Looking at Daniel 7, Jesus is the Christ and is head of those saints who will soon take possession of the kingdom of God. Jesus approaches God on behalf of those who are his body of saints, since he is their head. Jesus is not himself this God, this Ancient of Days. Jesus mediates with God for the saints of his body.
Who are these saints? Saints are ordinary people like you and me but with a great calling. In John 8, we see how it works. A woman caught in adultery started off life ordinary and committed adultery when she was older. Then Jesus came into her life at a point when it was on the rocks. She was about to be stoned to death for her adultery. He intervened, interceding, making her accusers back off. Then comes the biggest thing to happen to her: He told her he did not condemn her and to go and sin no more.
Two factors to this calling were, firstly, the removal of condemnation and, secondly, a calling to be saintly, to sin no more. John 8 continues. Jews, Pharisees, trying to condemn Jesus and trip him up were told to believe he is the Christ, the light of the world, the Son, sent by the Father. If they did not believe it, they would die in their sins. If they believed it, they must hold to his teachings to be set free by truth from their sins. Like that adulterous woman, they could end up sinning no more.
Two accounts of calling to be saints: Saints through the teachings of Jesus. His body. To whom the kingdom would be given forever.
Christ dying for you on the cross removes the condemnation.
The power of God can teach you to stop sinning.
