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on the object they worship; they adore the crucifix and the241Almighty as if they were kissing the bloody dagger of the assassin of their brother in the presence of hisfather!I do not think there is even oneChristian in tenmillions who really has a precise idea or a definite knowledge about the origin and the true signification of the term “the Son of Man.” All Churches and their commentators without exception will tell you that “the Son of God” assumed the appellation of “the Son of Man” or “the Barnasha” out of humility and meekness, never knowing that the Jewish Apocalyptical Scriptures, in which Jesus (pbuh) and his disciples heart and soul believed, foretold not a “Son of Man” who would be meek, humble, having nowhere to lay his head, and be delivered into the hands of the evildoers and killed, but a strong man with tremendous power and strength to destroy and disperse the birds of prey and the ferocious beaststhat were tearing and devouring hissheep and lambs! The Jews who heard Jesus (pbuh) speaking of “the Son of Man” understood to whom he was alluding. Jesus (pbuh) did not invent the mane “Barnasha,’ but borrowed it from the Apocalyptical Jewish Scriptures: the Book of Enoch, the Sibylline Books, the Assumption of Moses (pbuh) , the Book of Daniel, etc. Let us examine the origin of this title “the Barnasha” or “the Son of Man.”1. “The Son of Man” is the Last Prophet, who established “the Kingdom of Peace” and saved the people of God from servitude and persecutions under the idolatrous powers of Satan. The title “Barnasha” is a symbolical expression to distinguish the Saviour from the people of God who are represented as the “sheep,” and the other idolatrous nations of the earth under various species of the birds of prey, ferocious beasts, and unclean animals. The Prophet Hezekiel is usually addressed by God as “Bin Adam (pbuh) ,” that is, “the Son of Man” (or of Adam (pbuh) in the sense of