Trinity of Jesus Christ
Chapter 11: Son of Man came eating and drinking

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The Bible states that when offering a special vow, a freewill offering, a sacrifice for appointed festivals, a burnt offering, or any other sacrifice to the Lord, one must present a grain offering and a drink offering along with it; only then will it be a pleasing aroma—a burnt offering acceptable to heaven - 1.The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2.Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land you are to inhabit, which I am giving you, 3.and you offer to the Lord from the herd or from the flock a food offering or a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering or at your appointed feasts, to make a pleasing aroma to the Lord, 4.then he who brings his offering shall offer to the Lord a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah[b] of fine flour, mixed with a quarter of a hin of oil; 5.and you shall offer with the burnt offering, or for the sacrifice, a quarter of a hin of wine for the drink offering for each lamb. 6.Or for a ram, you shall offer for a grain offering two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil. 7.And for the drink offering you shall offer a third of a hin of wine, a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 8.And when you offer a bull as a burnt offering or sacrifice, to fulfill a vow or for peace offerings to the Lord, 9.then one shall offer with the bull a grain offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with half a hin of oil. 10.And you shall offer for the drink offering half a hin of wine, as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 11.Thus it shall be done for each bull or ram, or for each lamb or young goat. 12.As many as you offer, so shall you do with each one, as many as there are. 13.Every native Israelite shall do these things in this way, in offering a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord - Numbers 15:1-13

The commandment that such a sacrifice offered to the Lord must be presented alongside a grain offering and a drink offering was a decree given by the Father to the One—the Word—who was to come to this earth as a stranger. Thus, when Jesus Christ, the Son of the Word, offered Himself as a living sacrifice, it was because the Son of the Father (who dwelt within Jesus) served as the grain offering and the Son of the Holy Spirit served as the drink offering, that the death of Jesus Christ on the cross became a sacrificial burnt offering—a sweet-smelling aroma pleasing to heaven. - 14.And if a stranger is sojourning with you, or anyone is living permanently among you, and he wishes to offer a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord, he shall do as you do. 15.For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you, a statute forever throughout your generations. You and the sojourner shall be alike before the Lord. 16.One law and one rule shall be for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you - Numbers 15:14-16

It is this One—who became the Word and was filled with the Father and the Holy Spirit—of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, would eat curds and honey - 14.Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.15.He shall eat curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good - Isaiah 7:14-15

This is precisely what Jesus Christ referred to when He spoke about Himself, noting that the Son of Man came eating and drinking - 16.But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates, 17.We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn. 18.For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ 19.The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.” 20.Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent - Matthew 11:12-20

When Jesus Christ spoke of Himself as the Son of Man who came eating and drinking, He was referring to the Father and the Holy Spirit who dwelt within the Word; yet, the name ascribed to the Lord was that of a man who was a glutton and a drunkard - 31.To what then shall I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? 32.They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep. 33.For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, He has a demon. 34.The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! 35.Yet wisdom is justified by all her children - Luke 7:31-35


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