The Son Of Man - Son Of God

Son of God or Man?

Huios Theou or Huios Anthropou?

Matthew 4:3 - The tempter came to Him and said, "If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread." (Huios Theou) ["The Tempter" speaking to Jesus]

Matthew 4:6 - "If You are the Son of God," he said, "throw Yourself down." (Huios Theou) ["The Tempter" speaking to Jesus]

Matthew 8:20 - Jesus replied, "Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head." (Huios Anthropou)

Matthew 8:29 - “What do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?” (Huie Theou) [Demons speaking to Jesus]

Matthew 9:5-6 - "Which is easier: to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up and walk?' But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins..." Then He said to the paralytic, "Get up, pick up your mat, and go home." (Huios Anthropou)

Matthew 10:23 - When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. (Huios tou Anthropou)

Matthew 11:19 - The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.' But wisdom is proved right by her deeds. (Huios Anthropou)

Matthew 12:8 - For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath. (Huios tou Anthropou)

Matthew 12:32 - Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the one to come. (Huiou Anthropou)

Matthew 12:40 - For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. (Huios Anthropou)

Matthew 13:37 - He replied, “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. (Huios Antrhopou)

Matthew 13:41 - The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness. (Huios Anthropou)

Matthew 14:33 - Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God." (Huios Theou)

Matthew 16:13 - When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?" (Huion tou Anthropou)

Matthew 16:27 - For the Son of Man (Huios tou Anthropou) will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done. Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man (Huion Anthropou) coming in His kingdom.

Matthew 17:9 - As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, "Do not tell anyone about this vision until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead." (Huios Antrhopou)

Matthew 17:12 - But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands. (Huios Anthropou)

Matthew 17:22 - When they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, "The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men." (Huios Anthropou)

Matthew 19:28 - Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (Huios Anthropou)

Matthew 20:18 - Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death... (Huios Anthropou)

Matthew 20:28 - just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many. (Huios Anthropou)

Matthew 24:26-27 - So if they tell you, 'There He is in the wilderness,' do not go out; or, 'Here He is in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. (Huiou Anthropou)

Matthew 24:30 - At that time the sign of the Son of Man (Huiou Anthropou) will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man (Huion Anthropou) coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.

Matthew 24:36-39 - No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son (Huios), but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man (Huiou Anthropou). For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. And they were oblivious, until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. (Huiou Anthropou)

Matthew 24:44 - For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect. (Huios Anthropou)

Matthew 25:31 - When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. (Huios Anthropou)

Matthew 26:2 - "You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified." (Huios Anthropou)

Matthew 26:24 - The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born." (Huios Anthropou)

Matthew 26:45 - Then He returned to the disciples and said, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners." (Huios Anthropou)

Matthew 26:63 - Then the high priest said to Him, "I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God." (Huios Theou) [High priest speaking to Jesus]

Matthew 26:64 - "You have said it yourself," Jesus answered. "But I say to all of you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven." (Huios Anthropou)

Matthew 27:40 - "You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!" (Huios Theou) [Jews speaking to Jesus]

Matthew 27:43 - He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, 'I am the Son of God.' (Huios Theou) [A priest speaking about Jesus]

Matthew 27:54 - When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, "Truly this was the Son of God." (Huios Theou) [Centurion speaking about Jesus]

Mark 1:1 - Introduces Jesus as the "Son of God" (Huios Theou)

Mark 5:7 - Demons (Legion) refer to Jesus as "Son of the Most High God" (Hypsistou Theou)

Luke 1:32 - Gabriel tells Mary that Jesus will be called "Son of the Most High" (Huios Hypsistou)

Luke 1:34-35 - And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?” And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be borne will be called holy—the Son of God." (Huios Theou)

Luke 3:23-38 - Jesus's genealogy of "son of Joseph" through "son of Adam, son of God" (tou Theou)

Luke 4:34 - Demons refer to Jesus as "Holy one of God" (Hagios Theou)

Luke 4:41 - Demons refer to Jesus as "You are the Son of God" (Huios Theou)

John 5:25-27 - Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God (Huiou Theou), and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself. And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man. (Huios Anthropou)

John 10:34-36 - Jesus replied, "Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods’ [Psalm 82]? If he called them gods to whom the word of God came - and the Scripture cannot be broken - then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?" (Huios Theou)

Jesus accused by a High Priest

Matthew 26:63-64 - Jewish high priest charged Jesus of claiming to be "the Christ" (Christos) and the "Son of God" (Huios Theou) - Jesus responds "You say so." (Sy eipas) "you will see the Son of Man..." (Huion Anthropou)

Mark 14:61-62 - Jewish high priest charged Jesus of claiming to be "the Christ" (Christos) and the "Son of the Blessed One" (Huios tou Eulogetos) - Jesus responds "I am and you will see the Son of Man..." (Huion Anthropou)

Luke 22:67-69 - Jewish high priest charged Jesus of claiming to be "the Christ" (Christos) - Jesus responds "You wouldn't believe" and "But now the Son of Man..." (Huios Anthropou)

Pontius Pilate questions Jesus

Matthew 27:11 - Pilate asks "Are you King of the Jews" - Jesus responds "You say so" (Sy legeis)

Mark 15:2 - Pilate asks "Are you King of the Jews" - Jesus responds "You say so" (Sy legeis)

Luke 23:3 - Pilate asks "Are you King of the Jews" - Jesus responds "You say so" (Sy legeis)

John 18:33-37 - Pilate asks "Are you King of the Jews" - Jesus responds "Do you ask" (Sy legeis) "or do others accuse me" [paraphrased] - Pilate asks "So are you a king" - Jesus responds "You say that I am a king" (Sy legeis)

Fulfillment of Isaiah

Matthew 1:21-23 - An angel of the Lord to Joseph: "She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: "Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel."[Isaiah 7:14] (which means, God with us). (Theos Meth' Hemon)

Power is Transitive

Matthew 21:21-22 - “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

Excess Mortality, Thread

Excess Mortality, Thread:

I have just discovered a major error in the #CoVid data of the NCHS Mortality surveillance data. This is all based on the official NCHSData49.csv as downloaded from here (original downloaded 12/15):

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/weeklyarchives2019-2020/data/NCHSData49.csv

The data begins in week 40 of 2013 and ends week 49 of 2020. The data looks basically like this:

Yr | Wk | All Deaths | Pneumonia | Influenza | COVID | PIC*

*PIC = Pneumonia, Influenza, or COVID deaths (sum of) 

The first COVID death listed was 2020 Week 6. Pneumonia death (P) = 3799. Influenza death (I) = 520. COVID death (C) = 1. PIC = 4320.

Math check: 3799+520+1=4320 ✅

The math adds up fine until 2020 Week 8. P=3699. I=566. C=4. PIC=4268.

Math check: 3699+566+4=4269 ❌

Here's this problem: Deaths are being classified as PIC deaths, as well as P/I/C deaths. So, in 2020 Week 8, someone was classified as a PIC death AND a P or I death, also.

Someone was counted twice.

But, it gets worse. As the COVID deaths accelerate, the double-counting does, too.

2020 Week 9 - 5 fewer PIC than P+I+C

2020 Week 10 - 19 fewer PIC than P+I+C

2020 Week 11 - 29 fewer PIC than P+I+C

2020 Week 12 - 257 fewer PIC than P+I+C

By 2020 Week 13, the NCHS was double counting 1479 excess deaths.

The following weeks vary from a low of 1548 excess deaths to a high of 7550.

By my calculations, there were 121,888 deaths double counted as COVID and as either Pneumonia or Influenza.

So, what do we do with this knowledge?

My assumption here is that few (if any at all) of these deaths were both COVID and Influenza. Likely, these deaths were COVID / Pneumonia. It would seem reasonable that a death could be from Pneumonia caused by COVID.

Or, perhaps some people died of Pneumonia AND had also tested positive for COVID, thereby were counted as both (even if the cause was the Pneumonia, alone).

So we have two likely scenarios, either (or both) could be true.

One, we have 121,888 fewer Pneumonia deaths.

Two, we have 121,888 fewer COVID deaths.

Possibly, we have a split of both fewer Pneumonia and COVID, but without individual case details, that may never be known.

However, I have discovered a strange anomaly elsewhere. In trying to verify numbers, I found the "NCHS Mortality Report for the Week Ending December 5, 2020 (Week 49) Data as of December 10, 2020"

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/covidview/12112020/csv/nchs-mortality-report.csv

In this chart, they list Total Deaths, Influenza deaths, COVID deaths, and PIC deaths. These numbers all align with the previous chart. But Pneumonia deaths are not listed.

So I check my history to find the original link to the COVID data. It isn't there.

What do we do with this information?

Well, in reviewing the data, the 2020 Week 39 can be safely compared with the Week 39 data from prior years. Since COVID data for those years will be zero, we can make an apples-to-apples comparison of Pneumonia and Influenza.

Week 39 data:

2014 - P=3017; I=6

2015 - P=3057; I=6

2016 - P=2986; I=11

2017 - P=2888; I=19

2018 - P=2814; I=14

2019 - P=2780; I=16

2020 - P=4715; I=3

We can also compare the Week 40 through Week 39 totals of each "Season":

2013-'14 - P=182,691; I=4485

2014-'15 - P=193,237; I=8197

2015-'16 - P=178,002; I=3448

2016-'17 - P=179,621; I=6954

2017-'18 - P=180,137; I=15,620

2018-'19 - P=168,608; I=7175

2019-'20 - P=263,791; I=9415

It appears evident (to me) that we have found our error. Of the 121,888 duplicated deaths, it would seem reasonable that these were additional Pneumonia deaths who ALSO had COVID.

It would appear that we have excess Pneumonia deaths over the standard yearly average.

And it would be reasonable to assume that these additional Pneumonia deaths, who also had COVID, were likely COVID-induced-Pneumonia, rather than stand-alone Pneumonia cases which incidentally had COVID. Nothing else explains the excess mortality of Pneumonia cases.

Additional conclusions from the data -Overall mortality:

Comparing yearly mortality from ALL CAUSES, including PIC, there does seem to be a spike. But is the spike great enough to account for the COVID deaths, which should likely be in excess of the average?

Total "Season" Deaths:

2013-'14 - 2,580,853

2014-'15 - 2,750,884

2015-'16 - 2,697,072

2016-'17 - 2,790,278

2017-'18 - 2,835,734

2018-'19 - 2,831,233

2019-'20 - 3,142,232; COVID=203,899

Average deaths 2013-2019 "Seasons" = 2,747,674

2020 "Season" deaths less COVID = 2,938,333

It seems reasonable to assume that overall mortality is in a reasonable range for the year if you exclude the excess deaths caused by COVID.

What can we say about the effect COVID has had on Influenza deaths?

Some might say the Influenza deaths are down due to COVID.

Some would assume this is due to the mask wearing, social distancing, and hand washing.

Others would assume this is due to nefarious counting.

Well, if you compare the total "Season" cases of Influenza between 2019 Week 40 and 2020 Week 39, you would see we're actually up a little from the average of 7646 (2013-2019) to 9415 for the 2019-2020 "Season".

What I would like to see is if there is any rise in excess death from suicide and homicide to see if it correlates to the COVID lockdowns. And also if those excess deaths would offset the COVID deaths in any fashion.

But, I do not have those numbers. Yet.

source:

https://twitter.com/rvolt24/status/1343975559668367360

Excess Mortality, Thread:
I have just discovered a major error in the #CoVid data of the NCHS Mortality surveillance data. This is all based on the official NCHSData49.csv as downloaded from here (original downloaded 12/15):https://t.co/VkzgNfDZO6

— Señor Hilaria (@rvolt24) December 29, 2020

I know you are but what am I?

I've often heard the phrase, "When I became a man I put away childish things," but I never really knew its source. It seems reasonable. It seems accurate. We all begin in a state of childhood, and most of us grow into adulthood.

So, when I came across this again, it included some context I had not heard. It went like this:

"When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."

Well, that's a decidedly different spin on it. How do I put away childish things yet do not fear being childish? How does a man grow up without retaining the desire to be grown up?

Where does this come from, and what does it mean?

It took very little research to find it. This is from C. S. Lewis, the prolific writer, famous for his children's books in the Chronicles of Narnia series. But he is also a very well known Christian writer; some might consider an important Christian philosopher.

I also recalled the Bible mentioned a strikingly similar phrase in a New Testament verse.

"When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me." - 1 Corinthians 13:11

This seems to be very straightforward. Once one becomes a man, childhood ends. So how can such a well-versed Christian writer and thinker like Lewis say something which seems so contradictory to the Bible he knows so well?

The answer is, of course, found in scripture, too. In the same chapter, even. The entire chapter provides the context. Love.

"If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing." - 1 Cor 13:2

The entire chapter talks about what you can have or can do, but without love, you have nothing. But what is love? How can you have love? Again, the verse tells you.

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." - 1 Cor 13:4-7

I'm sure you are asking, "How does love and childishness relate?" Ah, but you've already missed the point. Lewis says to, "put away childish things," but also to "put away" the "fear of childishness." Childishness is centered around unbridled love. The love of the new, or the love of the well known. Just as a child loves a new toy, they also love their old toys. They love a new friend, and they love their 'old' friends. Children are filled with the purest joy. Are we to fear joy? Fear love?

Lewis understood that to fear childishness was to reject love.

Likewise, desiring to be grown is what only children do. They need to grow and mature, so they set about becoming an adult with a seriousness only children can have. Adults have no need for this seriousness. We are already grown. What would adults seek to become - older? We have obtained the heights; we should admire the view.

If our goal is to be seen as adult by other adults, to gain their approval, we aren't seeking love. Love does not boast. Love is not proud. And if other adults judge us for our 'adulthood', then they do not love us.

We should be joyful in our achievement, but we should not fear childishness. Childishness brought us joy once, and it should bring us joy any time we wish.

And here I found the full context of Lewis's quote. And it shows his complete understanding of the scripture about being an adult and about putting away our childish things. It isn't childishness we are to put away. It is the fear of being childish. When we put away the fear, we replace it with love. We cherish childishness.

"Critics who treat adult as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms.

Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." - C. S. Lewis, Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories, Part I: 'On Three Ways of Writing For Children'