"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.
Do you see "highly exalted" in that passage? Neither do I. The one like a human is described as ruling (being given dominion, glory and a kingdom) -- one for all people who will serve him. This was not Jesus. He never ruled. He had dominion over some followers (perhaps) but dominion refers to governing, something Jesus did not do. Not all people followed Jesus, let alone were ruled by him. Even today in a world population of 7.6 billion slightly more than 25% are Christians. One in four -- the other three do not follow Christianity. Ergo Jesus did not "fit" the description of Daniel 7:13 - 14.. Not to mention that Jesus was not highly exalted. He was a poor carpenter, turned itinerant preacher. He was never crowned a king (for all that Pontius called him a "king of the Jews" the fact is that he was not a king. The Christian bible claims that Jesus was raised high in heaven by G-d. Who saw this happen? This claim is made in the Christian bible -- but who went to heaven to witness this? It is a claim based on nothing. Read the passage -- it is clear that "Jesus did not do it." (G-d) gave him dominion and glory and a kingdom, and all peoples, nations, and tongues shall serve him; All people and all nations and all tongues serve him. There are 1.6 billion Muslims in the world -- 22.32% of global population. They do not serve Jesus. There are 1.15 billion Hindus -- 16.06% of global population. They do not serve Jesus. There are 1.1 billion atheists / secular people -- 15.35% of global population. They do not serve Jesus. Ergo Jesus did not "fulfill" the claims made by Daniel in this passage. This has yet to happen. Who is the one who will be given dominion and glory and a kingdom, and all peoples, nations, and tongues shall serve him? Rashi, the great Torah commentator, did opine that it was the messiah -- who will rule over Israel in the true messianic age. Most Jewish sages said that the "one" is the Jewish people -- as an "empire" or "nation." Why the Jews? Because of what the angel tells Daniel. The 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. 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 more times in Daniel 7:22, 25 and 27. When missionary claims are explored -- and read in context -- they have an amazing consistency to fall apart.
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