Chapter 34.—Of the Prophecy of
Daniel and Ezekiel, Other Two of the Greater Prophets.
Daniel and Ezekiel, other two of
the greater prophets, also first prophesied in the very captivity
of Babylon. Daniel even defined the time when Christ was to come
and suffer by the exact date. It would take too long to show this
by computation, and it has been done often by others before us.
But of His power and glory he has thus spoken: “I saw in a
night vision, and, behold, one like the Son of man was coming with
the clouds of heaven, and He came even to the Ancient of days, and
He was brought into His presence. And to Him there was given
dominion, and honor, and a kingdom: and all people, tribes, and
tongues shall serve Him. His power is an everlasting power, which
shall not pass away, and His kingdom shall not be destroyed.”
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Ezekiel also, speaking
prophetically in the person of God the Father, thus foretells
Christ, speaking of Him in the prophetic manner as David, because
He assumed flesh of the seed of David, and on account of that form
of a servant in which He was made man, He who is the Son of God is
also called the servant of God. He says, “And I will set up
over my sheep one Shepherd, who will feed them, even my servant
David; and He shall feed them, and He shall be their shepherd.
And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince in
the midst of them. I the Lord have spoken.”
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And in another place he says,
“And one King shall be over them all: and they shall no more be
two nations, neither shall they be divided any more into two
kingdoms: neither shall they defile themselves any more with
their idols, and their abominations, and all their iniquities.
And I will save them out of all their dwelling-places wherein they
have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people,
and I will be their God. And my servant David shall be king over
them, and there shall be one Shepherd for them all.”
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Dan. vii. 13, 14
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Ezek. xxxiv. 23
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Ezek. xxxvii.
22–24
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