Daniel 7:26-28
1599 Geneva Bible
26 But the [a]judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion to consume and destroy it unto the end.
27 And the [b]kingdom, and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven shall be given to the holy people of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all [c]powers shall serve and obey him.
28 Even this is the end of the matter, I Daniel had many [d]cogitations which troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in mine heart.
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- Daniel 7:26 God by his power shall restore things that were out of order, and so destroy this little horn, that it shall never rise up again.
- Daniel 7:27 He showeth wherefore the beast should be destroyed, to wit, that his Church might have rest and quietness, which though they do not fully enjoy here, yet they have it in hope, and by the preaching of the Gospel enjoy the beginning thereof, which is meant by these words: Under the heaven: and therefore he here speaketh of the beginning of Christ’s kingdom in this world, which kingdom the faithful have by the participation that they have with Christ their head.
- Daniel 7:27 That is, some of every sort that bear rule.
- Daniel 7:28 Though he had many motions in his heart which moved him to and fro to seek out this matter curiously, yet he was content with that which God revealed, and kept it in memory, and wrote it for the use of the Church.
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