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13 I continued to watch in my vision at night and this is what I saw:

I saw someone who seemed like a son of man.[a]
He was coming towards me, with the clouds of the sky around him.
He came near to the God who has ruled for ever.
People took him to stand in front of God.
14 God gave him great honour and authority to rule as king.
The people of all nations and those who spoke every language agreed to serve him.
He has authority to rule for ever.
He will never stop being king.
Nobody will be able to destroy his kingdom.

Daniel learns the meaning of his vision

15 I, Daniel, had much trouble in my mind. The things that I saw in my vision frightened me.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:13 ‘Son of man’ means that he looked like a human. Jesus called himself the Son of Man. The ‘son of man’ that Daniel saw in his vision, shows the power and authority of Jesus Christ.