Daniel 7:28

REFLECTIONS

PAUSE, Reader! over this most sublime and blessed Chapter; and passing by every lesser consideration, contemplate this, as the highest and the best on what is said of Him, whom Daniel saw, the Ancient of Days, in the glories of his person, and Almightiness of his character! Perhaps the whiteness of his garment might be meant to intimate the purity and holiness of his nature and essence. And it is possible, by the hairs of his head, like the pure wool, might be intended to represent the sovereignty of his glory and majesty. But, alas! what figures or similitudes can afford the least resemblance of Him, who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light, which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen or can see! Almighty Jehovah! before thy footstool help both Writer and Reader to fall down with the lowest possible prostration of soul and body; everlastingly keeping in remembrance, that both now to a throne of grace, and hereafter to glory, there is no possibility of access, but in and through a gracious Mediator, the Lord Our Righteousness!

And concerning thee, thou blessed Emmanuel, whom the Prophet Daniel saw also, in this solemn vision, under the similitude of One like the Son of man; help us to look up with all that love and adoration, and holy fear, and faith, and delight, as becometh thy redeemed. For do we not know, dearest Jesus, by the teachings of thine Holy Spirit, that since thou didst finish redemption-work, and art returned unto glory, it is thou that hast opened a new and living way by thy blood, and ever livest to keep it open by thine intercession. Hail! precious Lamb of God! worthy art thou to take the kingdom, and power, and glory, for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood.

And no less, thou Eternal Spirit of all truth, who art one with the Father and the Son! be thou exalted and glorified Lord, in thine own personal power and Godhead! And may all the Church, both in heaven and on earth, daily be enabled to send forth their united praises to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, the One glorious and incomprehensible Jehovah in endless adoration and love, through the boundless ages of eternity. Amen.