The Meaning of a Name

At the end of Matthew 22 Jesus finally turns the table on the Pharisees and asks them who they thought the Messiah was.  The Pharisees knew that the Messiah would be a decendant of David, but they didn't know it would be God himself.

I'm going back to my book, The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus.  There's a page in there that goes through the different names used to describe Jesus in the Bible.  It's a good explanation, so I hope someone else gets something from this like I did...

"The Bible records many instances of prophets who lived long before the birth of Jesus, who wrote with unerring accuracy about his coming.  Isaiah recorded this 700 years before the birth of Jesus...
For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.  (Isaiah 9:6)
Note how the child is called Mighty God.  There are many other names that describe aspects of the Lord's character:

Son of God:  This name is a metaphor with no physical implications.  It simply means Jesus had the nature of God, in contrast to a son of Adam who had a sin nature.
The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his [God's] being... (Heb 1:3)

Son of Man:  This name was used to emphasize Jesus' humanity and declare his identity.  For centuries, scholars recognized this term as referring to The Annointed One.  When the above two names are combined, they find their complete expression in the fact that...He [God] was made visible in human flesh... (I Tim 3:16)

The Word:  God didn't just tell us about himself, he showed himself to us.  The spoken word became the living Word.   In the beginning was the Word,...and the Word was God. ...The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.  (John 1:1,14)

God came to earth to personally explain how man could be saved from eternal death.  Think of it this way.  You see a bull-dozer clearing a road, but in it's path lies an anthill.  You know the ants are about to be destroyed, but what can you do about it?  The only andswer would be to become and ant and warn them in the way ants warn each other of impending danger.

...Jesus came into the world to save sinners...   (1 Tim 1:15)"