Westminster Presbyterian Church, Alexandria Va

Daniel’s vision of a “Son of Man” who comes down from heaven is a vision of a savior whose kingdom takes root in the kingdom of the world – the reign of the “one like a human being” is a reign of God that renders secondary if not illegitimate the reigns and rules we know on earth. Jesus Christ as “Son of Man,” this “one like a human being,” can lift us above the disease that has become endemic in our culture of looking to politics for our identity and filling our identity with our politics. Faith in a transcendent Son of Man – rather than one who simply melds with and blesses our political dreams and demonization – can help us renew our public life without being defined by it. Rev. Dr. Larry Hayward preaches on Christ the King Sunday. The Scripture lesson is Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14.