The Root of David: Difference between revisions

{{quote5 |내용= “I, '''Jesus''', have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the '''Root''' and the Offspring '''of David''', and the bright Morning Star.” |출처=[https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Revelation+22%3A16&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 Revelation 22:16] }}

The Root of David prophesied in Revelation 5 does not refer to Jesus who came 2,000 years ago. It refers to Second Coming Christ because it was after Jesus’ ascension when God’s scroll was sealed and the truth of the new covenant disappeared and the rules of men became widespread. In Revelation 5, it is written that the person who opens God’s scroll is the “Root of David” and that the “Lamb that had been slain” would open the scroll and its seven seals.

{{quote5 |내용=Then I saw a '''Lamb''', looking as if it '''had been slain''', standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. . . . He came and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne. . . . “You are '''worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals''', . . .”|출처=[https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Revelation+5%3A6-9&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 Revelation 5:6–9] }}

The “Root of David” is the “Lamb who had been slain.” The Lamb is also a term that refers to Jesus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=John+1%3A29&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=John 1:29 |quote= }}</ref> Since the death of the Lamb means Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross, the “Lamb that had been slain” is Jesus who will come again after His [[Suffering on the Cross|suffering on the cross]]. In other words, the prophecy that the Root of David will open the sealed scroll means that Jesus will come a second time to this earth and give salvation to mankind by restoring the truth of the new covenant.