was THE CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD? Jesus said, I am." xxvi. 63; In John; "These are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is THE CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD." XX. 31; and also Mark i. 1. Christ is a Greek word, and signifies Anointed, as Messiah also does in the Hebrew tongue; wherefore it is said in John; "We have found the Messiah, which is, being interpreted, THE CHRIST." John i. 41. And in another place; "The woman said, I know that the Messiah cometh, who is called CHRIST." iv. 25. That the Law and the Prophets, or the whole Word of the Old Testament, is concerning the Lord, was shown in the first article; wherefore no other can be meant by the Son of God, who was to come, than the Human which the Lord assumed in the world. From which it follows, that this is what was meant by the Son announced by Jehovah from Heaven, when He was baptized: "This is MY BELOVED SON, in whom I am well pleased." Matthew iii. 17. Mark i. 11. Luke iii. 32; for his Human was baptized. Also, when He was transfigured; "This is MY BELOVED SON, in whom I am well pleased, hear ye Him." Matthew xvii. 5. Mark ix. 7. Luke ix. 35; and so in other passages, as Matthew viii. 29. xiv. 33. Mark iii. 11. xv. 39. John i. 34. 49. iii. 18. v. 25. x. 36. xi. 4.

20. Since by the Son of God is meant the Lord, as to the Human which He assumed in the world, and which is the Divine Human, it is evident what is meant by what the Lord so often said, "That He was sent by the Father into the world," and that "He came forth from the Father;" by being sent by the Father into the world, is meant that He was conceived of Jehovah as Father. That nothing else is meant by being sent by the Father, is evident from all the passages, where it is also said, that He did the will of the Father and his works, which were, that He should conquer the hells, glorify the Human, teach the Word, and institute a new church; which could not be done, but by a Human conceived of Jehovah, and born of a virgin; that is, unless God had become Man. Examine the passages where it is said sent, and you will see, as Matthew x. 40. xv. 24. Mark ix. 37. Luke iv. 43. ix. 48. x. 16. iii. 17. 34. iv. 34. v. 23, 24. 36-38. vi. 29. 39, 40. 44. 57. vii. 16. 18. 28, 29. viii. 16. 18. 29. 42. ix. 4. xi. 42. xii. 44, 45. 49. xiii. 20. xiv. 24. xv. 21. xvi. 5. xvii. 3. 8. 21. 23. 25. xx. 21. As also the passages where the Lord called Jehovah Father.

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21. Many at this day think no otherwise of the Lord, than as of a common man, like themselves, because they only think of his Human, and not at the same time of his Divine; when yet his Human and Divine cannot be separated. For the Lord is God and Man, and God and Man in the Lord are not two, but one person, thus altogether one, even as the soul and body are one man; according to the doctrine in the whole Christian world, which is from councils, and is called the Athanasian Creed. Lest therefore any man should hereafter in thought separate the Divine and the Human in the Lord, let him read, I pray, the passages above quoted from Luke, as also the above in Matthew: "The birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. His mother Mary being espoused to Joseph, before they came together, was found with child by THE HOLY SPIRIT. And Joseph, her husband, as he was a just man, and did not wish to defame her, desired to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take to thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her is of THE HOLY SPIRIT; and she shall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for He shall save his people from their sins. And Joseph being awaked from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him; and took unto him his wife; but he knew her not, till she had brought forth her first-born Son, and called his name Jesus." i. 18-25. From this passage, and from what is written in Luke, concerning the nativity of the Lord, and from what has been adduced above, it is evident that the Son of God is Jesus; who was conceived of Jehovah as Father, and born of the virgin Mary; concerning whom all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.

22. He who knows what, in the Lord, the Son of God signifies, and what in Him, the Son of Man signifies, can see many secrets of the Word; for the Lord sometimes calls himself the Son of God, and sometimes the Son of Man, always according to the subject treated of. When his divinity, his unity with the Father, his divine power, faith in Him, and life from Him, are treated of, He then calls himself the Son, and the Son of God, as John v. 17—26, and elsewhere but where his passion, the judgment, his coming, and in general, redemption, salvation, reformation, and regeneration, are treated of, He then calls Himself the Son of Man; the reason is, because He is then

understood as to the Word. The Lord is designated by various names, in the Word of the Old Testament; He is named there Jehovah, Jah, the Lord, God, the Lord Jeho'vih, Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, the Holy One of Israel, the Mighty One of Jacob, Shaddai, the Rock; as also, the Creator, Former, Savior, and Redeemer; every where according to the subject treated of. In like manner in the Word of the New Testament, where He is named Jesus, Christ, the Lord, God, the Son of God, the Son of Man, the Prophet, and the Lamb, &c.; also every where according to the subject which is there treated of.

23. Why the Lord is called the Son of God, has already been told; now it shall be told why he is called the Son of Man. He is called the Son of Man, where his passion, the judgment, his coming, and in general, where redemption, salvation, reformation, or regeneration is treated of; the reason is, because the Son of Man is the Lord as to the Word; and He, as the Word, suffered, judges, comes into the world, redeems, saves, reforms, and regenerates. That it is so, may be evident from what now follows.

24. THAT THE LORD IS CALLED THE SON OF MAN, WHEN THE PASSION IS TREATED OF, is evident from the following passages: "Jesus said to the disciples, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and THE SON OF MAN will be delivered to the chief priests and to the scribes, and they will condemn Him to death, and will deliver Him to the Gentiles, and they will mock Him, and scourge Him, and spit upon Him, and kill Him; and the third day He will rise again." Mark x. 33, 34. In like manner in other places, where He foretells his passion, as Matthew xx. 18, 19. Mark viii. 31. Luke ix. 22. "Jesus said, Behold, the hour is at hand, and THE SON OF MAN is delivered into the hands of sinners." Matthew xxvi. 45. 66 The angel said to the women who came to the sepulchre, Remember how He spake to you, saying, THE SON OF MAN must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.” Luke xxiv. 6, 7. That the Lord then called Himself THE SON OF MAN, is, because He suffered Himself to be treated in the same manner as they had treated the Word, as is shown above in many places.

25. THAT THE LORD IS CALLED THE SON OF MAN, WHEN JUDGMENT IS TREATED OF, is evident from these passages: "When THE SON OF MAN shall come in his glory, then will He sit upon the throne of his glory; and He will set

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the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on the left." Matthew xxv. 31, 32. "When THE SON OF MAN shall sit on the throne of his glory, to judge the twelve tribes of Israel." Matthew xix. 28. THE SON OF MAN will come in the glory of his Father, and then He will render to every one according to his works." Matthew xvi. 27. "Watch ye, therefore, always, that ye may be accounted worthy to stand before THE SON OF MAN." Luke xxi. 36. In such an hour as ye think not, THE SON OF MAN COMETH." Matthew xxiv. 44. Luke xii. 40. "The Father judgeth no one, but hath given all judgment to the Son, because He is THE SON OF MAN." John v. 22. 27. The reason why the Lord calls Himself the Son of Man, when the judgment is treated of, is, because all judgment is executed according to divine Truth, which is in the Word; that this judges every one, the Lord himself says in John; “If any one hear my words, and yet believe not, I judge him not, for I came not to judge the world; THE WORD THAT I HAVE SPOKEN, that will judge him in the last day." xii. 47, 48. And in another place; "God sent not his Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world through Him might be saved. He that believeth in Him is not judged; but he that believeth not is judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the Only begotten Son of God." iii. 17, 18. That the Lord judges no one to hell, nor casts any into hell, but that evil spirits do it, may be seen in the treatise concerning HEAVEN AND HELL, n. 545–550. 574. By the name of Jehovah, of the Lord, and of the Son of God, is meant divine Truth, thus also the Word, which is from Him and concerning Him, and thus Himself.

26. THAT THE LORD IS CALLED THE SON OF MAN, WHERE HIS COMING IS TREATED OF, is evident from the following passages: "The disciples said to Jesus, What will be the sign of thy coming, and of the consummation of the age?" Then the Lord foretold the successive states of the church even to its end; and concerning its end He said, “Then will appear the sign of THE SON OF MAN. And they will See THE SON OF MAN coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory." Matthew xxiv. 3. 30. Mark xii. 26. Luke xxi. 27. By consummation of the age, is meant the last time of the church; by coming in the clouds of heaven with glory, is meant the opening of the Word, and a manifestation that the Word is written concerning Him

alone. In Daniel; "I saw, and behold, with the clouds of the heavens, the Son of Man was coming." vii. 13. In the Revelation; "Behold He cometh with clouds, and every eye shall see Him." i. 7. This is also concerning THE SON OF MAN, as appears from verse 13 of the same chapter. Also in another place of the Revelation; "I looked, and behold a white cloud, and one sitting on the cloud like to THE SON OF MAN." xiv. 14. That the Lord himself meant one thing in Himself by THE SON OF GOD, and another by THE SON OF MAN, appears from his answer to the high priest: "The high priest said to Jesus, I adjure Thee by the living God, that Thou tell us whether Thou be the Christ, THE SON OF GOD. Jesus said to him, Thou hast said, I am; nevertheless I say unto you, hereafter ye will see THE SON OF MAN sitting at the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven." Matthew xxvi. 63, 64. Here He first confessed that He was the Son of God, and afterwards said that they should see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven; by which is meant, that after the passion of the cross He would be in the divine power of opening the Word, and instituting the church; which could not be done before, because He had not before conquered hell and glorified his Human. What is signified by sitting on the clouds of heaven, and coming in glory, is explained in the treatise concerning HEAVEN AND HELL, n. 1.

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27. THAT THE LORD IS CALLED THE SON OF MAN, WHERE REDEMPTION, SALVATION, REFORMATION, AND REGENERATION ARE TREATED OF, is evident from the following passages: "THE SON OF MAN came to give his life a ransom for many.' Matthew xx. 28. Mark x. 45. SON OF MAN came to save, and not to destroy." Matthew xviii. 11. Luke ix. 56. "THE SON OF MAN is come to seek and to save that which was lost." Luke xix. 10. "THE SON OF MAN came, that the world might be saved by Him." John iii. 17. "He that soweth the good seed is THE SON OF MAN." Matthew xiii. 37. There redemption and salvation are treated of; and because the Lord effects these by the Word, therefore He calls Himself there, the Son of Man. The Lord says that "THE SON OF MAN hath power to forgive sins." Mark ii. 10. Luke v. 24; that is to save. Also, "That He is Lord of the Sabbath, because He is THE SON OF MAN;" Matthew xii. 8; Luke vi. 5; Mark ii. 28; because He is the Word which He then teaches.