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Messianic Prophecies: Daniel 7: 13-14

Continuing on with our Advent look at Messianic prophecies, the earlier posts of the series may be read here, here, here and here, we come to Daniel 7: 13-14:

13I beheld therefore in the vision of the night, and lo, one like the son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and he came even to the Ancient of days: and they presented him before him.

 14And he gave him power, and glory, and a kingdom: and all peoples, tribes and tongues shall serve him: his power is an everlasting power that shall not be taken away: and his kingdom that shall not be destroyed.

Saint Jerome wrote an extensive commentary on the Book of Daniel.  Here is his commentary on these verses:

Verses 13, 14. “And behold, there came One with the clouds of heaven like unto the Son of man.” He who was described in the dream of Nebuchadnezzar as a rock cut without hands, which also grew to be a large mountain, and which smashed the earthenware, the iron, the bronze, the silver, and the gold is now introduced as the very person of the Son of man, so as to indicate in the case of the Son of God how He took upon Himself human flesh; according to the statement which we read in the Acts of the Apostles: “Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up towards heaven? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him going into heaven” (Acts 1:11).

“. . .And He arrived unto the Ancient of days, and they brought Him before His presence, and He gave unto Him authority and honor and royal power.” All that is said here concerning His being brought before Almighty God and receiving authority and honor and royal power is to be understood in the light of the Apostle’s statement: “Who, although He was in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God; but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men, and was found in His condition to be as a man: He humbled Himself, becoming obedient unto death, even to the death of the cross” (Phil. 2:6-8). And if the sect of the Arians were willing to give heed to all this Scripture with a reverent mind, they would never direct against the Son of God the calumny that He is not on an equality with God.

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Thursday, December 15, AD 2011 11:49am

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Pedro Erik
Friday, December 16, AD 2011 6:58am

Great job, Donald, I loved these posts. Fantastic. I wish more priests (and laymen) knew that.

Thanks. God bless you.

prazim
prazim
Friday, December 16, AD 2011 11:02am

Thank you for these wonderful posts, Don. Not all of them are tagged similarly, however, so if one wanted to view the entire series, some would be omitted in the presentation of the series by clicking on the Messianic Prophecies tag.
abundant blessings of the season.

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