Daniel 7:13

"As for the rest of the animals, their dominion was taken away; yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time."

Key Reflection

In Daniel 7:13:12, the removal of dominion from other animals symbolizes the loss of power and authority they held over God's people, while their extended lives suggest a temporary respite or delay in judgment, setting the stage for the ultimate triumph of the one like a son of man, who comes to receive eternal sovereignty.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

I saw in the night visions -Evidently in the same night visions, or on the same occasion, for the visions are connected. SeeDaniel 7:1,Daniel 7:7. The meaning is, that he continued beholding, or that a new vision passed before him. And, behold, one like the Son of man ... -It is remarkable that Daniel does not attempt to represent this by any symbol. The representation by symbols ceases with the fourth beast; and now the description assumes a literal form - the setting up of the kingdom of the Messiah and of the saints. Why this change of form occurs is not stated or known, but the sacred writers seem carefully to have avoided any representation of the Messiah by symbols.

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