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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

Ephesians 1:20-22 → Daniel 7:14

Allusion

Later text

Ephesians 1:20-22BSB

which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,

Earlier text

Daniel 7:14BSB

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.

+ 2 more earlier texts

Earlier text

Psalm 110:1BSB

A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: "Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet."

Earlier text

Psalm 8:6BSB

You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

Significance

Paul declares that God raised Christ and "seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named... And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church" (Eph 1:20-22). The session at the right hand draws Psalm 110:1, and "everything under His feet" quotes Psalm 8:6 — so the vault files Eph 1:20-22 → Ps 110:1 and Eph 1:22 → Gen 1:28. But the catalogue of subjugated powers — "all rule and authority, power and dominion" — and Christ's supremacy over "the age to come" reflect the Danielic vision, where the Son of Man is given dominion over every competing kingdom and an everlasting reign "that will not pass away" (Dan 7:14, 26-27). This IP documents the Danielic dimension of Paul's composite. The connection is promise-fulfillment joined to a longitudinal theme: the universal and everlasting dominion granted the Son of Man, the rule mandated to Adam (Ps 8 / Gen 1), and the right-hand exaltation of the Davidic Lord (Ps 110) all converge in the exalted Christ. The telos is the cosmically supreme Head given "for the church" — the King whose limitless dominion is exercised on behalf of His people, so that to grasp the heights of His exaltation is to be assured of His love and drawn to hope in Him (Eph 1:18-19).

Found via: Beale & Carson, Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament (Baker, 2007); Beale, A New Testament Biblical Theology (Baker, 2011)
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment + Longitudinal Theme

▸ The Son of Man Receiving Dominion

Linked Mentions 1

Anchor Texts 1

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

Ephesians 1:20-22 → Daniel 7:14

Significance

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