Who Is The Son Of Man

Who Is The Son of Man

Neville Goddard

Tonight’s subject is “Who Is The Son of Man?” In the 16th chapter of the book of Matthew the question is asked of the Disciples, “Who do men say that the Son of man is?” and they answered, “Some say, ‘John the Baptist’ come again, others say, ‘Jeremiah’ or one of the prophets, others say ‘Elijah’.” And then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” (Matthew 16:13-15)

So, here He equates the Son of man with I AM. It is the one title that is most used concerning Jesus in Scripture. We find it in Ezekiel throughout the entire book, and the 7th chapter of the book of Daniel, we hear “one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him is given dominion and glory and kingdom.” (Daniel 7:13)

Dominion is supremacy in determining and deciding and directing the actions of others. It is really ascendancy over human and unhuman forces, such as assures being obeyed.

Now, let me give you an experience of mine that you may taste of this power that is in store for you. You will only taste of it before you have complete possession of it. You may not get complete possession of it until you are completely permeated with Love, or you can wreck the world. This is the Power. You will come upon a scene just like this.

To give you my own experience, I came upon a scene that I felt to be about two hundred years ago in the New England states of our country. Somehow I thought it was a Sunday afternoon, and they were all dining. My attention was attracted to a family of four – the father, mother, and what appeared to be their two sons in the early 20’s – say, 21 and 22 or 21 and 23. As I stood watching them, I felt within myself that I could stop an activity that I was feeling, and that if I succeeded in arresting this activity within me, everything would stand still. Well, I did it. I arrested an activity within me, and everything stood still. A bird was flying, and it flew not. The waiter was coming in with the next course, and she walked not. They were dining, and one, as I looked at him, he had the soup spoon just about here [indicating a spoon approaching the mouth] and he couldn’t bring it any further. He dined not. The leaves falling, like the Fall of the year, and they fell not. The grass was waving, and it waved not. Everything was frozen, as though made of clay. I looked at them, and one second before they were all alive and seemingly independent of my perception of them, and now I knew they were not – that the whole vast world was dependent upon an activity that took place within me, of which I was totally unaware until that moment.

When I released that activity within me, they all continued to fulfill their intentions. The bird flew to the branch where it intended. The waitress continued walking towards the table where she would serve the second course, and the leaves began to fall to the earth, and the little green grass waving continued to wave, and the boy brought the soup to his mouth. Everything continued as it intended to when I stopped it.

I know now that I could have changed their intention, and had I changed their intention and then released it, they would have thought they had initiated the change, and they would have done exactly what I had ordered. That is dominion – complete control over the actions of others so that they must obey you. What enormous power is in store for man when man awakens from the dream of life! That’s dominion.

Then comes glory. Well, “glory” in the Bible is equated with “God.” “I will make my glory to pass before you,” (Exodus 33:19) and “… as I pass by…” (Exodus 33:22) There He equates “glory” with “I,” so He gives Himself to you – actually, literally gives Himself to you, so that you become God!