How to Interpret Dreams and Visions Perry Stone

vision were similar to polished brass. The same words are used to identify Christ, when John wrote that “His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace” (v. 15). When brass is taken from the earth, it has a mix of copper and zinc; thus it only becomes a bright yellowgold color after being refined in fire. The imagery here is that the angel had a very reflective, yellowgold appearance. When the angel spoke, his voice sounded like a multitude of voices combined at once. Once again, John used similar words to describe Christ when he wrote, “And His voice as the sound of many waters” (v. 15). Theologians have noted the similarities between this unnamed angel in Daniel and the appearance of Christ to John in Revelation 1. They identify the Daniel vision as a theophany , which is a Greek word meaning “appearance of God.” In Christian and Jewish thought, a theophany is “any direct, visual manifestation of the presence of God.” It would include the occasions in the Bible when God manifested Himself to men. Some theologians believe the angel in Daniel’s vision was actually Christ Himself appearing to Daniel. The difficulty with this theory is that a demonic prince of Persia restrained this angel of the Lord for twenty-one days, and God assigned a mighty archangel named Michael to assist this angel, providing him the ability to be released from his warfare and appear to Daniel. I cannot see the preincarnate Christ as being hindered by any demonic spirit! However, angels do battle in the heavens with evil forces. (See Daniel 10 and Revelation 12:7–10.) This is only one description of an angel. We know that angelic beings can appear in the form of light and fire. On two occasions the prophet Elisha saw “horses and