22. Anyone who knows in what respect the Lord is called the Son of God, and in what respect He is called the Son of man, can see many secrets in the Word. For the Lord sometimes calls Himself the Son, sometimes the Son of God, and sometimes the Son of man, depending in every case on the particular subject and context.

Whenever the subject is His Divinity, His oneness with the Father, His Divine power, faith in Him, or life from Him, He then calls Himself the Son or Son of God, as in John 5:17-26 and elsewhere. But whenever the subject is His suffering, judgment, advent, and in general redemption, salvation, reformation and regeneration, then He calls Himself the Son of man, the reason being that He then means Himself in relation to the Word.

The Lord is referred to by many different names in the Word of the Old Testament. He is called in it Jehovah, Yah, Lord, God, the Lord Jehovih, Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, the Holy One of Israel, the Mighty One of Jacob, Shaddai, and Rock, as well as Creator, Maker, Savior, and Redeemer, depending in every case on the particular subject and context. Likewise in the Word of the New Testament, where He is called Jesus, Christ, Lord, God, the Son of God, the Son of man, a prophet, a lamb, and other names as well, depending again in every case on the particular subject and context.