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Daniel 10

In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision. In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel; And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.

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Daniel · 17 June 2024 · 3 min read

The three visitations of the Son of God to Daniel

Daniel 10: 5 – 6: Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz: His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

Daniel 10: 10 – 11: And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands. And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.

Daniel 10: 18: Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,

God made three visitations to His prophet in Daniel 10. When the invisible God (John 1: 18; John 4: 24) takes on a form so that He can be seen, then that is God in a theophany because He is making Himself manifest. This manifestation of the invisible Spirit is the Son of God because It comes out from the Father. Every manifestation of God throughout the Bible, whether as Melchizedek, the Angel of the LORD, the Pillar of Fire etcetera, all of that was Jesus (the Son of God) revealing Himself in a different form each time.

When God appeared to His prophet in Daniel 10, He changed His form in each visitation. When Daniel saw God in the first visitation, he beheld the glorified Jesus which is the Theophany of God with the Glory of God. This is how John saw Jesus in Revelation 1. This great manifestation of God was too much for Daniel to handle, and he collapsed unconscious from it, just as John fell down as dead at the feet of the glorified Christ (Revelation 1: 17). No mortal man can stand in the presence of a supernatural being radiating such Glory and awesome power.

When Daniel saw God in the second visitation, he beheld Jesus as the Angel of the LORD. This was the Theophany of God without the Glory and is how the Angel appeared to Brother Branham throughout his ministry. The presence of God manifested in this form did not drop Daniel unconscious, but did leave him very weak and so overwhelmed that he could not speak for some time.

When Daniel saw God in the third visitation, he saw a man in a body of flesh. This is how God appeared to Abraham in Genesis 14 (as Melchizedek) and Genesis 18, and the form He took as Jesus of Nazareth to die on the cross. When Daniel saw this, he was strengthened from the experience. These three visitations to Daniel were from the same God appearing firstly as Theophany with the Glory, secondly as Theophany without the Glory, and thirdly in human flesh.