Daniel’s Vision of the Ancient of Days

Daniel sees thrones set in place and the Ancient of Days seated in radiant holiness, with clothing white as snow and hair like pure wool. Fire issues from His throne, and innumerable attendants stand before Him as the court sits and the books are opened. The vision reveals a courtroom of absolute purity and authority, where history is not random but subject to divine record and verdict.

A⁹s I continued to watch, ¹⁰A river of fire was flowing,

Because of the arrogant words of the little horn, Daniel watches until the beast is slain and its body destroyed in fire. The remaining beasts lose their dominion, though a measured extension of life is granted to them for a season and a time. The judgment is therefore decisive yet ordered, demonstrating that heaven removes power according to its own timing and decree.

¹¹Then I kept watching because of the arrogant words the horn was speaking. As I continued to watch, the beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire. ¹²As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was removed, but they were granted an extension of life for a season and a time.