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In the course of this year Jesus found a passage in the so-called Book of Enoch which influenced him in the later adoption of the term ''Son of Man'' as a designation for his bestowal mission on Urantia. He had thoroughly considered the idea of the Jewish Messiah and was firmly convinced that he was not to be that Messiah. He knew he would never sit on the throne of David at Jerusalem. Likewise he was certain he was never to appear as the Son of Man depicted by the Prophet Daniel.
But when the time came for him to go forth as a world teacher, what would he call himself? What claim should he make concerning his mission? By what name would he be called by the people who would become believers in his teachings?
While turning all these problems over in his mind, he found a manuscript called'' The Book of Enoch''. There was one passage which particularly impressed him, a passage in which this term ''Son of Man'' appeared. The writer of this so-called Book of Enoch went on to tell about this Son of Man, describing the work he would do on earth and explaining that this Son of Man, before coming down on this earth to bring salvation to mankind, had walked through the courts of heavenly glory with his Father, the Father of all; and that he had turned his back upon all this grandeur and glory to come down on earth to proclaim salvation to needy mortals. As Jesus would read these passages (well understanding that much of the Eastern mysticism which had become admixed with these teachings was erroneous), he responded in his heart and recognized in his mind that of all the Messianic predictions of the Hebrew scriptures and of all the theories about the Jewish deliverer, none was so near the truth as this story tucked away in this only partially accredited Book of Enoch; and he then and there decided to adopt as his inaugural title ''the Son of Man''.