Son of Man - Part one
For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. John 5:26,27 THE KINGDOM OF GOD -Part 54 - THE INCREASE OF THE KINGDOM by J. Preston Eby. QUOTE =One might think it should have read, "because He is the SON OF GOD ," but it doesn't say that. The awesome and universal authority of the Son is rooted in the fact that He is the SON OF MAN . Why was it necessary for Jesus to be the "Son of man" to have authority on earth? That man should bear the image of God and have dominion over all things is the first announcement of God's intention regarding man and the first announcement of His purpose, and locked up in that wonderful declaration is a universe of meaning that does not reach the eye and that the mind has never understood. We must re-establish and re-define the purpose of our existence. Why are we here? The purpose o