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All aspects of the Father’s nature and being that were embodied in Christ came
together to produce the name “Son of Man,” which Jesus applied to himself on many
occasions. And here, revelatory statements to the Prophet Joseph disclosed its true
meaning. Said the Eternal Father: “I am God; Man of Holiness is my name; Man of
Counsel is my name; and Endless and Eternal is my name.” So, God the Eternal Father
is an exalted Man of Holiness. “In the language of Adam” it was therefore said: “Man of
Holiness is his name, and the name of his Only Begotten Son is the Son of Man [of
Holiness], even Jesus Christ.” Thus the abbreviation of Christ’s name is “the Son of
Man,” denoting that He is the Only Begotten Son of the exalted Man of Holiness, who is
the great head of the human family which consists of His spirit children, with Adam as the
earthly head of His mortal children on earth.