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There are seven persons in Revelation 14: three angels, the “son of man,” and then three more angels. There may be a structural hint that highlights this “son of man” as different from the other angles in Revelation 14. In both cases the “son of man” is sitting in judgment over Israel’s enemies. If Revelation 14 is alluding to Daniel, then John intends the reader to pick up on the rest of Daniel 7. In Revelation 1:7 clouds are plural, here in Revelation 14:14 it is a singular cloud. In Revelation 1:7 the author says Jesus is coming back in the clouds.
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In favor of this being the messiah: The fact this “son of man” is sitting on a cloud implies John has Jesus is in mind. This “son of man” appears with the authority of God himself, whether he is the messiah or an angel. In either case, the cloud refers to God’s glory rather than a form of transportation.
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#Son of man sitting on clouds of heaven trial#
In the Gospels, Jesus frequently refers to himself as the Son of Man and alludes to Daniel 7:13 in his eschatological discourse (Matt 24:30) and during his trial (Matt 26:64). In Daniel 7:13, the son of man is sitting on the cloud, although Aune speculates John could be influenced by Psalm 110:1 as well (Aune, 2:840). Revelation 14:14-16 draws on Daniel 7, but there are some differences. Is this “son of man” another angel, or does Revelation 14:14 refer to the Messiah? Who is this person who was “like a son of man?” Revelation 14 has a series of angels and “another angel” comes out of the temple in 14:15. John sees someone “like a son of man” sitting on a cloud with a sickle in his hand. This final section of Revelation 14 draws on several Old Testament themes to describe what appears to be the great final judgment.