Jehovah Was Girdling His ((Loins)) and ((Breasts
quoted from the most famous Coptic Orthodox interpreter:
Antonius Fikry:
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,
quoted from the most famous Coptic Orthodox interpreter:
Antonius Fikry:
Note:
The haqween: a metaphor for the rear hansh or buttocks
The Book of Daniel, Chapter 10:
Verses (5-9): “I lifted up and looked, and behold, a man clothed in linen, and his loins were girded with Uphaz gold. His body was like a beryl, and his face was like the appearance of lightning, and his eyes were like torches of fire, and his arms and his feet were like the eyes of burnished bronze, and the voice of his words was like the voice of a multitude. Then I, Daniel, saw the vision alone, and the men who were with me did not see the vision, but a great trembling fell upon them, and they fled to hide themselves. So I was left alone, and I saw this great vision, and no strength remained in me, and my freshness was turned in me to corruption, and I retained no strength. And I heard the voice of his words, and when I heard the voice of his words, I was in a deep sleep on my face, with my face to the ground.”
Here we find one of the appearances of Christ before the incarnation. Daniel saw him in the same image that John the Seer saw him in the Book of Revelation. Wearing linen = he is a high priest. And his loins were girded, while in (Rev. 1:13) “He was girded at the breasts .” The reason is that when Daniel saw him, he was preparing for the incarnation, so he girded his loins in preparation for a service, just as he girded himself on the day he washed his disciples’ feet. While John saw him girded at the breast as judges do, so here he is preparing for judgment, that is, for the Day of Judgment. Gold or won = the finest type of gold, and gold symbolizes the heavenly things