Everlasting Dominion

Yesterday, we saw that Daniel’s vision of God the Father on his throne was not what we normally imagine. But have you wondered if the Israelites were truly looking for a Messiah? Have you been told they were looking for an earthly king? What if they had been told otherwise?

As mentioned yesterday, we don’t think of God sitting on a fiery throne. And often we are told that the Israelites or Jews were looking for an earthly king in the line of David. We are told they were looking for someone to bring Israel back to prominence, defeating the Romans and running them out of town.

That may be true, but they were told of a different kind of King. Daniel reported from his vision that there would be a King who would be presented before God and given dominion over every nation fore forever. Though he would look like a human, or Son of Man, He would not be merely human. For a King who never dies cannot be merely human.

As we read about the coming King in Daniel’s vision, we see that He was given glory, just as Jesus speaks of the Father glorifying Him. He comes on the clouds, just as Jesus said He would return. Daniel was given this vision about six-hundred years before Jesus was born to Mary. Therefore, the Jews had been given information from God about the coming Messiah. Are we missing what God has told us because of our own preconceptions?

I pray we all take time to read and study God’s Word. I pray we see that God has given us the information we need. I pray each one of us know that Jesus is King and His kingdom will never end. Read God’s Word. Study God’s Word. God has given his Word to us. Jesus is King. His kingdom will never end.

Daniel 7:13-14 As I watched in the night visions, 

I saw one like a human being 

coming with the clouds of heaven. 

And he came to the Ancient One 

and was presented before him. 

To him was given dominion 

and glory and kingship, 

that all peoples, nations, and languages 

should serve him. 

His dominion is an everlasting dominion 

that shall not pass away, 

and his kingship is one 

that shall never be destroyed.