... being of direct descendant of King David, as he will be fulfilling the prophecy that the messiah will be descended from King David. There is also the prophecy in Isaiah 53, 'the suffering servant' that the messiah will be a servant of God sent to die for man. Therefore the title son of man can be argued to show that Christ is identifying with the servant and Son of God would further strengthen this argument. Therefore the death of Jesus could and does mean to many Christians that the prophecies of the Old Testament are being fulfilled and therefore corroborate that Christ is the Son of God. In particular reference to this is Isaiah 53 where it says that a servant of god will be sent down to take on the sin of man. Jesus himself identifies with this character The gospels were written close to the death of Jesus ...

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