1. Because of what God is planning in history
4 beasts = 4 governments or empires
Babylon
Standing Before the Son of Man
Persia
Son of Man
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Roman
Luke 6:5
5 And he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”
Luke 19:10
10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
2. Because of what He is like
Luke 5:24 (ESV)
24 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the man who was paralyzed—“I say to you, rise, pick up your bed and go home.”
2 Corinthians 6:1–2 (ESV)
1 Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. 2 For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
3. Because of what He is doing now
Luke 9:22 (ESV)
22 saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”
Acts 1:7–8 (ESV)
7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”