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Our Creator is called by the prophet Daniel the “Ancient of Days” because he has always existed. He even revealed to Daniel in a vision what he looks like!

He looks just like us!

Or rather, we look like him, for we are all descendants of Adam who was made in his image! Although our Creator can take any shape that he wants to, Daniel saw him in the form of a man with white hair and seated upon a fiery throne.

"As I looked, "thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was as white as snow; the hair of his head was white like wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze. A river of fire was flowing, coming out from before him. Thousands upon thousands attended him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him.” (Daniel 7:9-10 NIV)

The credibility and the reliability of Daniel’s visions are enhanced by the fact that he was then the first of the three presidents who ruled over 120 princes in the Persian Empire. He reported directly to Darius the Great, who reigned over almost all of the civilized world from 521 B. C. to 486 B. C.

And during this very same vision, Daniel also saw “one like a son of man” who would ultimately be “given authority, glory, and sovereign power” and whose kingdom “will never be destroyed!”

“In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all peoples, nations and men of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.” (Daniel 9:13-14 NIV)

This prophecy has obviously been fulfilled by the only begotten Son of God who, after his resurrection, confirmed to his disciples that all authority in heaven and earth had been given to him by his heavenly Father! (Matthew 28:18)

The apostle John also had a vision of the Son of God in his present resurrected and glorified state. His hair is now “white like wool,” so he now looks very similar to Daniel’s description of his heavenly Father, the Ancient of Days!

“His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.” (Revelation 1:14-15 NIV)