In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head on his bed: then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.
2Daniel spoke and said, “I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the sky broke forth on the great sea. 3Four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
4“The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I saw until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand on two feet as a man; and a man’s heart was given to it.
5“Behold, another beast, a second, like a bear; and it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth: and they said thus to it, ‘Arise, devour much flesh.’
6“After this I saw, and, behold, another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
7“After this I saw in the night visions, and, behold, a fourth beast, awesome and powerful, and very strong; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
8“I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
9“I saw until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat: his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and its wheels burning fire. 10A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
11“I saw at that time because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke; I saw even until the beast was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire. 12As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
13“I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like a SON OF MAN coming with the clouds of the sky1, and he came even to the ANCIENT OF DAYS, and they brought him near before him. 14There was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
15“As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. 16I came near to one of those who stood by, and asked him the truth concerning all this.
“So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things: 17‘These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, who shall arise out of the earth. 18But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.’
19“Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was diverse from all of them, very terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of bronze; which devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet; 20and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, and before which three fell, even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke great things, whose look was more stout than its fellows. 21I saw, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; 22until the ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High, and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
23“Thus he said, ‘The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom on earth, which shall be diverse from all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. 24As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom shall ten kings arise: and another shall arise after them; and he shall be diverse from the former, and he shall put down three kings. 25He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High; and he shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.
26“‘But the judgment shall be set, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it to the end. 27The kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole the sky, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.’
28“Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts much troubled me, and my face was changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.”
- 7:13 SON OF MAN coming with the clouds of the sky is often cited in the Holy Injil as a prophecy about the Second Coming of ‘ISA AL-MASIH. Matthew 24:30 says, “and then the sign of the SON OF MAN will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the ‘SON OF MAN coming on the clouds of the sky‘ with power and great glory.”
Matthew 26:64 says: ‘ISA said to him, “You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, from now on you will see the ‘SON OF MAN’ sitting at the right hand of Power, and ‘coming on the clouds of the sky.'”
Mark 13:26 says: “Then they will see the ‘SON OF MAN coming in clouds’ with great power and glory.”
Mark 14:61-62 says: But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you AL-MASIH, the Son of the Blessed One?” ‘Isa said, “I am. You will see the ‘SON OF MAN‘ sitting at the right hand of Power, and ‘coming with the clouds of the sky.'”
Luke 21:27 says: “Then they will see the ‘SON OF MAN coming in a cloud‘ with power and great glory.” ↩︎