Saturday, June 23, 2012

Yeshua the Anointed One, the Son of Man.


Have we considered how the Apostles describe Yeshua the Anointed One?

Peter preaching on the Day of Pentecost to God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven:
Acts 2: 22-24
“Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a MAN accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. This MAN was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. But GOD RAISED HIM from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him."

Peter preaching to the household of Cornelius the Centurion at Caesarea:
Acts 10:37,38
You know what has happened throughout the province of Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached— how GOD anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because GOD was with him.

Paul preaching to the Areopagites in Athens:
Acts 17:29-31
“Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill. In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the MAN he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”

Finally,
1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the MAN Christ Jesus,

Also, in the last verse of Luke chapter 3, Adam was called the son of God.

Luke 3:38
the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

If Yeshua the Son of God is God, then was Adam also God Himself?

It is noteworthy that our Master Yeshua referred to himself many times as the son of Man. In Hebrew, this would actually be "son of Adam", who according to Luke is son of God.

This is consistent with Paul explaining that Yeshua is the last Adam,

1 Corinthians 15:45
So it is written: "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.