This is John at the Bible Project.

We've been having a conversation about a phrase in the Bible, the Son of Man.

It literally means a human one.

This phrase is the title that Jesus uses most often to describe Himself and embed it

in this phrase as an entire world of ideas, namely that God created humanity to rule the

world with Him.

Just like He appointed heavenly beings to rule the heavenly realm.

It's a royal calling, but instead of humanity seizing this royal calling, we instead

seize our autonomy.

And instead of becoming glorious beings, we become like animals.

We scheme, we murder, we rule with violence.

In the last episode we looked at the story of Daniel, and how King Nebuchadnezzar is

one of these beastly violent rulers.

Today in this conversation, we get to chapter 7 in the book of Daniel.

It's an intense dream about beasts, and not just any beasts, full on chaos creatures.

When we meet them, they're emerging out of a world that resembles a backwards created

order.

And so instead of dry land emerging and beautiful plants, animals, and then humans,

let it's the caracotian dry land and mutants.

And then we learn that these creatures represent human kings and their kingdoms.

So the kingdoms of this world now and then inevitably produce these super beasts.

And while the kingdoms of this world will still keep on churning, but more time is granted

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