A Glorious Heavenly Figure by the Tigris
Daniel 10 begins the book’s final vision, extending through chapters 10–12. Daniel has been mourning for three full weeks when he sees a glorious man clothed in linen, girded with fine gold, with a body like beryl, a face like lightning, eyes like lamps of fire, limbs like polished bronze, and a voice like a multitude. His companions do not see the vision but are overwhelmed by terror.
The description matters canonically because Revelation 1 uses strikingly similar imagery when John sees the risen Christ: blazing eyes, burnished feet, radiant appearance, and a voice like many waters. Revelation’s portrayal also draws on Daniel 7’s Ancient of Days. This is one of Daniel’s strongest Christological trajectories: John deliberately clothes Jesus in imagery associated with Daniel’s heavenly figures.