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.”
·
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)
·
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)
Genesis 49:9, 10……The
scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet,
until Shiloh comes; and to Him shall be the obedience of the people.
Isaiah 11:1, 2, 10
There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow
out of his roots…..
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