Daniel 7:25

The Saints of the Most High.

Heavenly Saints

I. DISCRIMINATING FAVOUR. This is intended as a two-fold contrast--saints in contrast to those who are ungodly, and make no profession at all; and saints in contrast to those who are men-made saints, made saints by human device--not saints really. A saint is a men who is enlightened, and is led to see the way in which sin is put away.

II. THE SECOND THING IN SAINTSHIP IS TO KNOW SOMETHING OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAW AND GOSPEL. And saints are also distinguished by deep downward experiences, and conspicuous deliverances A saint of the Most High is a man that is brought into covenant with God. (James Wells.)

And think to change times, and laws.

Unchangeable Times

The greatest revolution time ever underwent is that which the Saviour himself wrought when He put an end to Levitical time, and introduced His own eternal sacrificial time.

I. TIMES AND LAWS. What were the characteristics of the times the Saviour established?

1. Salvation. A time in which we can be accepted of God.

2. Christ’s time is one of vital and final ingathering.

II. THE TRIBULATION OF THE PEOPLE. “They shall be given into His hand.” What a mercy it is that, if the adversary gain dominion in some measure, yet the sovereignty of God, the hand of God, will protect the people.

III. THE OPPOSITE DESTINY OF THESE TWO CLASSES OF PEOPLE--THE ENEMY AND THE FRIEND. What will become of the man who knows nothing of these Christian times, that knows nothing of the law of faith, the law of liberty. The next verse says, the living God shall take away His dominion. Why are we brought under the law of faith, and thereby under the law of love, and life, and liberty, and righteousness? (James Wells.)