#306. Daniel 7:27...Kingdom for the Saints...Luke 1:33, 1 Corinthians 15:24, Revelation 11:151/21/2018 The word "saint" is a mistranslation of קַדִּישֵׁ֣י (Aramaic) in Daniel 7:27. קַדִּישֵׁ֣י should be translated as "high holy superior ones." The NIV (Christian translation) uses "the holy people," as does the New Living Translation. The NETBible has " the people of the holy ones." So who are these people? The Jewish nation. This has nothing to do with Jesus. Having had his dream of the four kingdoms who would subjugate the Jewish people, Daniel sees a vision of one who is "like" a human -- but he doesn't understand the dream. In Daniel 7:27 an angel explains the meaning to Daniel. The one who he sees "like a man" is in reality a people -- the high holy supreme ones -- not an individual (not Jesus). Daniel's dream: "I saw in the visions of the night, and behold with the clouds of the heaven, one like a man was coming, and he came up to the Ancient of Days and was brought before Him. And He gave him dominion and glory and a kingdom, and all peoples, nations, and tongues shall serve him; his dominion is an eternal dominion, which will not be removed, and his kingdom is one which will not be destroyed." Daniel 7:13 - 14. Daniel is terrified by his dream, saying "the visions of my mind terrified me. I drew near to one of those standing [there], and I asked him the truth of all this, and he told it to me, and he let me know the interpretation of the matters." Daniel 7:15 - 16. An angel tells Daniel that the four beasts in Daniel's dream represent four empires that will rule the world until, eventually, the Jewish people will be at the center of the world in the messianic era. "[He said] "These huge beasts, which are four, are four kingdoms, which will arise from the earth. And the high holy ones will receive the kingdom, and they will inherit the kingdom forever and to all eternity."" Daniel 7:17 - 18. The fourth kingdom goes against the high holy ones (mistranslated as "saints") -- and G-d protects His people: "the Ancient of Days came and gave revenge to the high holy ones, and the time arrived that the holy ones inherited the kingdom." Daniel 7:22. If the holy ones were Christians then what revenge do they need? Who has subjugated the Christians? There are 2 billion of them, and although some are mistreated the majority are "in charge." This vision of Daniel has nothing to do with Christians. Daniel says: "And the high holy supreme ones and they will receive the kingdom, and they will inherit the kingdom forever and to all eternity."" Daniel 7:18. The the holy supreme ones is plural -- it does not and cannot refer to one person (such as Jesus). Because it is plural it cannot be one person -- Jesus or the real messiah. The angel says: "Until the Ancient of Days (G-d) came and gave revenge to the high holy supreme ones (again -- PLURAL, not one person) , and the time arrived that the holy ones inherited the kingdom." Daniel 7:22. The Aramaic phrase in Daniel 7:18 is קַדִּישֵׁי עֶלְיוֹנִין (qadiSHEI elyoNIN), which should be translated as "the holy supreme ones." This expression appears three times in Daniel 7:22, 25 and 27. Daniel is echoing the words of Y'shayahu / Isaiah -- who in chapters 59 and 60 discussed the fact that G-d would return the Jews from exile to the land of Israel. G-d will redeem the Jews and they will inherit His kingdom. "And a redeemer shall come to Zion, and to those who repent of transgression in Jacob, says the L-rd. "As for Me, this is My covenant with them," says the L-rd. "My spirit, which is upon you and My words that I have placed in your mouth, shall not move from your mouth or from the mouth of your seed and from the mouth of your seed's seed," said the L-rd, "from now and to eternity. . . Arise, shine, for your light has come. . . And nations shall go by your light and kings by the brilliance of your shine. foreigners shall build your walls, and their kings shall serve you, for in My wrath I struck you, and in My grace have I had mercy on you." Y'shayahu / Isaiah 59:20 - 21, . . 60:1 - 10. Daniel and Isaiah are speaking of the messianic era -- a time when the exiled Jewish people will be returned to the land of Israel, and the Jews will serve the rest of the world as a nation of priests -- bringing them understanding of the one true G-d. The nations will serve the Jewish people because they want to do so -- to become closer to G-d. Could this be Christians? What wrath did G-d strike upon Christians or Muslims? Nothing. "Instead of your being forsaken and hated without a passerby, I will make you an everlasting pride, the joy of every generation." Y'shayahu / Isaiah 60:15. Christians, all 2 billion of them, forsaken? Of course not -- Isaiah is speaking of the Jewish people who, in exile, were mistreated and thought to be deserted by G-d. Many Christians think Jews are "damned" for killing Jesus! Jews have been hated with a vitriol that still exists today. "And your people, all of them righteous, shall inherit the land forever" Y'shayahu / Isaiah 60:21. The land of Israel. The high holy ones are the people of Israel, the Jews -- and this claim has nothing to do with Jesus. In no way did Jesus fulfill the visions of Daniel 7.
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