The Ancient of Days in Daniel's vision is God the Father, according to Les Feldick's teaching.
Les builds this from Daniel 7:9, where the Ancient of Days sits with a garment white as snow, hair like pure wool, and a throne like fiery flame. In Daniel 7:13, one like the Son of Man comes to the Ancient of Days, and Les says this places two persons of the Godhead together — God the Father and God the Son. Therefore, the Ancient of Days is the Father.
Daniel 7:9 — This is the verse where Daniel describes the Ancient of Days seated on the fiery throne.
Daniel 7:10 — This verse records the fiery stream and the multitudes that minister before the Ancient of Days.
Daniel 7:13 — This verse shows one like the Son of Man coming before the Ancient of Days, revealing two divine persons.
In Daniel 7:9, the prophet writes, "I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire." Verse 10 adds, "A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened." In Daniel 7:13, Daniel writes, "I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him." The passage therefore presents two distinct persons: the enthroned Ancient of Days and the approaching Son of Man. The Bible itself does not explicitly use the word "Father" in these verses, but the Ancient of Days is clearly the sovereign figure before whom the Son of Man comes.
Les Feldick identifies the Ancient of Days as God the Father. He points out that the word "Ancient" is capitalized in the KJV, indicating deity. He describes the white garment and hair like pure wool as "merely a symbolic picture again of the purity and the majesty of the Godhead." Les also emphasizes that Daniel 7:13 shows "one like the Son of Man" coming with the clouds of heaven to the Ancient of Days. He says, "I like to put the two persons of the Godhead here." In Les's explanation, Daniel 7 pictures God the Father on the supreme area of the throne, and God the Son coming before Him.
Les points to the capitalized "Ancient" in Daniel 7:9 and says it is "referring to God." Then he reads Daniel 7:13, where the Son of Man comes to the Ancient of Days, and explains, "This same idea of God the Father on the supreme area of the throne, and God the Son comes before Him."
Les says the white garment and hair of pure wool are "merely a symbolic picture again of the purity and the majesty of the Godhead." He is describing the appearance of the Ancient of Days in Daniel 7:9.
Les says Daniel 7 gives "two persons of the Godhead": the Son of Man who comes and the Ancient of Days before whom He comes. In Les's exegesis, this is God the Father on the throne and God the Son coming before Him.
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But now verse 11, "...and the beast that was." And again, remember I said I prefer to think that this is the old Roman Empire that was seemingly dead. It was seemingly gone, and now all of a sudden here it is back on the scene with all of its attributes in place. And this man Antichrist is going to head it up, and he is the eighth.
The Ancient of Days Seated in Daniel 7
Les teaches that the capitalized Ancient of Days is God, and the white garment and wool-like hair are symbolic of the purity and majesty of the Godhead.
The Son of Man Comes to the Ancient of Days
Les walks through Daniel 7:13, showing one like the Son of Man coming to the Ancient of Days, the same one described in verse 9.
God the Father on the Throne and the Son Before Him
Les explicitly says Daniel 7 pictures God the Father on the supreme throne and God the Son coming before Him.
Two Persons of the Godhead in Daniel 7
Les says he likes to put the two persons of the Godhead here: the Son of Man and the Ancient of Days before whom He comes.
Daniel's Dream, the Antichrist & the Mark of the Beast
They either had that God or that God or these gods, every God they knew about except the true God, until he called Abraham. And with the call of Abraham, remember, he had a knowledge now of Jehovah, and that was passed on through Isaac and Jacob and the twelve tribes, so that Israel alone, during the period of the ancients, had a knowledge of the one true God.
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They either had that God or that God or these gods, every God they knew about except the true God, until he called Abraham. And with the call of Abraham, remember, he had a knowledge now of Jehovah, and that was passed on through Isaac and Jacob and the twelve tribes, so that Israel alone, during the period of the ancients, had a knowledge of the one true God.
Daniel's Dream, the Antichrist & the Mark of the Beast
Now remember, he's just a young fellow yet, he hasn't got any gray hairs or any reason to be respected for his age, he's just a young fellow. But he speaks up, and he answered with counsel and wisdom to Ariok, the captain of the king's guard, who has gone forth to slay the wise of Babylon.
Daniel 7:9: I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
This is the key verse that describes the Ancient of Days seated in divine majesty.
Daniel 7:10: A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
This verse shows the scene around the Ancient of Days, with fiery streams and countless angels before Him.
Daniel 7:13: I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
This verse reveals the Son of Man coming before the Ancient of Days, which Les uses to distinguish two persons of the Godhead.
Yes. Les Feldick teaches that the Ancient of Days in Daniel 7 is God the Father. He sees God the Father seated on the throne while God the Son comes before Him in Daniel 7:13.
Les points out that the word Ancient is capitalized in the King James Version, and he understands this as a marker of deity. This is part of his basis for identifying the Ancient of Days as God.
Les says they are a symbolic picture of the purity and majesty of the Godhead. He does not treat them as a literal description of God's appearance.
In Les's explanation, the Son of Man is God the Son coming before God the Father. He says Daniel 7 presents two persons of the Godhead.
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