Verse 31
31. Son of man In all places in which the judgment scene is alluded to, it is not the Father but the Son who is the visible judge. Hence in Revelation 20:12, God must be understood to designate the God incarnate, yet glorified. It is therefore strictly speaking a proof text of the divinity of the Son of man. Our Lord receives, or rather assumes this title not as a term solely of humiliation; but for the purpose of identifying himself as the Son of man, described in the glorious prophetic visions of Daniel. All the holy angels That belong to the sphere of our mundane system. Throne of his glory Of his final eternal kingdom. He exercises, like the judges of the Old Testament, both the judicial and regal authorities. Hence, in Matthew 25:34, he is styled king, although the action is, on the face of it, judicial.
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