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Discussion of Daniel 7, verses 9-11
>>> Verses 9,
10: Suddenly is there the promise to Daniel and to us: God Himself is going to
judge these Babylonian, - these hostile- , world powers. We see his throne of
judgment and there around more thrones. See revelation 20 verses 4 and
12:
“Then I saw thrones, and those who sat on them were given the
power to judge”………… “And I saw the
dead, great and small alike, standing before the throne. Books were opened,
(see verse 10) and then another book
was opened, the book of the living. The dead were judged according to what they
had done, as recorded in the books”. This is the beginning of the final Day
of Judgment, “the day of the Lord”. See revelation 1 verses 10-16: “On the Lord's day the Spirit took control of
me, and I heard a loud voice, that sounded like a trumpet, speaking behind me.
It said, “Write down what you see”……. I turned around to see who was talking to
me, and I saw ……..what looked like a human being, wearing a robe that reached
to his feet, and a gold band around his chest.
His hair was white as wool, or as snow, and his eyes blazed
like fire; his feet shone like
brass that has been refined and polished, and his voice sounded like a roaring
waterfall. His face was as bright as the midday sun”. This image from
revelation 1 is very similar to the image given in Daniel 7 verse 9. These two
persons are very closely related:
Father and Son. Note also that both, in Revelation 1 verse 13, and in Daniel 7
verse 13 the words: “what looked like
a human being” are used. These words refer to the Son: Jesus Christ.
See also Revelation 3 verse 21: “To those who win the victory I will give the
right to sit beside me on my throne, just as I have been victorious and
now sit by my Father on his throne”. And revelation 5 verse 11:” Again I looked, and I heard angels,
thousands and millions of them! They stood around the throne, the
four living creatures, and the elders”.
This is what it says also in verse 10 of Daniel 7: “and millions of
people stood before him”
>>> Verse 11:
The fourth beast is being killed. See 2 Thessalonians 2 verse 8: “Then the Wicked One will be revealed, but
when the Lord Jesus comes, he will kill him with the breath from his
mouth and destroy him with his dazzling presence”. This fourth beast,
representing Babylon/Rome of the end times with its materialism, occultism,
impureness, power, inquisition and more,
