Daniel 7

“I was watching in the night visions,
And behold, One like the Son of Man,
Coming with the clouds of heaven!
He came to the Ancient of Days,
And they brought Him near before Him.
14 Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom,
That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion,
Which shall not pass away,
And His kingdom the one
Which shall not be destroyed." vv.13-14

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The second half of the book of Daniel (chapters seven through twelve) are a lot more like the book of Revelation than historical accounts like the first chapter.  There are a lot of comparisons between these books that help give further detail to these revelations.  Now these are chapters to just skip over because they are hard to understand or yet to come.  People always want to know what's the future like, well here's a scene for us to ponder.  This chapter is a dream of Daniel's of four beasts and the four beast represent four kingdoms that will come in to power but then be taken over by each succeeding one.  I believe this is still yet to come and will happen in the Kingdom before the thousand year reign of Christ.  We see Christ here verse nine with the description of His physical characteristics that are described similar to Jesus in Revelation 1:14.  The title Ancient of Days is unique to the book of Daniel occurring only in this chapter three times.  The title means elderly man, "meaning he who is most ancient as to days" (Barnes' Notes on the Bible).  The Ancient of Days is seated to judge.  I think of our Supreme Court right now and how many ancient men and women are on there (I believe three are in their 80s currently).  Our Supreme Court are the ones that set the laws basically and can change our culture just by decisions made by them.  Luckily when the Ancient of Days is seated on the judgment seat He will make perfect decisions and set the culture of the world to peace, truth and righteousness.  What can we learn from this passage?  All earthly kingdoms and powers have a time limit, but the Ancient of Days does not and we await His rule.  How have governments disappointed you and what do you look forward to in God's rulings?