Everything the scriptures talk about, the Son of Man, is that Jesus is going to be the judge

who's sitting at the right hand of God.

That's the incredible thing, that God has designed the judge to be our defense attorney.

When we read the narrative of the death of the first Christian martyr, you remember the death of

Stephen, how Stephen preached before the Jewish authorities, before the Sanhedron, which was the

highest Jewish court in Israel.

And they were so provoked and so angry with Stephen

that the scriptures tell us their hatred became so intense and vehement

that they were gnashing their teeth and picking up stones

and they couldn't wait to kill him.

And so there's a kangaroo court and the highest court in Israel

sentences Stephen to death

on the spot for heresy.

And so they start throwing stones at him.

And while the stones are bouncing off his head and off his chest and off his face, and

these were sharp stones and heavy stones, they weren't just little pebbles.

And Stephen is about to die.

Do you remember what happened?

He's standing there and he says,

behold, the heavens are open.

And I see the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God. Now here's something that I love.

Every time Jesus talks about the son of man, he talks about him as the judge, and he talks about

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