Just who was the Fourth Man in the Book of Daniel?
The Book of Daniel mentions two of the topmost angels, Michael and Gabriel, who can appear like men and Gabriel speaks to Daniel the prophet and Daniel records what is said in the Book of Daniel in the Bible today. But who was speaking to Daniel in the last two chapters of the Book of Daniel and appeared to Daniel by the river Tigris? Some say Gabriel but there was this one like a man earlier speaking to Gabriel (commanding Gabriel). If you say Michael it cannot be because the person speaks of Michael as another person. It seems, in writing the Book of Revelation centuries later and after the resurrection of Jesus, John was inspired by the Holy Spirit in showing this fourth person to be the Son of Man - Jesus (in Heaven over aeons before He was made flesh by the Holy Spirit). This puts a new light on what it means that Jesus is the Messiah.
The Book of Daniel mentions two of the topmost angels, Michael and Gabriel, who can appear like men and Gabriel speaks to Daniel the prophet and Daniel records what is said in the Book of Daniel in the Bible today. But who was speaking to Daniel in the last two chapters of the Book of Daniel and appeared to Daniel by the river Tigris? Some say Gabriel but there was this one like a man earlier speaking to Gabriel (commanding Gabriel). If you say Michael it cannot be because the person speaks of Michael as another person. It seems, in writing the Book of Revelation centuries later and after the resurrection of Jesus, John was inspired by the Holy Spirit in showing this fourth person to be the Son of Man - Jesus (in Heaven over aeons before He was made flesh by the Holy Spirit). This puts a new light on what it means that Jesus is the Messiah.
To make it more certain we see two places in Daniel where there is this fourth man - the above mentioned passsges from chapters 7-12 (where there are three - Daniel and Gabriel and Michael - and then a mysterious fourth who is the one who is also led into the presence of the Ancient of Days) but also in chapter 3 where the fourth man again appears in the firey furnace of Nebuchadnezzar alongside Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.
