We need to remind ourselves that in the prophecies of the Old Testament, which talk about the end of the world or future things, there is never a distinction made between Christ's first coming and his second coming. You must always remember that principle. Old Testament prophecy – Daniel comes pretty near it in some of the later visions, but it isn't absolutely clear – he sees Christ coming and his kingdom, and his glory. It does not go into detail, not in the Old Testament period, and explain that he comes, he is incarnate, he walks on earth, he suffers and dies, he is raised from the dead, he ascends into heaven, and then there's a long period, the age of the gospel, the age of the Gentiles, in which the Christian church is established and flourishes through the world and many, many people are converted, and then Christ comes again in power and glory to judge the living and the dead, and the earth is destroyed and reconstituted marvellously and made spiritual and heavenly, and somehow united with heaven for the occupation of the people of God for all eternity. That entire New Testament age, with its two comings – once at the beginning, and again at the end – that is seen as one appearance of Christ in Old Testament prophecy. So when you read this seventh chapter of Daniel, you look in vain for the two appearances of Christ. You see hints of it, which perhaps even Daniel did not fully understand with his Old Testament light. Often in his prophecies he tells us how little he understands about them. The hints are there, but it isn't clearly seen. That is left to the New Testament to make fully clear.