Daniel 7:13-14 English Standard Version

The Son of Man Is Given Dominion

13 “I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him.
14 And 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 one that shall not be destroyed.

Matthew 12:14 But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.

Jesus invoked the title Son of Man in His ministry and it disturbed the religious leaders of the day to the point that they conspired to kill Him. They did so by invoking a misinterpretation of the Law of Moses.

These men believed they were the only ones that could understand and serve God. They had no wish to serve a man, even one who stood before the Ancient of Days and was given dominion over all the earth.

If you don’t like the message, kill the messenger.

Now we are here serving the Son of Man in His dominion delivering His message to those who don’t like the message. Some of us are killed for it.

This is not a message that is encouraging but no less true. I would not encourage anyone to put their lives in danger but Jesus said it Himself. We are hated for His name’s sake, Son of Man.

I cannot help but look to the prophecies of Daniel and believe we serve the One who will have an everlasting kingdom that will never be destroyed.

What is not said in that prophecy is what comes with His Glory. His Glory is His reputation, His persona, and the love that has never been seen in any man until the Son of Man appeared.

We do not serve Him because He invoked the title Son of Man, we serve Him because He loved us first.

1 John 4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Invoke love.