After Moses came from the presence of the Lord, his face shone so that he needed to place a veil over it (Exodus 34:29–35). Paul recorded that with the coming of Jesus Christ something greater has arrived (2 Corinthians 4:7–11). Here is a now man whose face shone too, but even brighter than Moses’, and it is not veiled. The one like a son of man clearly has come from the presence of God himself; he’s clearly more than any earthly sovereign (such as Nero).
16 In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.