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title: "Scofield"
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**Son of man**
"Son of man," used by our Lord of Himself seventy-nine times, is used by Jehovah ninety one times when addressing Ezekiel.
(1) In the case of our Lord the meaning is clear: it is His racial name as the representative Man in the sense of [1 Corinthians 15:45-47](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/15/45-47). The same thought, implying transcendence of mere Judaism, is involved in the phrase when applied to Ezekiel. Israel had forgotten her mission. *(See Scofield "*[1 Corinthians 15:45-46](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/15/45-46)*")* [Ezekiel 5:5-8](../../../kjv/ezekiel/5/5-8). Now, in her captivity, Jehovah will not forsake His people, but He will remind them that they are but a small part of the race for whom He also cares. Hence the emphasis upon the word "man." The Cherubim "had the likeness of a man" [Ezekiel 1:5](../../../kjv/ezekiel/1/5) and when the prophet beheld the throne of God, he saw "the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it" [Ezekiel 1:26](../../../kjv/ezekiel/1/26). See Scofield "[Ezekiel 1:26](../../../kjv/ezekiel/1/26)" [Revelation 1:12](../../../kjv/revelation/1/12); [Revelation 1:13](../../../kjv/revelation/1/13).
(2) As used of Ezekiel, the expression indicates, not what the prophet is in himself, but what he is to God; a son of man
(a) chosen,
(b) endued with the Spirit, and
(c) sent of God.
All this is true also of Christ who was, furthermore, the representative man--the head of regenerate humanity.

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