He speaks, and we prosper or expire. He endures; we pass like the flowers of spring which have their glory for but a week or two then are gone. In advance he declares what he will do and nothing can stop him; in contrast, we have no control over the elements, the seasons, the march of time, the ravages of the fall, or the wills of other men. In these passages and others, God could simply have spoken of the weakness of men. In some cases he does at first. But then he adds “son of man.” While a grown man is feeble enough compared to the power and self-existence of Almighty God, yet the children born to men are even more lowly and dependent upon the favor of a benefactor. Thus we see the “son of man” is a term of humility, of lowliness…. Or is it?
