“... This figure, the Chosen Son of Man, is portrayed as both the subject and the object of the revelatory act. In 51:3, the reader is told that at the time of the judgement, the Chosen one will sit upon the throne and “all the secrets of wisdom will go forth from his mouth.” He is undoubtedly here a revealer figure. Elsewhere, though, he is portrayed as the thing revealed by God. Thus, in 48:6–7, the Son of Man was: chosen and hidden in his [God’s] presence before the world was created and forever. And the wisdom of the Lord of Spirits has revealed him to the holy and the righteous. Some kind of trust and knowledge of the Son of Man is a trait of the righteous, but such knowledge requires divine enlightenment: without such divine enabling, humans are blind to the truth of the Son of Man, a fact seen also in the confession of the kings in 63:3–4, where they acknowledge the depth of God’s secrets and the splendour of his righteousness. ...”

“... Jesus in the Gospel of John is known as the revealer, the one who brings revelation from God (John 1:18; 14:6-8). As the Son of Man, he reveals heavenly things, and he grounds his ability and authority to reveal heavenly things in his origin from heaven (John 3:12-13). Just as the Enochic Son of Man is given the secrets of wisdom by the Lord of Spirits, so Jesus as the Son of Man receives information from the Father. Jesus says, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I Am and that I do nothing on my own, but just as the Father teaches me, these things I speak” (John 8:28; compare John 5:19-23). ...”