Yet again the list maker is claiming a "prophecy" about Jesus and quotes a poetic line about G-d -- not the messiah, not the "son of man" -- but G-d. "And the nations will fear the name of the L-rd, and all the kings of the earth Your glory." T'hillim / Psalm 102:16. Do you see anything about the "son of man"? Anything about the son of man coming "in glory" (with a capital "G" no less)? Nope. FYI, there are no capital letters in Hebrew thus capitalizing a letter to make it seem to be about G-d is a translator's deceptive tactic. Perhaps the list maker mean line 17: "For the L-rd has built up Zion; He has appeared in His glory." Again. G-d. The T'nach tells us that Israel (the Jewish nation) is G-d's first born son. The term "THE son of man" never appears in the T'nach (Jewish bible). Yet in the Christian bible: "the Son of Man" Matthew 8:20. "the Son of Man" Matthew 9:6. " the Son of Man" Matthew 10:23 and so on. Yet G-d warns you that the "son of man" has no salvation. The son of many cannot save you. “Don’t rely on ‘princes’ or that ‘son of man’ —he has no ‘salvation’! When his spirit departs he will turn back into his dust; on that very day all his schemes will be destroyed!” (T'hillim / Psalm 146:3-4). Although "the" son of man is not used in the T'nach we are told that Israel (the Jewish people) is G-d's firstborn son Sh'mot / Exodus 4:22, G-d calls all Jews “His son (His בְכֹרִי / b'chor). D'varim / Deuteronomy 14:1 uses plural forms בָּנִ֣ים אַתֶּ֔ים לַֽיְיָ֖ אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֑ם “You are children (sons, plural implied from אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם, “your G-d”) of the L-rd, your (plural) G-d.” This is a plural "your" and this verse is therefore speaking of all the members of the Jewish nation as individuals. In T'hillim / Psalm 2:7 G-d refers to King David as His son just as He refers to King Solomon as His son in Shmuel Beit / 2 Samuel 7:14, and He even refers to King David as His firstborn in T'hillim / Psalm 89:28. The words of this psalm begin "A prayer for a poor man when he enwraps himself and pours out his speech before the L-rd." What does that have to do with Jesus, let alone a messianic prophecy? Psalms are not prophecy -- although many of these poems and prayers do speak of prophecy. T'hillim / Psalm 102 is an analogy of Israel in exile. In the middle section of this Psalm (verses 13-23), the psalm tells us that eventually G-d will accept the prayers of the Jewish people and Zion will be rebuilt. This did not happen with Jesus. Within 40 years of his death Jerusalem was burned, and within 100 years of his death the Jews were exiled by the Romans and forced to leave the land. What of the proof texts? Luke 21:24 says "They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled." How does that fit the claim of the son of man coming in glory? Revelations 12 is about the mythical Christian devil being hurled out of heaven. In Revelations 12:1- Michael and the angels fight against the devil and his minions and defeat them. Lines 7-12 have to do with the dragon persecuting the church. How does that fit the claim of the son of man coming in glory? Yet again a claim by the list maker that falls apart upon a simple reading of the psalm -- and even a reading of the Christian bible!
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