T. Francis Glasson discusses the Similitudes of Enoch of 1 Enoch and Daniel 7; notes some scholars believe the "Son of Man" is the archangel Michael.
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T. Francis Glasson, The Second Advent: The Origin of the New Testament Doctrine, 3rd ed. (London: The Epworth Press, 1963), 18
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The distinctive feature of the Similitudes as compared with the other sections if that when God appears for the judgement the Messiah appears too, and the latter takes part in both the judgement and the reign which follows. We can trace here the influence of Daniel vii. 13, whence the term ‘Son of man’ has been derived. The dream Visions (lxxxiii-xc) had also been influenced by this chapter of Daniel; and we have already seen, when the judgment was set God was assisted by an angel, who is probably to be identified with Michael (xc. 20). This writer evidently thought that the phrase in Daniel vii. 13 stood for Michael; several modern scholars have taken the same view.
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