Throughout the Bible, there are two parallel prophetic tracks. One track promises that a human, the Messiah, the seed of Eve, Abraham, and David, will save Israel.

Another prophetic tradition promises that YHVH God Himself will come from heaven on the clouds to save them.

It is not until Daniel 7, that both prophetic traditions become inseparably intertwined. There, we see One like a son of man, coming on the clouds of heaven. Only YHVH rides on the clouds. So on one hand, this figure is YHVH God Almighty, but on the other hand, He is a human. The Incarnation of God in Christ, as taught by Jesus, the New Testament, and Christians throughout history, is the embodiment of YHVH's self-revelation in the Old Testament. Nothing more, nothing less.

As Christians, let us walk confidently as we proclaim, the "true knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge." (Colossians 2:2–3).

-Joel Richardson