He reached the Ancient One

[CyrilSebastian]

In The Book of Daniel, Chapter 7 Verse 13 states:

  As the visions during the night continued, I saw      
  One like a son of man coming, on the clouds of heaven;     
  When he reached the Ancient One        
  and was presented before him,      

  Is the Ancient One referring to the Lord God?

 

[Shin]

Yes, that is the Lord God.

'I beheld till thrones were set, and the Ancient of days sat: his vesture white as snow, and the hair of his head as clean wool: his throne flames of fire: his wheels fire kindled.

A fire & swift stream came forth from his face thousands of thousands ministered to him, & ten thousand hundred thousands assisted him: judgment sate, and the Books were opened.

I beheld because of the voice of the great words, which that horn spake: and I saw that the beast was slain, and the body thereof was perished, and was committed to the fire to be burnt. The power of the other beasts also was taken away: and times of life were appointed them until time, and time.

I beheld therefore in the vision of the night, and Lo with the clouds of heaven there came in, as it were the son of man, and he came even to the Ancient of days: and in his sight they offered him.

And he gave him power, and honor, and kingdom: and all peoples, tribes, & tongues shall serve him: his power, an eternal power, that shall not be taken away: and his kingdom, that shall not be corrupted.

My spirit trembled, I Daniel was made sore afraid at these things, and the visions of my head troubled me.’

Daniel 7:9-15

 

[Shin]

A footnote in the Original Douai says:

‘God the Father is called the Ancient of days, not as though one Person of the Blessed Trinity were more ancient then another: for every Person is eternal; and all are one eternal God. But in order of proceeding, one from another, the Father is the beginning: of whom the Son is begotten; and from whom, as also from the Son, the holy Ghost proceedth.’