Ancient of Days

“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 7:13b.

This is the scene from Daniel’s dream that allowed him to witness the future coronation of the Messiah as He approached the Father, the Ancient of Days.

The other day I was asking my dad what his experience was when he accepted Christ into his life. He began to share the story of a Sunday when he was twelve years old. My granddaddy was the minister of his church and many Sundays my dad had been reprimanded from the pulpit for misbehaving – but not this Sunday. On this particular Sunday, my granddaddy stood before the congregation with the authority to offer a call for anyone to receive the awesome gift of Christ into their hearts and lives. As he extended this call to everyone, he lifted his eyes only to settle upon his little twelve year old making his way down the aisle to claim his place in the family of Christ. I cannot imagine the pride and overwhelming feeling of my granddaddy as he conducted that altar call.

This earthly scene from 62 years ago reminds me of this passage in Revelation. The Ancient of Days, the enthroned One in Heaven, stands at the head of the altar offering that call to each one of us. He extends His scarred hands beckoning us to receive our inheritance. With pride and agape love He watches us walk down that aisle to bow before Him and receive all that is ours through His kingdom and His sacrifice. The Ancient of Days will be on our arm as we walk down the aisle to claim our new life, an everlasting life with Him. We are His children and we will be presented to everyone through the eyes of a proud parent.

“…but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, ‘Abba, Father.’ The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs – heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ…” Romans 8:15-17.