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How does Daniel 7:9-14 describe a heavenly court/judgment scene, and how does it parallel the Day of Atonement? How does Revelation distribute Daniel 7's imagery across its structure?

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JUDGMENT

-THE GENERAL 1CH 16:33; JOB 14:17; 21:30; 31:13-15; PSA 9:7; 50:3-6; 96:13; 98:9; ECC 3:17; 11:9; 12:14; EZK 18:20-28; DAN 7:9,10; AMO 4:12; MAT 3:12; 7:22,23; 8:29; 10:15; 11:22; 12:36,37,41,42; 13:30,40-43,49,50; 16:27; 22:11-13; 23:14; 25:1-46; MRK 4:22; 8:38; 13:32; LUK 3:17; 10:10-14; 11:31,32; 12:2-5; 13:24-29; 19:12-26; 20:45-47; JHN 5:22; 12:48; ACT 2:19-21; 10:42; 17:31; 24:25; ROM 2:5-10,12-16; 14:10-12; 1CO 3:13; 4:5; 6:2; 2CO 5:10; 2TH 1:7,8; 2TI 4:1,8; HEB 6:2; 9:27; 10:27; 1PE 4:5,7; 2PE 2:4,9; 3:7,10-12; 1JN 4:17; Jude 1:6,14,15,24; REV 1:7; 6:15-17; 11:18; 20:11-15; 22:12

-ACCORDING TO OPPORTUNITY AND WORKS GEN 4:7; JOB 34:11; PRO 11:31; 12:14; 24:11,12; PSA 62:12; ISA 3:10,11; JER 17:10,11; 32:19; EZK 7:3,4,27; 18:4-9,19-32; 33:18-20; HOS 4:9; 12:2; AMO 3:2; ZEC 1:6; MAT 10:14,15; 11:24; 12:37; 25:14-30; MRK 6:11; LUK 9:5; 10:12-15; 12:47,48; ROM 2:5-12,27; 1CO 3:8,12-15; GAL 6:5-10; EPH 6:7,8; COL 3:25; 2TI 4:14; HEB 2:2,3; 10:26-30; JAS 2:12,13; 1PE 1:17; 2PE 2:20,21; REV 2:23; 20:12,13

ANCIENT OF DAYS

-An appellate of Jehovah DAN 7:9,13,22

THRONE

-Of Pharaoh GEN 41:40; EXO 11:5 -Of David 1KI 2:12,24; PSA 132:11,12; ISA 9:7; JER 13:13; 17:25; LUK 1:32 -Of Solomon 1KI 2:19; 2CH 9:17-19 -Of Solomon, called THE THRONE OF THE LORD 1CH 29:23 -FIGURATIVE -Anthropomorphic use of -Of God 2CH 18:18; PSA 9:4,7; 11:4; 47:8; 89:14; 97:2; 103:19; ISA 6:1; 66:1; MAT 5:34; 23:22; HEB 8:1; 12:2; REV 14:3,5 -Of Christ MAT 19:28; 25:31; ACT 2:30; REV 1:4; 3:21; 4:2-10; 7:9-17; 19:4; 21:5; 22:3

ATONEMENT

-DAY OF -Time of EXO 30:10; LEV 23:27; 25:9; NUM 29:7 -How observed EXO 30:10; LEV 16:2-34; 23:27-32; NUM 29:7-11; ACT 27:9; HEB 5:3; 9:7,19,22 -MADE BY JESUS -Made but once HEB 7:27; 9:24-28; 10:10,12,14; 1PE 3:18 -Typified LEV 16:30,34 with HEB 9:7,12,28; LEV 17:11 with HEB 9:22 -UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES: PSA 40:6,7; ISA 53:4-12; DAN 9:24-27; ZEC 13:1; MAT 26:28; JHN 1:29,36; ROM 3:24-26; HEB 9:12-15,25,26; 10:1-20; 1JN 1:7; REV 5:9

SANCTUARY

-(The Holy of Holies) -In the tabernacle HEB 9:2 -Divine dwelling place EXO 25:8 -Reverence for LEV 19:30; 26:2 -In the charge of high priest EXO 27:21; LEV 24:3; NUM 18:5 -Symbolical HEB 8:2,5

CLOUD

-SYMBOLICAL REV 14:14 -PILLAR OF EXO 13:21,22; 14:19,24; 16:10; LEV 16:2; 1KI 8:10,11; 2CH 7:1-3; MAT 17:5 -APPEARANCES OF IN EZEKIEL'S VISION EZK 10:3,4,18

KINGDOM OF HEAVEN

-My kingdom is not of this world JHN 18:36 -Keys of MAT 16:19 -Compared to a man traveling into a far country MAT 25:14-30; LUK 19:12-27

  • JUDGMENT-SEAT: MAT 27:19; ACT 18:12; ROM 14:10
  • COURT (ecclesiastical): 1CH 26:29-32; 2CH 19:8-11; MAT 18:15-18
  • RETRIBUTION: See SIN, PUNISHMENT OF