But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the
Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.”
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He who bears the office of Mediator between God
and man, is fit and worthy to open and execute all the counsels of God towards
men. (MH)
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One of the elders (not an angel) rescues John from his grief, showing him the
one who has prevailed to open the
scroll. The one is the great figure of Old Testament prophecy: the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of
David, Messiah of Israel and of the Gentiles. (DG)
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