Who did Jesus cry out to?

[AlShamms]

Wael, you were clear, just incorrect.

"When Jesus uses the term Father, does he mean God is his actual and literal Father?"

Yes he does, just as Jehovah, when refering to Jesus as his son, means literally that:


Matthew 3:17


And lo, a voice from Heaven, saying, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

"Jesus is also called the son of man, does this mean that Joseph the carpenter is his actual and literal Father? Definitely not."

Jesus is not called the "son of man" because of Joseph being his Father...though Joseph was indeed Jesus' legal Father. The angel tells Joseph to name the child Jesus. By this action, Joseph acknowledges him as his own. The Jewish law prefers to base paternity of a child on the man’s acknowledgment: “If a man says, ‘This is my son,’ he is to be believed.” By exercising the father’s right to name the child, Joseph acknowledges Jesus and thus becomes the legal father of Jesus. Legal paternity among Semites is real paternity. Joseph is not just a “foster father” of Jesus in the sense that he adopts him as his own. He is the “legal father” inasmuch as he acknowledges Jesus as his legitimate son.


The title "son of man" is a reference of prophecy made by the prophet Daniel:


Daniel 7:13-14


13 I saw in the night visions, and behold, on the clouds of the heavens came One like a Son of man, and He came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before Him.


14 And there was given Him [the Messiah] dominion and glory and kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away, and His kingdom is one which shall not be destroyed.


Jesus applies this prophecy to himself in Matthew:


Matthew 24:30


30 <i>Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn and beat their breasts and lament in anguish, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory</i> [in brilliancy and splendor].


And again.....


Matthew 26:64


64 <i>Jesus said to him, You have stated [the fact]. More than that, I tell you: You will in the future see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty and coming on the clouds of the sky.</i>


The conclusion that this title expresses, not the personal qualities of Jesus as a man, but His functions as Messiah.