SERMON  141   DANIEL 7:13,14.  THE ASCENTION OF MESSIAH.

    Daniel was a prophet of God in Babylon during the Babylonian captivity of Judah.   The Babylonian captivity was from about 606 until 536 B.C.  So Daniel was God’s  prophet to the Jews in Babylon.  Listen to 
    Daniel 7:13,14:  “I was watching in the night visions,
    And behold, One like the Son of Man, 
    Coming with the clouds of heaven! 
    He came to the Ancient of Days,
    And they brought Him near before Him.
    Then to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom,
    That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.
    His dominion is an everlasting dominion,
    Which shall not pass away,
    And His kingdom the one 
    Which shall not be destroyed.  Daniel 7:13,14.
Daniel recorded the vision that was shown to him.   This was a prophecy of a future event that was to happen.   The Son of Man  would come with the clouds of heaven to the Ancient of Days.  The Ancient of Days is God.   The Son of Man would come to God, who is in heaven.  God would give to the Son of Man dominion and glory and a kingdom.    This kingdom  would be everlasting, which would not pass away.  His kingdom would include all peoples, nations, and languages who would serve Him.  Who is the Son of Man?  Who is this king to whom God gives an everlasting kingdom for all peoples, nations, and languages?  This everlasting kingdom that God would set up was foretold also in Daniel 2.  But who is the king to whom God would give the everlasting kingdom? The king is Messiah ,Mashiah whose coming was foretold in Daniel  9:24-27.  
     Notice that the  Son  of Man comes to God. God is in heaven. Messiah comes to  God in heaven.  He does not go from heaven to earth to receive His dominion and glory and a kingdom.  But rather He comes on the clouds of heaven to God in heaven.
    In Daniel 2,  it was prophesied that God would set up an eternal kingdom during the days of the fourth kingdom, the Roman kingdom.  The first kingdom was the Babylonian; the second kingdom was the Medo  -  Persian Kingdom;  the third kingdom was the Greek Kingdom and the fourth kingdom was the Roman Kingdom.
God foretold through His prophet Daniel that God would set up an everlasting kingdom during the days of the fourth kingdom, the Roman Kingdom.  Daniel 2:44.                     
    When did the Son of Man, Messiah go on the clouds of heaven to God in heaven in order to receive dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him?  It must have been during the days of the Roman kings,in accordance with Daniel 2:44.   From Daniel 9:25 and 26 we know that Messiah would come and be cut off before Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans in A.D. 70.
    Listen to Daniel 9:26:  “And after the sixty-two  sevens
    Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself;
    And the people of the prince who is to come
    Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. . . .  Daniel  9:26.
   
 So then we know  that Messiah must have come before the Romans destroyed Jerusalem  in  fulfillment of Daniel 9:26.  Yes, Messiah was cut off , crucified.   He is Jesus, Yeshua Mashiah.  
    But when did the Son of Man go on the clouds of heaven to the Ancient of Days in heaven in order to be given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him?    After Messiah Jesus died for our sins, was buried and rose on the third day, He appeared to His disciples for forty days. 
    Luke 24:25,26:  Then He (Jesus) said to them, “O foolish ones and slow of heart
     to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!  Ought not the Messiah
    to have suffered these things and to enter His glory?  Luke 24:25,26.
After forty days, He led them out to Bethany.   Luke 24:50.   
     Then we read in:
    Acts 1:9: Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken  
   up and a cloud received Him out of their sight.   Act 1:9.  Listen also to:
    Mark l6:19:  So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into
    heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.  Mark l6:19.
Yes, the Son of Man, Jesus Messiah  came with the clouds of heaven to the Ancient of Days, God, and  received dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.  His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom the one which shall not be destroyed.  Jesus Messiah fulfilled Daniel 7:13,14 when He ascended up to heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.  Listen to:
    1 Peter 3:22:  Jesus Messiah, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of  
    God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.  
    1 Peter 3:22.
Yes, the ascention  of Messiah Jesus took place when  He ascended  to God in heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.  This had also been foretold  by the prophet King David in:
    Psalm 110:1,2:  The LORD said to my Lord, 
   “ Sit at My right Hand,
    Till I make Your enemies 
    Your footstool.  Psalm 110:1.
    The apostle Peter said about King  David in:
    Acts 2:30:  “Therefore, being a prophet and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up 
     the Christ to sit on his throne,  he foreseeing the resurrection of the Messiah , 
    that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.  This Jesus
    God  raised up, of which we are all witnesses.  Therefore being exalted to the 
    right had of God, . . .  Acts 2:30-33.
Yes, Jesus Messiah was raised up to heaven to set upon the throne of David in heaven at the right hand of God.  
    Is Jesus Messiah ruling and reigning now?   Yes indeed!   God said to Messiah in:
    Psalm 110:1,2:  The LORD said to my Lord,
    “Sit at My right hand,  
    Till  I make Your enemies  Your footstool.”
    The LORD shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion.
    Rule in the midst of Your enemies!  Psalm 110:1,2.
Yes, Messiah Jesus is ruling in the midst of His enemies.  Listen to:
    1 Corinthians 15:25:  For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet.
    The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.  1 Corinthians 15:25,26.
Yes, Messiah Jesus was ruling and reigning  when 1 Corinthians was written.
For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet.   The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.  Death is now continuing so Messiah is still ruling and
reigning.   Jesus Messiah will continue to rule and reign until death is brought to an end.   Listen also to 
    Hebrews 10:12,13:  But this Man (Jesus), after He had offered one sacrifice for sins 
   forever, sat down at the right hand of God, from that time waiting till His enemies are 
    made His footstool.  Hebrews 10:12,13.  And also:
    Revelation 1:5,6:  and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the
    dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth.  To Him who loved us and washed us 
    from our sins in His own blood, and has made us a kingdom  and priests to His God
    and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever.  Amen.  Rev. 1:5,6.
Yes, Jesus Messiah died for our sins.  He gave His blood on the cross for the forgiveness of our sins.  He  rose the third day according to the scriptures.  Will you believe in Messiah Jesus?  You need to believe in Him.   He is the only one who died for your sins.  Do you believe that Jesus Messiah is a prophet of God?  Well then, you also need to believe what He said about Himself that He is the Son of God.   You can be born again of the water and the Spirit. and enter the Kingdom of God.  Listen to :
    John 3:5:  Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you,  unless one is born of water
    and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.  John 3:5.                                 
Yes, you need to be baptized, immersed in water  in the name of Jesus Messiah for the forgiveness of your sins and you shall receive the holy spirit as a gift.  Listen to        
    Acts 2:38:  . . . “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus 
    Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.       You  will then  be translated into the Kingdom of Messiah.    Listen to:
    Colossians 1:13:  He has delivered us from the power of darkness and translated
    us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption 
    through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.  Colossians 1:13,14.
You will be buried in water in baptism into Messiah Jesus, into a death to sin and be raised up to walk in newness of life serving your King Messiah Jesus.  Listen to:
    Colossians 3:1:  If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are 
    above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.  Colossians 3:1. 
On the day of judgment you will meet Messiah Jesus.  He will be your judge.
Will you enter  His eternal kingdom in the heavenly New Jerusalem? Now is the time to prepare for the day of judgment.   Amen