the saints = the holy ones: i.e. God's People Israel. the MOST HIGH . Chaldee. 'elyonin. Same as Hebrew. 'elyon. App-4 . Here plural = the Messiah Himself in relation to dominion in the earth. Daniel 7:27 shows that a Person is intended, not a place. take = receive. As in Daniel 5:31 ; Compare Daniel 2:6 . read more
18. the Most High—the emphatic title of God in this prophecy, who delegates His power first to Israel; then to the Gentiles (Daniel 2:37; Daniel 2:38) when Israel fails to realize the idea of the theocracy; lastly, to Messiah, who shall rule truly for God, taking it from the Gentile world powers, whose history is one of continual degeneracy culminating in the last of the kings, Antichrist. Here, in the interpretation, "the saints," but in the vision (Daniel 7:13; Daniel 7:14), "the Son of man,"... read more
4. The interpretation of the four beasts 7:15-18 read more
The saints of the Highest One (Daniel 7:22; Daniel 7:25; Daniel 7:27) probably refer to believers of all ages (Daniel 7:27). [Note: Ibid.; Campbell, p. 85.] J. Dwight Pentecost wrote that they are believing Jews alive when Christ returns, "not believers of the Church age," since God did not reveal the church’s existence in the Old Testament. [Note: Pentecost, p. 1352.] They will receive the (fifth) kingdom and will possess it forever. People will have a share in the Son of Man’s everlasting... read more
The Vision of the Four BeastsIn the first year of Belshazzar Daniel sees in a dream four beasts rising out of the sea (Daniel 7:1-3). The first is like a lion, with eagle’s wings (Daniel 7:4), the second like a bear (Daniel 7:5), the third like a leopard (Daniel 7:6), while the fourth is a unique and ferocious monster with ten horns (Daniel 7:7), Among the horns of the fourth beast there comes up a little horn with human eyes, which displaces three of the other ten, and carries itself proudly... read more
Daniel 7:1 I am amusing myself with thinking of the prophecy of Daniel as a sort of allegory. All those monstrous, 'rombustical' beasts with their horns the horn with eyes and a mouth speaking proud things, and the little horn that waxed rebellious and stamped on the stars, seem like my passions and vain fancies, which are to be knocked down one after another until all is subdued with a universal kingdom over which the Ancient of Days presides the spirit of Love the Catholicism of the universe... read more
VISION OF THE FOUR WILD BEASTSWE now enter upon the second division of the Book of Daniel-the apocalyptic. It is unquestionably inferior to the first part in grandeur and importance as a whole, but it contains not a few great conceptions, and it was well adapted to inspire the hopes and arouse the heroic courage of the persecuted Jews in the terrible days of Antiochus Epiphanes. Daniel now speaks in the first person, whereas throughout the historical section of the Book the third person has... read more
II. THE GREAT PROPHECIES OF DANIEL CHAPTER 7 The night visions of Daniel 1. The night vision of the three beasts (Daniel 7:1-6 ) 2. The night vision of the fourth beast (Daniel 7:7-8 ) 3. The judgment vision (Daniel 7:9-12 ) 4. The son of man and His kingdom (Daniel 7:13-14 ) 5. The interpretation of the visions given (Daniel 7:15-28 ) Daniel 7:1-6 . The sea in the vision is the type of nations Revelation 17:15 . The three first beasts he saw represented the same great monarchies... read more
7:18 But the saints of the {f} most High shall take the {g} kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.(f) That is, of the most high things, because God has chosen them out of this world, that they should look up to the heavens, upon which all their hope depends.(g) Because Abraham was appointed heir of all the world, Romans 4:13 , and in him all the faithful, therefore the kingdom of him is theirs by right, which these four beasts or tyrants would invade, and usurp until... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Daniel 7:15-28
Interpretation of the vision (7:15-28)One of God’s heavenly servants explained to Daniel the meaning of the vision. The kingdoms of the world may arrogantly oppose God in their ruthless drive for supremacy, but the kingdom that triumphs in the end is the kingdom of God, the people of God (15-18).A reason is then given for God’s devastating judgment on the ‘little horn’ dictator of the fourth beast: he had used his power to make war against God’s people (19-22). He blasphemously challenged the... read more