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TRINITY : M. M. NINAN<br />

5. Old Testament Theophanies<br />

Thus a Son who will be born at a particular point in history<br />

also "Mighty God, Everlasting Father<br />

is<br />

DANIEL<br />

Nebuchadnezer sees a fourth person in the fire "like a son <strong>of</strong> the<br />

gods"<br />

Dan 3: 24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in<br />

amazement and asked his advisers, "Weren't there three men<br />

that we tied up and threw into the fire?" They replied, "Certainly,<br />

O king." He said, "Look! I see four men walking around in the<br />

fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son <strong>of</strong><br />

the gods."<br />

Daniel also saw the vision <strong>of</strong> a man just as in Ezekiel and<br />

revelation <strong>of</strong> John:<br />

Dan 10: 5-8 I looked up and there before me was a man dressed<br />

in linen, with a belt <strong>of</strong> the finest gold around his waist. His body<br />

was like chrysolite, his face like lightning, his eyes like flaming<br />

torches, his arms and legs like the gleam <strong>of</strong> burnished bronze,<br />

and his voice like the sound <strong>of</strong> a multitude. I, Daniel, was the<br />

only one who saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but<br />

such terror overwhelmed them that they fled and hid themselves.<br />

So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision; I had no strength<br />

left, my face turned deathly pale and I was helpless.<br />

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