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7 “After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, aa fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong. It had huge iron teeth; it was devouring, breaking in pieces, and trampling the residue with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, band it had ten horns.  
8 I was considering the horns, and athere was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots. And there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes bof a man, cand a mouth speaking pompous words. 

Vision of the Ancient of Days

9 “Ia watched till thrones were put in place,
And bthe Ancient of Days was seated;
cHis garment was white as snow,
And the hair of His head was like pure wool.
His throne was a fiery flame,
dIts wheels a burning fire; 
10 aA fiery stream issued
And came forth from before Him.
bA thousand thousands ministered to Him;
Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him.
cThe1 court was seated,
And the books were opened.  
11 “I watched then because of the sound of the1 pompous words which the horn was speaking; aI watched till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed and given to the burning flame.  
12 As for the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away, yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Daniel 7:9

I beheld till—I continued looking till.

thrones . . . cast down—rather, "thrones were placed" [Vulgate and LUTHER], namely, for the saints and elect angels to whom "judgment is given" (Daniel 7:22), as assessors with the Judge. Compare Daniel 7:10, "thousand thousands ministered unto Him" (Matthew 19:28; Luke 22:30; I Corinthians 6:2-3; I Timothy 5:21; Revelation 2:26; Revelation 4:4). In English Version the thrones cast down are those of the previously mentioned kings who give place to Messiah.

Ancient of days—"The everlasting Father" (Isaiah 9:6). HE is the Judge here, as THE SON does not judge in His own cause, and it is His cause which is the one at issue with Antichrist.

sit—the attitude of a judge about to pass sentence.

white—The judicial purity of the Judge, and of all things round Him, is hereby expressed (Revelation 1:14).

wheels—as Oriental thrones move on wheels. Like the rapid flame, God's judgments are most swift in falling where He wills them (Ezekiel 1:15-16). The judgment here is not the last judgment, for then there will be no beast, and heaven and earth shall have passed away; but it is that on Antichrist (the last development of the fourth kingdom), typical of the last judgment: Christ coming to substitute the millennial kingdom of glory for that of the cross (Revelation 17:12-14; Revelation 19:15-21; Revelation 11:15).




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Daniel 7:9:

Song of Solomon 5:11
Daniel 7:11
Zechariah 3:5
Matthew 25:31
2 Thessalonians 1:8
Revelation 4:3

 

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