Matthew 20:28 … The Son of Man, in all his glory (07/18/15)
If you want to understand — and then emulate — what Jesus meant by “perfect LOVE”, just observe the behavior of the average dog … wink emoticon
“Just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a sacrifice for many.” ~ Jesus Christ (Matthew 20:28)
P.S. By the way, contrary to popular belief, Jesus was rarely if ever referring to himself whenever he used the term “Son of Man” in the Gospels. Instead, he uses the term most often to refer to humanity in general (mirroring Job 25:6, Psalm 8:4, Psalm 44:3, Psalm 146:3 & Isaiah 51:12 ) — and yet especially that mundane facet within each of us that separates us from the Divine while simultaneously serving as the witness to the rising of our Soul in those moments when we engage an act of selfless Kindness — and are “reborn” as a Child of God (see Matthew 16:28 & Mark 14:61 & Luke 12:8) … More proof of this context is seen when we realize that never once does Jesus mentions the “Son of Man” in any of his parables about “the Kingdom of Heaven” … Finally, for all you literalists out there, reading “the Son of Man” in this manner is seemingly the only way to reconcile the apparent falsehood uttered by Jesus in Matthew 16:28 — when he said, “Truly I tell you, there are some standing even here who will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom” … It also lends quite the poignant & profound twist to his seemingly cryptic statement in Matthew 9:6 — when he says “So that you may kn ow that the Son of Man has authority on Earth to forgive sins”; transforming that verse from one where Jesus appears to arrogantly exalt himself to one where he appears to encourage all of us to go forth into our own lives and do likewise (see also Matthew 18:22) — something the dog in this particular image has obviously already mastered … Peace.
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