Daniel Chapter 7 Vs. 22

 Daniel's Vision Interpreted

Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. Dan. 7:22

Ancient of days... The First and Second Comings of God the Father to the Earth

The Bible not only teaches the first and second comings of Jesus Christ to the earth, but also two comings of the Father:

1. The first coming of God the Father will be at the second coming of Jesus Christ to the earth (Dan. 7:9, 7:13-14, 7:22; Zec. 14:5; Tit. 2:13). At this time God will come to help Christ defeat and destroy the Antichrist kingdom (Dan. 7:21-22). He will then give the kingdom over to the Son (Dan. 7:13-14) and the saints (Dan. 7:18, 7:27). Christ will then be King over all the earth (Dan. 7:13-14, 7:27; Zec. 14:9; Mat. 25:31-46; Rev. 11:15; 20:1-10; 22:4-5). The Father will go back to heaven to remain for the first 1,000 years of the eternal reign of Christ and until He has rid the earth of all rebellion (1Co. 15:24-28; Eph. 1:10).

2. The second coming of God the Father to the earth will be at the end of the Millennium when Christ has rid the earth of all rebels. God will then become "all in all" on earth as before rebellion was started by Lucifer and later by Adam (1Co. 15:24-28; Eph. 1:10). He will then move His capital city from the planet heaven to the planet earth to be among men forever (Rev. 21:1-7, 21:9-10; 22:1-5).

“Ancient of days” refers to God the Eternal One, who confers the messianic kingdom on the Son to rule at His second coming and following. Judgment is against the Antichrist and Satan who empower him, plus the unsaved who are not allowed into the kingdom at its outset, but are destroyed and await the final, Great White Throne resurrection and judgment.

1 Cor. 6:2-3 “Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?” “Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?”

Luke 17:21 “Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.”

He (antichrist) will be judged by God (cf. Rev. 19:19-20), and Israel, no longer under the rule of the little horn, will enter into her covenanted blessings in the kingdom (cf. Dan. 7:18).