The Fiery Wrath of God

                                                Daniel 7:9-14 (KJB)

The entire history of the human race consists in a continuous conflict between the kingdom of God and the Devil's kingdom. The Devil possesses a kingdom of greed, power, and pure evil. In fact, the Bible calls the Devil "the god of this world." II Corinthians 4:4 (KJB). This conflict sometimes results in open warfare, but more often it results in the subtle lies of demons who tempt humans to practice sin and evil which will always sooner or later ruin their lives even though the demons make them think that they will gain greater power or pleasure. Most often good people have had to suffer under the oppression of evil people, but occasionally good people have been able to gain greater personal and spiritual freedom. But in the end of the world, God will use His fiery wrath to thoroughly purge all sins, evil, and the Devil from His entire creation, including the evil in all living humans whom He creates and loves, and He will recreate it all to be wholly righteous. II Peter 3:9-13; Romans 8:18-23; Revelation 21:1-5 (KJB).

For these reasons, Daniel 7:9-14 cannot be about the second coming of Christ and the battle of Armageddon. The battle of Armageddon and the thousand year reign of Christ will not completely eradicate all evil from God's world. Near the end of the world, evil will once again arise to assemble an army, led by the Devil, to attack Christ's kingdom, but God will utterly destroy that evil army and the Devil by His use of His fiery wrath. Revelation 20:7-10 (KJB). Christ will then set up His Great White Throne, and He will then proceed with His final judgment of all of mankind except for those saved by His grace. Daniel 7:9-14 can only be about that final judgment.

In these verses, Christ does not ride a white horse or lead an army from Heaven. All of the thrones of humans will be cast down, which will not happen following the battle of Armageddon. Christ will sit on a throne of fire which has wheels. Christ will set up His judgment, "and the books were opened." This same phrase occurs in Revelation 20:12 (KJB). In his vision, Daniel observed the Devil being cast alive into the lake of fire, but the other beasts, who will be humans who have totally given themselves over to the practice of evil, will be kept alive until the final judgment of Christ. In Daniel 7:13, the Ancient of days and the Son of man are declared to be the same person which affirms the Deity of Christ. John 10:30 (KJB). The Father will then give His Son an everlasting kingdom which He did not receive during His thousand year reign. "All people, nations, and languages should serve Him," which can only mean that Christ will use His fiery wrath against evil to thoroughly purge all evil from all of His living humans, except those saved by His grace, of all sins, evil, and spiritual death after He has caused them all to return to the faith He put into them when He created them that He is the Lamb of God their Savior so that He can recreate them all with new bodies to live with Him forever on His recreated earth, and He will cast all of their separated, spiritual deaths into the eternal lake of fire. II Peter 3:9-13; I Corinthians 3:11-15; Revelation 5:11-14; Revelation 20:5; Revelation 20:11-15; Revelation 21:1-5 (KJB).

However, Christ will not judge any of His living humans saved by His grace because He will have already taken their judgment on Himself on the cross and purged them of all sin and evil with His blood that He shed there, and when they die He allows them to go directly to Heaven. John 5:24; I Peter 3:18; I Peter 1:3-5; Revelation 1:5 (KJB). Since Christ will exempt all humans saved by His grace from this final judgment, then the phrase about all nations serving Christ can only mean the rest of Christ's living humans whom He will raise alive from the regions of death. Daniel 7:14 (KJB).