Jesus said, “I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.” Revelation 22:17 What does Jesus mean? I believe Jesus is saying that He is the Root of David which comes from the stump of Jesse: “Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him - the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord. And He will delight in the fear of the Lord. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear, but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips. Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.” Isaiah 11:1-5 The stump of Jesse and the Root of David come from the same family tree - the same genealogy. The “root” of a family comes from the same originator, often known as a forbearer or an ancestor, and Jesse was King David’s father. The genealogy found in Matthew Chapter 1 and Luke Chapter 3 show that Jesus descended from the line of Jesse and his son, King David. The Hebrew word used for “root” is sheresh - and it implies that a root will remain alive by the branch that shoots up from it. Now the God of Israel chose their fathers; and He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt - and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land. He endured their conduct for about forty years while they were wandering through the wilderness. And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, God gave their land to His people as an inheritance. All this took about 450 years. After that, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet. Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them forty years under Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin. After removing Saul, God raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’ From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised. Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not the One - But He is coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’ Children of God - It is to us that this message of salvation has been sent! The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read on every Sabbath. And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to executed Him. When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb. But Death could not hold Him down, and Jesus rose again! Hallelujah! For many days Jesus was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These were the first witnesses to the resurrection of the Messiah - and then, after walking the earth as a resurrected man, Jesus rose on a cloud and ascended into Heaven. His disciples were with Him - and they testified to His ascension. And now we proclaim the good news: What God promised to the fathers of Israel, He has fulfilled! By raising up Jesus - Jesus has become the Messiah for the Gentiles and the Jews. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’ The Lamb of God, stood without sin, and offered himself as a living sacrifice for us. Through Jesus everyone who believes in Him is justified from everything that humans could not do by the Law of Moses. Now we live by the Law of Christ. We must remember Jesus did not come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. He came to fulfill them. He is the Son of God who stands without sin. We must be cautious, because the adversary of God is crouching at the door, waiting to find someone to devour. All Christians are currently in the Lions Den. We are all sheep among ravenous wolves. We must keep our eyes focused like Stephen - on Jesus. Watch out, then, that what was spoken by the prophets does not happen to you: ‘Do not spend too much time denying God because you will perish! The Lord Jesus is our Savior and our King, and He will soon be coming back again. Will your oil be ready? Will your lamp be burning? Most of the words of this poem come from Acts 13:16-41. Tomorrow I will focus in on the Morning Star. I believe I wrote about it before. I will have to go back in my poems and explore.
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