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Son of God Text
A figure arises who is acclaimed 'Son of God' and 'Son of the Most High' — titles that belong to Jehovah's anointed — yet whose kingdom is meteoric and temporary, a trampling dominion built on force rather than covenant. Against that counterfeit kingship, the people of God arise and receive an everlasting kingdom grounded in truth and peace, made secure not by their own arm but by the strength of El Elyon Himself. The closing doxology anchors all sovereignty in God Most High, who sets up and removes kings according to His own counsel across every generation.
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Affliction came upon the earth; and great slaughter; and there was distress among the provinces. The king of Asshur and Egypt shall be… and he shall be great upon the earth.
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All shall serve him; and he shall be called the great one. By his name shall he be designated. He shall be called the Son of God; even the Son of the Most High shall they name him.
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But like the meteors that thou sawest in thy vision, so shall their kingdom be. They shall reign for some years over the earth; they shall trample upon all. People shall trample upon people; and province shall trample upon province.
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Until the people of God shall arise, and shall make all to rest from the sword. Their kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom; and all their ways shall be in truth. They shall judge the earth in truth; and all shall make peace. The sword shall cease in the earth; and all the provinces shall do them homage.
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The great God Himself shall be their strength. He shall make war for them. He shall give peoples into their hand. All of them shall be cast down before them. His dominion shall be an everlasting dominion; and all the depths of the earth shall be His.
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Blessed be the name of God Most High, who reigneth from age to age. He establisheth kings; He removeth kings. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His dominion endureth from generation to generation. Amen, and amen.
