7:26,27
So at the end of 7:25 things are looking very bad for the “holy people”! But all is not finished. The court will sit, God’s court will sit. At that point the power of the fourth beast will be taken away and destroyed completely and for ever. All sovereignty, power and greatness will then be handed over to the holy people. We need to realise what is being said here, for this is our destiny. In order for this destiny to make sense it requires that we be completely cleansed of our sin and guilt, and completely transformed, so that we truly are a holy people. We need to be a people who are utterly dedicated to the Lord. “His kingdom”, note that this is still the Lord’s kingdom. It is not given to us to do what we like with, but to run the kingdom as His servants.
7:28
Unsurprisingly Daniel was deeply troubled, and the vision had a profound effect on him. The vision is both terrifying and awesome. The prospect of the four beats, especially the final one, is a terrifying prospect. The prospect of God handing the kingdom to us is an awesome prospect. If we look at the New Testament, both in the gospels and in the teaching of the letters, and of Revelation, we see that these two concepts run through a lot of the New Testament.
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