Bible Strands
Daniel 7:18
But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess it forever—yes, forever and ever.’
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Daniel is recounting a vision in which four beasts represent rising earthly kings, and an angelic interpreter explains the vision's conclusion regarding the final transfer of authority.
The words — קַדִּישֵׁ֖י (ka.di.Shei) means [the] holy [ones], and עָלְמָ֔/א ('al.Ma/) denotes <the>/ perpetuity, directly framing the verse's declaration about the saints' enduring rule.
The thread — This promise of inherited sovereignty runs through Daniel 7:27, while Isaiah 60:12 contrasts it with the destruction of nations that refuse to serve God, and Revelation 5:10 extends the motif to a people constituted as a kingdom and priests who will reign.
Why it lands — The text states that the saints will receive and permanently possess the kingdom, demanding that a reader acknowledge the definitive shift of political and spiritual authority from earthly empires to God's people.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
Cross-references
- Daniel 7:27 Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will serve and obey Him.’
- Isaiah 60:12 For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed.
- Revelation 5:10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
- Revelation 20:4 Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
- Revelation 2:26 And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.
- Psalms 149:5 Let the saints exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.
- Daniel 7:22 until the Ancient of Days arrived and pronounced judgment in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for them to possess the kingdom.
- 2 Timothy 2:11 This is a trustworthy saying: If we died with Him, we will also live with Him;
- Psalms 45:16 Your sons will succeed your fathers; you will make them princes throughout the land.
- Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.