates his prophecies from 597 B.C. ..also 573/72,..in 571/70 B.C. (29:17)

    Commentary of John MacArthur

    .. while I was among the exiles by the Chebar Canal, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

    Ezekiel 1:1 b (CSB)


    I looked, and there was a whirlwind coming from the north, a huge cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire, there was a gleam like amber. 5 The likeness of four living creatures came from it, and this was their appearance: They looked something like a human —

    Ezekiel 1:4-5 (CSB)

    You must picture the same scene of GLORY as the Prophet sees -- NO illustration can do it justice -- Ezekiel sees something sons of Adam just do not see! 

    A voice came from above the expanse over their heads;

    — Ezekiel 1:25 (CSB)

    This was the appearance of the likeness of the Lord’s glory.

    When I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.

    — Ezekiel 1:28 (CSB)

    Son of Man

    He said to me,

    “Son of man, stand up on your feet and I will speak with you.”

    As he spoke to me, the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet,

    and I listened to the one who was speaking to me.

    — Ezekiel 2:1-2 (CSB)


    The SON OF MAN — in this instance, Ezekiel — has seen the GLORY OF THE LORD and spoken of it to sinful humans chosen to follow Him.

    Ezekiel bows down — and obeys the word of the Lord.


    The Spirit takes Ezekiel to Jerusalem’s Temple

    Then the glory of the Lord moved away from the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim.

    Ezekiel 10:18 (CSB)

    The Spirit then lifted me up and brought me to the eastern gate of the Lord’s house.. I saw [25] leaders of the people.

    The Lord said to me,

    “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city. They are saying, ‘Isn’t the time near to build houses? The city is the pot, and we are the meat.’

    Therefore, prophesy against them. Prophesy, son of man! ”

    — Ezekiel 11:1-4 (CSB)

    A New Shepherd of the Lord’s Chosen

    The word of the Lord came to me:

    “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and say to them,

    ‘This is what the Lord God says to the shepherds:

    Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who have been feeding themselves! Shouldn’t the shepherds feed their flock?

    You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened animals, but you do not tend the flock.

    You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost.

    — Ezekiel 34:1-4 (CSB)

    Does ANY of this sound familiar -- you 21 century shepherds of the Gospel -- have you tended your flock? 

    Dry Bones “rising from the dead”

     “Prophesy concerning these bones

    I will cause breath to enter you, and you will live. I will put tendons on you, make flesh grow on you, and cover you with skin. I will put breath in you so that you come to life.

    Then you will know that I am the Lord.”

    — Ezekiel 37:5-6 (CSB)

    Yet some of you do not believe the Prophets or in the resurrection of the dead to the Judgment or Heaven. 

    ‘This is what the Lord God says:

    I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them, my people, and lead you into the land of Israel. You will know that I am the Lord, my people, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.

    I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I am the Lord. I have spoken, and I will do it.

    This is the declaration of the Lord.’ ” —

    Ezekiel 37:12-14 (CSB)


    In Visions of God – a New Temple

    It is not our purpose today to point out similarities of a new temple and city to the Levitical outline of Moses or the Temple of David which had witnessed the glory of the LORD descending into the Holy of Holies. Nor can we visit such visions of Daniel and the Apostle John.

    Sufficeth to say the Lord God will send a new Temple to Jerusalem and personalize a saved world in new worship.


    προφήτης – prophētēs

    1. in Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things
    2. one who, moved by the Spirit of God and hence his organ or spokesman, solemnly declares to men what he has received by inspiration, especially concerning future events, and in particular such as relate to the cause and kingdom of God and to human salvation

    source: Strong’s G4396 – prophētēs – BlueLetterBible.org

    The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. Then fear came over everyone, and they glorified God, saying,

    “A great prophet has risen among us,” and “God has visited his people.”

    Gospel of Luke 7:16 CSB


    ~ in the year of our Lord 30 

    The Son of Man

    “But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” ​— ​then he told the paralytic, “Get up, take your stretcher, and go home.”

    Gospel of Matthew 9:6 CSB

    “Who do people say that the Son of Man is? ”

    They replied,

    “Some say John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

    “But you,” he asked them, “who do you say that I am? ”

    Simon Peter answered,

    “You are the Messiah [*Χριστός christos], the Son of the living God.”

    Matthew 16:13-16 CSB


    “You know that the Passover takes place after two days, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”

    Matthew 28:2 CSB

  • Elijah – on a Prophetic Path to Gethsemane

    Elijah – on a Prophetic Path to Gethsemane

    Today, in the first of a 2-part look at ordinary men chosen as extraordinary Prophets speaking for God, we will glance briefly at Moses and Elijah.


    Prophets Before Christ

    Recall that true Prophets of God speak for the LORD God.

    NOT every man who claims to be a be a Prophet of God truly speaks God’s word. Nor is every mortal who speaks a prophesy of God is a worshiper of the LORD.

    And not every prophesy of a true Prophet is an oracle into the future or an eschatological look into the fulfillment of days.

    Yet many prophesies do point us to places and times not yet seen by any man but the appointed Prophet of the LORD.

    The Prophet Moses

    What could be more prophetic than the written words of the man who encountered the 'I AM' speaking the very commands of the Almighty? 

    Moses brought the Law – the very words of the LORD – to the Hebrew people.

    The LORD had called Moses, age eighty to lead the Hebrews out from Egypt. Moses was 120 years old as the Hebrews prepared to cross the Jordan.

    Before he led them from bondage in Egypt into Arabia for forty year prior to crossing the Jordan into Canaan, Moses instructed God’s chosen in the LORD’s ways and means of redemption.

    So Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.

    “It is Yahweh your God who will cross ahead of you..

    Deuteronomy 31:1,3a,5a LSB

    Yet the LORD instructs Moses with a prophecy of what the Hebrews will surly do:

    a Prophesy through Moses:

    .. and this people will arise and play the harlot with the foreign gods of the land, into the midst of which they are going, and they will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have cut with them.

    “Then My anger will be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them and hide My face from them, and they will be consumed…

    Deuteronomy 31:16c-17a LSB


    When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.

    Deuteronomy 32:8 BSB

    This general reference to humanity and God's 'chosen' would be worthy of your separate study, but we cannot cover it here. 

    from Canaan to Babylon

    Let’s go quickly across the Jordan through the years (centuries, really) with the chosen sons until fulfillment of a foreseen time of Hebrew prophesy from Babylon.

    In order to move so quickly we must overlook and pass many important scriptural milestones.

    Moving past Joshua,

    • the capture of much of the promised land
      • 14th c. B.C.
    • a time of the Judges
      • 14th-11th c. B.C.
    • a king of the people (Saul)
      • 11th c. B.C.

    2 Samuel David becomes King of Judah in Hebron for 7 years then in Jerusalem uniting Judah with Ish-Bosheth (Israel)
    David King of Judah united with Israel
    • David united Israel and Judah
      • ~1000 B.C.
    • Solomon expands his influence back to Egypt and east to Babylon and beyond
      • 973-931 B.C.
    • then, a civil war between Solomon’s sons and their heirs,

    A quick glance at the timeline below will reveal the book of 1 KINGS where we will find Elijah’s story.

    a Failure of Kings Old Testament timeline from Genesis to Malachi focused on the Kings of Israel and Judah and the Prophets
    Old Testament Books timeline

    Elijah map of the Prophet's journeys

    The Prophet Elijah

    ~870 B.C. – 849 B.C.

    Later, as prophesied:

    • defeat of ISRAEL the Northern Kingdom
      • 722 B.C.
    • eventual fall of JUDAH the Southern Kingdom…
      • 586 B.C.

    The Man of God

    The LORD sent powerful Prophets to both Israel and Judah during a divisive time when most every leader (king) “did what was evil in the sight of the LORD.”

    • This includes EVERY KING of ISRAEL for a little more than 200 years !

    Wouldn’t a NATION claiming GOD repent — when confronted by the man of God showing great signs and even raising a man from the dead?

    • Furthermore the Kings of JUDAH fared no better in their 334 years with only eight of twenty kings who “did right in the eyes of the LORD.”

    Elijah was a man of God WARNING the evil LEADERS of a NATION.

    Taking a brief stop on our timeline Before Christ, we proceed past Moses and beyond the break-up of the Kingdom of David to a time of evil kings infamously represented by King Ahab of Israel who reigned for about twenty years from 874 B.C. until 853 B.C. when he was killed in battle.

    Jezebel, the King's wife - arguably a head of Ahab - also proved infamous with her own evil legacy. 

    Elijah’s Prophetic proofs:

    Now Elijah the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers, said to Ahab,

    “As the LORD God of Israel lives, in whose presence I stand, there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command! ”

    1 Kings 17:1 CSB

    The severest of droughts - over one thousand dry days in the land - people  and animals will die. 

    Elijah left and lived at the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan.

    1 Kings 17:4b CSB

    So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering wood…

    But she said, “As the LORD your God lives, I don’t have anything baked ​— ​only a handful of flour in the jar and a bit of oil in the jug. Just now, I am gathering a couple of sticks in order to go prepare it for myself and my son so we can eat it and die.”

    1 Kings 17:10a, 12 CSB


    Drought. Famine everywhere — and for days upon end.

    Have you ever considered the gravity of the fragile mortal lives of those already suffering under the evil reign of Jezebel and Ahab?

    But a miracle of God through Elijah: the widow’s flour and food never ran out. But then —

    Her son becomes ill and dies. (Probably a common occurrence in these desperate conditions of a three year drought.)

    She said to Elijah, “Man of God, what do you have against me?

    Have you come to call attention to my iniquity so that my son is put to death? ”

    1 Kings 17:18 CSB

    That’s some accusation from the widow who has just lost her only son. Yet note the widow’s contrite acceptance of God’s authority to punish sin (iniquity).

    עָוֹן

    Note the long list of Scriptures [above] from the Law of Moses (beginning with Cain) pointing to punishment for our iniquity. 

    Elijah raises the widow’s son from the dead!

    He cried out to the LORD and said, “LORD my God, please let this boy’s life come into him again! ”

    So the LORD listened to Elijah, and the boy’s life came into him again, and he lived.

    Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know you are a man of God and the LORD’s word from your mouth is true.”

    1 Kings 17:20-22, 24 CSB

    WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE poster for Elijah with picture of the Prophet

    Elijah – a contest to the DEATH

    Three years of drought. The King will not like this and consequently blame the righteous man of God.

    When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him,

    “Is that you, the one ruining Israel? ”

    He replied,

    “I have not ruined Israel, but you and your father’s family have, because you have abandoned the LORD’s commands and followed the Baals.

    1 Kings 18:17-18 CSB

    Tell me if this does not apply to Israel in this day (except that their gods are dreams of their past)? 

    Tell me how King Herod and the religious rulers of Judea were so different from Ahab as the King of Israel challenged the true Prophet of the Lord?

    Then Elijah approached all the people and said,

    “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him. But if Baal, follow him.”

    But the people didn’t answer him a word.

    18:21 וַיִּגַּשׁ אֵלִיָּהוּ אֶל־כָּל־הָעָם וַיֹּאמֶר עַד־מָתַי אַתֶּם פֹּסְחִים עַל־שְׁתֵּי הַסְּעִפִּים אִם־יְהוָה הָאֱלֹהִים לְכוּ אַחֲרָיו וְאִם־הַבַּעַל לְכוּ אַחֲרָיו וְלֹא־עָנוּ הָעָם אֹתוֹ דָּבָר׃


    Much later King Ahab will publically repent! But it will be too late…

    Next Contestant

    ~852 B.C. After the death of Ahab

    “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down! ’ ”

    .. “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.”

    Then fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men.

    2 Kings 1:9- excerpts CSB

    So the king sent another captain with his fifty men to Elijah.

    “Man of God, this is what the king says: ‘Come down immediately! ’

    “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.”

    So a divine fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men.

    Then the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. The third captain went up and fell on his knees in front of Elijah and begged him,

    “.. Already fire has come down from heaven and consumed the first two captains with their companies, but this time let my life be precious to you.”

    Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. 

    2 Kings 1:11-17 excerpts CSB


    The Ascension of Elijah.

    The time had come for the LORD to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind. Elijah and Elisha were traveling from Gilgal,

    2 Kings 2:1 CSB

    Elijah’s departure is unique, as he is one of only two people in the Bible, along with Enoch (Genesis 5:24), who did not experience death.

    The whirlwind signifies God’s powerful presence, often associated with divine intervention (Job 38:1, Nahum 1:3).

    Elijah’s ascension prefigures Christ’s ascension into heaven (Acts 1:9-11), symbolizing victory over death and the promise of eternal life.

    2 Kings 2:1:: Biblehub.com STUDY BIBLE commentary

    First Century A.D.

    A Son of David, the Son of Man, rides victoriously into Jerusalem now captive of Rome, challenging Jerusalem’s leaders to a duel to the death

    + His +

    for the redemption of sinners.

    “King Jesus, King Jesus, King Jesus, Hosanna!, they cry out…

    And within a few days their KING of the JEWS will be crucified on a Roman cross.

    An Uplifting Recollection

    The Son of Man walked once more toward a familiar hillside covered with an olive grove.

    What must Jesus have recalled as the Lord approached Gethsemane with His eleven dear friends one last time?

    Remember?

    A cloud appeared, overshadowing them, and a voice came from the cloud:

    “This is my beloved Son; listen to him! ”

    Mark 9:7 CSB

    .. They kept this word to themselves, questioning what “rising from the dead” meant…


    NEXT: Ezekiel 

  • Son-Man Risen!

    Son-Man Risen!

     “Are you the King of the Jews,” the Prefect Pilate had asked JESUS just three days ago?

    βασιλεύς King ?

    Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews.

    But my kingdom is not from the world.”

    Gospel of John 18: ESV 36 [in context John 18:28-40 AKJV]

    The Jews had wanted a king more powerful than the Herod. Now these powerful pastors can celebrate THEIR Passover and finally dismiss this prophet JESUS saying,

    The King is DEAD! Long live the King.

    “Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar,” these Elder accusers of JESUS had taunted. The hereditary Chief Priests might no longer need to limp around the bloody temple sacrifices in order to please the multitudes.

    Resurrection witnessed

    The leaders of Herod’s temple (for it had been rebuilt by the Great Herod who left many of the common areas of the courts unfinished) did NOT need any interruption of their indulgences and ceremonial place of authority over worshipers of God obligated to come to THEIR temple twice yearly.

    BUT even before THEY managed to convict and crucify the Christ so many followed the leadership of Jerusalem also sought to kill Jesus’ Apostles and most of all Lazarus.

    When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus was there [Bethany], they came, not only on account of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he [JESUS] had raised from the dead.

    So the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well, because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.

    Gospel of John 12:9-11 ESV
    The Temple leadership, however, failed to seize and kill Lazarus (again) but seemed satisfied to crucify the Christ said to raise Lazarus from the grave. 
    
    (But how could such a thing as that have really happened, those many men who did not believe in the resurrection questioned?) 
    

    Jesus knew how these would REJECT Him not only because they did NOT believe Scripture, but also because these religious leaders could never envision their Messiah (the Christ, of whom the gentiles spoke) would be given the authority to raise the dead.

    For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father.

    Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

    Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

    Gospel of John 5:22-25 ESV

    “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 

    26For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. 

    And he has given him authority to execute judgment,
    because he is [the] Son of Man. Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out,
    those who have done good to the resurrection of life,
    and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

    Gospel of John 5:27-29 ESV – Jesus claiming the Authority of the Son-Man Messiah

    Jesus certainly had demonstrated this Authority of the Christ by raising Lazarus from death!

    The LEADERS of JUDAH knew rejected the Truth they knew; but even the most faithful worshipers sometimes doubt the veracity of Holy Scripture.

    Does this sound familiar?

    Son-Man, can these bones live?

    + Note: Lit. “son man” – the Hebrew does not use articles bēn ‘āḏām – בֶּן־אָדָם

    Picture yourself standing near Golgotha, where rotted bones of the crucified eventually fall to the dust. See any scene of a low valley of graves where flesh and bones decay in the dust and loved ones lament over the lifeless souls of their past..
    Ezekiel 37: KJV

    And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.

    Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:

    Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

    So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath [רוּחַ]came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.


    Resurrection Prophesied

    And at that time Michael the great prince shall stand up, that stands over the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of tribulation, such tribulation as has not been from the time that there was a nation on the earth until that time: at that time thy people shall be delivered, even every one that is written in the book.

    And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to reproach and everlasting shame.

    Daniel 12:2 Brenton Septuagint Translation

    Christ holds His priesthood permanently

    The problem of the High Priests Annas and Caiaphas is no different than that pointed out by the author of the book of Hebrews.

    And the former priests, on the one hand, existed in greater numbers because they were prevented by death from continuing, but Jesus, on the other hand, because He continues forever, holds His priesthood permanently.

    Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

    Hebrews 7:25-27 LSB
    AND don't miss this about the necessity that the CHRIST should become the Perfect Sacrifice for our sins.

    For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens; who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.


    What must you do to be saved?

    The Son-Man, JESUS (SAVIOR) Son WHO IS One with the Father and the Holy Spirit — Messiah [Christ] prophesied in Scripture IS the Very WORD of the LORD God!

    THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY?

    Good News!


    Spurgeon on Lazarus and resurrection

    Charles Spurgeon, the renowned English preacher of the 19th century provides us with further thoughts about what happened to Lazarus and those who already had mourned over his death.
    THOUGH HE WERE DEAD - 14 September, A.D. 1884, Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington G.B.
    John 11:24-26
    • here is the comfort which we may each one safely take, namely, that when Jesus comes the dead shall live.
    • Then we are also told that when Jesus comes, living believers shall not die. After the coming of Christ there shall be no more death for his people.
    • Resurrection with Jesus is resurrection indeed. Life with Jesus is life indeed.
    • I think that Jesus meant that even now His dead are alive. Again, even now his living do not die.

    Beyond these few brief points of comfort for the bereaved Spurgeon continues with a notable Scriptural truth WE tend to avoid:

    Methinks, first, this text plainly teaches that the Lord Jesus Christ is the life of his people.

    We are dead by nature, and you can never produce life out of death: the essential elements are wanting..

    .. The life of a Christian in its commencement is in Christ alone, not a fragment of it is from himself, and the continuance of that life is equally the same; Jesus is not only the resurrection to begin with, but the life to go on with.”

    Charles Haddon Spurgeon

    The multitudes of Jerusalem loved Jesus’ teaching and loved Jesus’ humility. YET many who yearned to gather in the Temple REJECTED the greater love of a Savior willing to die on the Cross rather than life the life of a great teacher.

    the resurrection and the life

    Spurgeon pleas with those with ears to hear teaching on the power of Jesus raising Lazarus and what the Christian disciple must do:

    “I tell you you must learn that Jesus is the resurrection and the life.

    Hearken to that great “I,” that infinite EGO! This must cover over and swallow up your little ego.

    “I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.”

    WHAT ARE YOU?

    Less than nothing, and vanity; but over all springs up divine, all-sufficient personality, “I am the resurrection and the life.”

    .. further [Spurgeon points out],

    “he that believeth in Me”: that is it.

    He does not say, “He that loves me.”


    my Lord and my God!

    The GOOD NEWS of the RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST!

    Jesus *said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are those who did not see, and yet believed.”

    Gospel of John 20:29 LSB


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