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Jezekilj 25

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1 Opet mi dođe reč Gospodnja govoreći:

2 Sine čovečji, okreni lice svoje prema sinovima Amonovim i prorokuj na njih.

3 I reci sinovima Amonovim: Čujte reč Gospoda Gospoda: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Što si govorio: Aha! Za svetinju moju, što se oskvrni, i za zemlju Izrailjevu, što opuste, i za dom Judin, što otide u ropstvo;

4 Zato, evo, ja ću te dati u nasledstvo istočnim narodima, i pogradiće u tebi dvorove sebi, i načiniće sebi kolibe u tebi; oni će jesti plodove tvoje i piti mleko tvoje.

5 I od Rave ću načiniti obor kamilama i od zemlje sinova Amonovih tor ovčiji, i poznaćete da sam ja Gospod.

6 Jer ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Što si pljeskao rukama i lupao nogom i veselio se iz srca što si opustošio svu zemlju Izrailjevu,

7 Zato, evo, ja ću dignuti ruku svoju na te, i daću te narodima da te plene, i istrebiću te između naroda i zatrću te između zemalja, i iskoreniću te, i poznaćeš da sam ja Gospod.

8 Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Što govori Moav i Sir: Eto, dom je Judin kao svi narodi;

9 Zato, evo, ja ću otvoriti stranu Moavovu od gradova, od gradova na međi, krasnu zemlju vet-jesimotsku, valmeonsku i Kirijat-ajimsku,

10 Narodima istočnim iza zemlje sinova Amonovih, i daću im je u nasledstvo da nema spomena sinovima Amonovim među Narodima.

11 I na Moavcima ću izvršiti svoje sudove, i poznaće da sam ja Gospod.

12 Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Što se Edom osveti domu Judinom i teško skrivi osvetivši im se,

13 Zato ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Dignuću ruku svoju na edomsku i istrebiću iz nje i ljude i stoku, i obratiću je u pustoš, od Temana do Dedana pašće od mača.

14 I osvetiću se Edomcima rukom naroda svog Izrailja, i učiniće s Edomcima po gnevu mom i po jarosti mojoj, i poznaće moju osvetu, govori Gospod Gospod.

15 Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Što Filisteji radiše iz osvete, i osvetiše se radujući se iz srca i potirući iz stare mržnje,

16 Zato ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Evo ja ću dignuti ruku svoju na Filisteje, i istrebiću Hereteje, i potrću ostatak od primorja.

17 I učiniću na njima veliku osvetu karanjem gnevnim, i poznaće da sam ja Gospod kad izvršim osvetu svoju na njima.

   

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The Lord #27

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27. The Lord is called the Son of Humanity when the subject is redemption, salvation, reformation, and regeneration, as we can tell from the following:

The Son of Humanity came to give his life as a redemption for many. (Matthew 20:28; Mark 10:45)

The Son of Humanity has come to save and not to destroy. (Matthew 18:11; Luke 9:56)

The Son of Humanity has come to seek and to save that which was lost. (Luke 19:10)

The Son of Humanity came so that the world would be saved through him. (John 3:17)

The one who sows good seed is the Son of Humanity. (Matthew 13:37)

Here the subject is redemption and salvation; and since they are effected by the Lord through the Word, he refers to himself as the Son of Humanity.

The Lord said that the Son of Humanity has power to forgive sins (Mark 2:10; Luke 5:24)-that is, power to save. He also said that he was Lord of the Sabbath because he was the Son of Humanity (Matthew 12:8; Mark 2:28; Luke 6:5)-because he himself is the very Word that he is then teaching.

He also says in John,

Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Humanity will give you. (John 6:27)

Food means everything true and good in the teaching drawn from the Word and therefore from the Lord. This is also the meaning of the manna and of the bread that comes down from heaven, as well as the meaning of these words in the same chapter:

Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Humanity and drink his blood, you will not have life within you. (John 6:53)

The flesh or bread is good actions done from love as a result of the Word, and the blood or wine is good actions done from faith as a result of the Word, both of which come from the Lord.

[2] “The Son of Humanity” means much the same in various other passages where it is found, such as the following:

Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Humanity has nowhere to lay his head. (Matthew 8:20; Luke 9:58)

This means that the Word had no place among the Jews, as the Lord also says in John 8:37, and that the Word was not abiding in them, because they did not acknowledge him (John 5:38).

The Son of Humanity means the Lord as the Word in Revelation as well:

In the midst of seven lampstands I saw one like the Son of Humanity, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band. (Revelation 1:13 and following)

In this passage various images are used to represent the Lord as the Word, so he is also called “the Son of Humanity.” In David:

Let your hand be with the man of your right hand, with the Son of Humanity whom you have strengthened for yourself. Then we will not turn back from you. Bring us to life. (Psalms 80:17-19)

The man of your right hand in this passage is also the Lord as the Word, and so is the Son of Humanity. He is called “the man of your right hand” because the Lord has power from divine truth, which is also the Word; and he gained divine power when he fulfilled the whole Word. That is why he also said that they would see the Son of Humanity sitting at the right hand of the Father with power (Mark 14:62).

  
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