Numbers 23:19
19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Hosea 11:9
9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
In these two verses God tell us that he is not man nor the son of man. Yet, in the New Testament, there are 85 references to the term, "Son of Man" of which most if not all are referring to Jesus Christ. We know that it was through Jesus Christ that all things were created:
Ephesians 3:9
9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
Colossians 2:9
9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
Now if Christ, in whom the fullness of the Godhead dwells and who created all things, is called "THE SON OF MAN", then Numbers and Hosea probably have a different meaning. I suggest that they mean mortal man or fallen man. For Jesus truly is a man and he truly is a God. And if he be called the son of man, then his father is a man also.
Latter-day scripture tells us the following:
Moses 6:57
57 Wherefore teach it unto your children, that all men, everywhere, must repent, or they can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God, for no unclean thing can dwell there, or dwell in his presence; for, in the language of Adam, Man of Holiness is his name, and the name of his Only Begotten is the Son of Man, even Jesus Christ, a righteous Judge, who shall come in the meridian of time.
Moses 7:35
35 Behold, I am God; Man of Holiness is my name; Man of Counsel is my name; and Endless and Eternal is my name, also.
Son of Man
See also
God, Godhead;
Jesus Christ
A title that Jesus Christ used when speaking of himself (
Luke 9:22;
21:36). It meant the Son of the Man of Holiness. Man of Holiness is one of the names of God the Father. When Jesus called himself the Son of Man, it was an open declaration of his divine relationship with the Father. This title is found frequently in the Gospels. Latter-day revelation confirms the special meaning and sacredness of this name of the Savior (
D&C 45:39;
49:6, 22;
58:65;
Moses 6:57).
When Stephen was being stoned to death for his righteousness, he saw both the Father and Son:
Acts 7:55-56
55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
What is the right hand of an essence?
Colossians 1:15
15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
God is the father of our spirits. We are his offspring. We were created in his very image and likeness. We are the children of God. Just the same as Seth was created in the very image and likeness of his father Adam.
Genesis 5:1-3
1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: