Daniel’s prophetic book also informs us that only the saints enter into God’s kingdom. We are told that “the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom…The time came when the saints possessed the kingdom” (Daniel 7:18,22). The word saint in Daniel is from an Aramaic word that is derived from a Hebrew root oilp. This word has the connotation of a divine claim and ownership of the person. It connotes that which is distinct from the common or profane. In other words, profane people do not enter into the millennial kingdom. Only those who are God’s people—those
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