A Question, a Promise, and a Miracle John 12:34-40 The Question The Promise The Miracle.

A Question, a Promise, and a MiracleJohn 12:34-40

The Question

The Promise

The Miracle

The Question The term “Son of Man” as a Semitic idiom

huios tou anthropou – Greek bar-nasha – Aramaic ben-ish or ben-adam – Hebrew ben or bar means “son of” Example: a liar would be “son of a lie” or “the

lie” Therefore, ben-ish or ben-adam taken literally,

would be Jesus calling Himself a man


The Question The term “Son of Man” as a Semitic idiom

This shows Jesus’ humility It also shows the joy Jesus found in being made one

with us Obviously, He was also God Jesus could have referred to Himself in this way Jesus thought God becoming man a magnificent

display of love Jesus knew that, in becoming like us, He would

open a way for us to become like Him


The Question The Jewish understanding of “Son of Man”

Daniel 7 – four great beasts1. Like a lion – Babylon2. Like a bear – Medes and Persians3. Like a leopard – Greece 4. Too terrible to compare to any animal – Romans

In Rome there are four kings competing for prominence – the winner represented by a “little horn”



Daniel 7 – four great beasts Vision now shifts to heaven and thrones are set up The “Ancient of Days” takes His place on one of

the thrones and renders judgment The last of the beasts is killed and the kingdoms

taken away Daniel then writes of a final conquest and of a new

and everlasting kingdom – Daniel 7:13-14


Daniel 7:13-14 (NASB)13 “I kept looking in the night visions,

And behold, with the clouds of heavenOne like a Son of Man was coming,And He came up to the Ancient of DaysAnd was presented before Him.

14 “And to Him was given dominion,Glory and a kingdom,That all the peoples, nations and men of every languageMight serve Him.His dominion is an everlasting dominionWhich will not pass away;And His kingdom is oneWhich will not be destroyed.


From Daniel to the Apocryphal writings “Son of Man” became a term linked to the Messiah

This is different from the literal meaning “man” and was most often taken as “The Man,” an archetype

The Apocryphal ideas here vary Jesus used this term of Himself probably because

all the other terms had definite and yet convoluted meanings like “Messiah”


2 Samuel 7:12-13 (NASB)12 When your days are complete and you lie down with

your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom.

13 He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

Isaiah 9:7 (NASB)7 There will be no end to the increase of His government

or of peace, On the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness From then on and forevermore.The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this.

What Jesus taught in calling Himself “Son of Man”

1. He was pre-existent – John 3:13; John 6:62


John 3:13 (NASB)13 No one has ascended into heaven, but He who

descended from heaven: the Son of Man.

John 6:62 (NASB)62 What then if you see the Son of Man ascending

to where He was before?


1. He was pre-existent – John 3:13; John 6:622. He was to suffer humiliation and death –

John 3:14-15; 8:28


John 3:14-15 (NASB)14 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the

wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up;

15 so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life

John 8:28 (NASB)28 So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man,

then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me.



John 3:14-15; 8:283. He was to become a vital (personal) part of all

who should believe on Him – John 6:27, 53-54


John 6:27 (NASB)27 Do not work for the food which perishes, but

for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.”

John 6:53-54 (NASB)

53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves.

54 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day;




who should believe on Him – John 6:27, 53-544. Connected to the final judgment – John 5:26-27


John 5:26-27 (NASB)26 For just as the Father has life in Himself, even

so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself;

27 and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.




who should believe on Him – John 6:27, 53-544. Connected to the final judgment – John 5:26-275. Jesus’ current rule over the church – Rev. 1:12-14


Revelation 1:12-14 (NASB)12 Then I turned to see the voice that was

speaking with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands;

13 and in the middle of the lampstands I saw one like a son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and girded across His chest with a golden sash.

14 His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire.

Application

Have you responded to the drawing and calling of the Savior?


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