Prophet, Messiah, and Son of Man

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Prophet, Messiah, and Son of Man

When people normally think of Jesus Christ they think of names like Savior, King, Messiah, Lamb, Son of God (Man) and sometimes Prophet. Jesus referred mostly to himself as the Son of Man. The Messiah is what those who were waiting for the King of Israel. Jesus by definition was a prophet as you will find out in reading this essay almost was never referred to as one.

A prophet according to the text is “someone who spoke for God, someone empowered and commissioned to speak the word of God and to announce the will of God to the people.” (Achtemeier, p.231) Jesus was the ultimate prophet, you read in Deuteronomy 18:15, 18, verse 15 states “The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your own people. You must listen to him,” and verse 18 states “I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their people, and I will put my words in his mouth. He will tell them everything I command him.” These verses show you that Jesus will be the ultimate prophet who will be a teacher of the word of God.

Jesus as the Messiah and Son of Man is typically more what we think of when Jesus is referred to. According to the text the Messiah was to be “a king, not a proclaimer of God’s will, judgment, and redemption.” The Messiah and a Prophet were not to be confused with one another. The Messiah is the one and only Jesus Christ and refers to nobody but him. However there are many prophets in the Bible. So we can say that he is the Ultimate Prophet but Jesus Christ was not the only prophet. Mark 15:32: "Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross." Christ on the cross is referred to as the Messiah and the King of Israel. So the Messiah is the King of Israel. Acts 10:38 “how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him." God anointed Jesus to the position of Messiah and made him the ultimate prophet but the most profound title and one that he referred to himself as was the Son on Man.

The title Son of Man shows that he was born of man, but he is also referred to as the Son of God.

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