28. 5. THE SON OF MAN SIGNIFIES THE LORD AS TO THE WORD, BECAUSE THE PROPHETS ALSO WERE CALLED SONS OF MAN. The prophets were called sons of man because they represented the Lord as to the Word, and consequently signified the doctrine of the Church from the Word. Nothing else is understood in heaven by the prophets where they are named in the Word; for the spiritual signification of Prophet, as also of Son of Man, is doctrine of the Church from the Word; and when Prophet is used of the Lord, the Word itself is signified. The prophet Daniel was called Son of Man, as may be seen in Daniel viii 17. The prophet Ezekiel was called Son of Man, as may be seen in Ezekiel ii 1, 3, 6, 8; iii 1, 3, 4, 10, 17, 25 iv 1, 16; v 1; A 2; vii 2; viii 5, 6, 8, 12, 15; xi 2, 4, 15; xii 2, 3, 9, 18, 22, 27; xiii 2, 17 xiv 3, 13; xv 2; xvi 2; xvii 2; xx 3, 4, 27, 46; xxi 2, 6, 9, 12, 14, 19, 28; xxii 18, 24; xxiii 2, 36 xxiv 2, 16, 25; xxv 2; xxvi 2; xxvii 2; xxviii 2, 12, 21; xxix 2, 18; xxx 2, 21 xxxi 2; xxxii 2, 18; xxxiii 2, 7, 10, 12, 24, 30 xxxiv 2; xxxv 2; xxxvi 1, 17 xxxvii 3, 9, 11, 16; xxxviii 2, 14; xxxix 1, 17; xl 4; xliii 7, 10, 18 xliv 5.