I, Daniel, saw this vision. {\cf2\super [94]} And I tried to understand what it meant. While I was thinking about the vision, someone that looked like a man suddenly stood in front of me.
This will happen when the special child is born. God will give a son to us. This son will be responsible for leading the people. His name will be “Wonderful Counselor, Powerful God, Father Who Lives Forever, Prince of Peace.”
Then the one that looked like a man touched my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak. I said to the one standing in front of me, ‘Sir, I am upset and afraid because of what I saw in the vision. {\cf2\super [123]} I feel helpless.
While I was standing there, I looked up. And I saw a man standing in front of me. He was wearing linen {\cf2\super [119]} clothes. He wore a belt made of pure gold {\cf2\super [120]} around his waist.
“In my vision at night I looked, and there in front of me was a person that looked like a human being. {\cf2\super [78]} He was coming on the clouds in the sky. He came to the Ancient King, {\cf2\super [79]} and they brought him before him.
“And that was the end of the dream. I, Daniel, was very afraid. My face became very white from fear. And I did not tell the other people about the things I saw and heard.”
During {\cf2\super [84]} the third year that Belshazzar was king, {\cf2\super [85]} I saw this vision. {\cf2\super [86]} This was after the other vision.
Gabriel said, “Now, I will explain the vision to you. I will tell you what will happen in the future. Your vision {\cf2\super [96]} was about the end times.
Then Jesus left the people and went into the house. His followers came to him and said, “Explain to us the meaning of the story about the weeds in the field.”
“Daniel the prophet {\cf2\super [368]} spoke about ‘the terrible thing that causes destruction.’ {\cf2\super [369]} You will see this terrible thing standing in the holy place (the temple).” (You that read this should understand what it means.)
“At that time, there will be something in the sky that shows the Son of Man {\cf2\super [377]} coming. All the people of the world will cry. All the people will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds in the sky. The Son of Man will come with power and great glory.
“You will see ‘the terrible thing that causes destruction.’ {\cf2\super [185]} You will see this thing standing in the place where it should not be.” (You that read this should understand what it means.) “At that time, the people in Judea should run away to the mountains.
I saw someone among the lampstands who was “like a Son of Man.” {\cf2\super [10]} He was dressed in a long robe. He had a golden sash (belt) tied around his chest.