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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

Matthew 24:30 → Daniel 7:13-14

Allusion

Later text

Matthew 24:30BSB

At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.

Earlier text

Daniel 7:13-14BSB

In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence. And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.

Significance

Matthew 24:30 — "They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory" — is a direct citation of Daniel 7:13, where "one like a Son of Man" comes "with the clouds of heaven" to the Ancient of Days and receives universal dominion. Jesus applies this vision to himself as a declaration of his own enthronement and parousia. Within the Olivet Discourse, this coming may refer initially to the vindication of the Son of Man in the judgment upon Jerusalem (AD 70) — a coming in judgment consistent with the prophetic use of cloud-coming language — and ultimately to the final parousia. Daniel 7:13-14 is forward-looking: it does not merely describe a vision but prophesies the investiture of the eschatological ruler over all kingdoms. Jesus's self-identification with this figure across multiple Gospel contexts (Mark 14:62; Matthew 26:64) demonstrates that he understood his own identity and mission in terms of this Danielic commission.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment (not Typology: the Daniel figure is prophetic vision-imagery, which fails the Historicity characteristic of a valid type — per TT 090's anti-default ruling, matching the sibling Daniel 7:13-14 pairs at Matthew 16:27-28, 19:28, 25:31-46, 26:64, and 28:18)

▸ The Son of Man Receiving Dominion

Linked Mentions 2

Trajectory Tables 1

Divine Identity (Deity of Christ) Trajectory Table

Anchor Texts 1

Daniel 7:13-14 — The Son of Man Receiving Dominion

Matthew 24:30 → Daniel 7:13-14

Significance

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