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Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

Jared W. Ludlow

Keywords

Son of Man, Jesus Christ, clouds of heaven, Daniel 7

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The title Jesus preferred to use for himself more than any other in the New Testament Gospels was “Son of Man.”[1] Although this phrase can be used in scripture as a simple description of anyone, the equivalent of “human” or “man,” it is also occasionally used as a more specialized title similar to how it is used by Jesus in the Gospels. But why would this simple descriptor be chosen as a majestic title of the Lord? The roots for this title as an exceptional figure seem to be found in a prophecy in Daniel 7, where “one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven.” This paper will analyze Daniel 7 and the context of this Son of Man prophecy in order to better understand its original setting and then its subsequent influence on later scripture. Attention will be paid to how Restoration scripture and early Church leaders understood figures and terms associated with Daniel’s prophecy. It will be seen that the Son of Man prophecy was created in an eschatological context used to describe a grand future event involving Jesus Christ, Adam, and saints of the kingdom of God.

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