Alfred Seth Bradley (Church of God General Conference) teaches that the "Ancient of Days" in Daniel 7 is not a person but "the olden times" (i.e., an epoch in salvation history).
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- Speech / Court Transcript
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- Alfred Seth Bradley Non-LDS
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Alfred Seth Bradley in The Nichol-Bradley Debate: C.R. Nicol, Christian, A.S. Bradley, Materialist. Held at Rule, Texas; April 20-22, 1906. Reported by W. W. Golden 3rd ed (Clifton, Texas: Nichol Publishing Company, 1907), 98-99
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- Nichol Publishing Company, W. W. Golden
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- Charles Ready Nichol, Alfred Seth Bradley
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- Reading Public
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Now we call your attention to Dan. 7:13, 14, again. My friend has had much to say about this passage, but let us look at it carefully: "And I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed." My opponent says that the Ancient of days is God. He is wrong about it. The Ancient of days is "the olden times."
[Mr. Nichol: "Will you please restate that? Mr. Bradley: "Yes sir." God is not the Ancient of days; the Ancient of days is "the olden times."]
- BHR Staff Commentary
Alfred Seth Bradley is said to be a “materialist” in the book containing the debate transcripts. At the time, this term meant someone who was a proponent of soul sleep ("conditional immortality), not our modern understanding of a "materialist."
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