The Root of David
The “Root of David” is one of the titles that refer to Christ. It is derived from the “Root of Jesse,”[1] and shows that the Messiah was born through David’s lineage just as David, the second king of the unified kingdom of Israel, was born of Jesse’s lineage.[2] The term “Root of David” appears twice in the book of Revelation, and it is prophesied that He is the only one who can open the scroll of God sealed with the seven seals.
The Root of David and Revealing of the Truth
God’s Scroll Is Sealed
The prophecy about the Root of David is found in Revelation 5.
Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside.
God is the One who sits on the throne. The scroll of God was sealed with seven seals, which means that it has been completely sealed. Apostle John wept and wept when he saw the revelation because no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll; if the scroll was not opened, no one would be saved. The book of Isaiah in the Old Testament also has a record about the sealed scroll. It is written that God’s vision is nothing but words sealed in a scroll to those who claim to believe in God but keep rules taught by men, not the commandments of God, because wisdom and intelligence vanish from them.
For you this whole vision is nothing but words sealed in a scroll. And if you give the scroll to someone who can read, and say to him, “Read this, please,” he will answer, “I can’t; it is sealed.” Or if you give the scroll to someone who cannot read, and say, “Read this, please,” he will answer, “I don’t know how to read.” The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men. Therefore once more I will astound these people with wonder upon wonder; the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.”
The Bible is a book that contains visions from God for our salvation; however, not everyone can understand this book just because they claim to believe in God. To those who keep the rules of men, they are like a sealed book; no matter how many times they read it, they cannot understand its true meaning.
The Lost Truth and the Root of David
Jesus Christ ascended to heaven after preaching the gospel of the new covenant such as the Passover and the Sabbath day for the salvation of mankind;[3][4] however, after the death of the apostles, men’s opinions were added to the gospel of Christ, and changed doctrines began to appear. At that time, Mithraism, a form of sun god worship, was prevalent in the Roman Empire. In the 2nd century, the Western Church, which was centered in Rome, accepted Sunday worship, the holy day of the sun god. In addition, the Western Church did not celebrate the Holy Supper on the Passover, but did on Resurrection Day, which fell on the Sunday following the Passover.
The Eastern Church, which held fast to the truth of the new covenant, kept the Sabbath and the Passover until the 4th century,[5][6] the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine. After Constantine’s edict of Milan was declared, however, the church quickly became secularized. As a decree was issued on AD 321, declaring Sunday as the day of rest, all the churches abandoned the Sabbath and started worshiping on Sunday. In AD 325, the Passover was abolished during the Council of Nicaea when the decision was made to hold the Holy Supper on Resurrection Day. December 25, the annual festival to commemorate the birth of the sun god Mithra, entered the church with the name Christmas and was celebrated as the birthday of Jesus. Eventually, the truth completely disappeared, and the rules of men took its place. To those who keep the commands of men, the Bible becomes a sealed book.[7] God revealed this situation to Apostle John by showing him His book being sealed with seven seals. In the 16th century, many religious reformers shouted for the reformation of faith, criticizing the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church. During this period, various Protestant denominations such as Lutheran, Presbyterian, Baptist, and Methodist were formed; however, they did not recover the truth of the new covenant and still followed rules taught by men such as Sunday worship and Christmas. Numerous scholars and religious leaders studied and taught the Bible to people, but none of them recovered the truth that Jesus and the apostles kept. It is because no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth is able to reveal the truth.[8] No one will be saved if the truth remains sealed. This means that the way to salvation can be opened only when the book sealed with the seven seals is opened. The Root of David is the only one who can open this scroll.
Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
The Root of David and the Second Coming Christ
The Root of David refers to Jesus.
“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.”
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.
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, . . .”
The “Root of David” is the “Lamb who had been slain.” The Lamb is also a term that refers to Jesus.[9] 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. 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.
The Root of David, Christ Ahnsahnghong
No one can reveal the sealed truth of the new covenant except Second Coming Christ, the Root of David. The Passover had not been kept since its abolishment at the Council of Nicaea in AD 325. For about 1,600 years, there were numerous theologians and religious leaders, but no one ever taught that people should keep the Passover of the new covenant. It is because they are not the Root of David.
It is Christ Ahnsahnghong who revealed the truth of the new covenant in this age. Throughout His life, Christ Ahnsahnghong taught that God’s people should keep the Passover of the new covenant to receive the blessing of eternal life. He restored the truth of the new covenant according to the Bible, including the Passover, the seven feasts in three times, the Sabbath day, and women’s veil. Christ Ahnsahnghong, who restored all the truth in the Bible which had been sealed since the time of the early Church, is the Root of David, the Christ whom mankind must seek in order to receive salvation.[10]
See also
External links
Related videos
- Sermon: The Church Established by the Root of David & the Truth of the New Covenant
References
- ↑ "Isaiah 11:1, 10".
- ↑ "Romans 1:3–4".
- ↑ "Luke 22:15".
- ↑ "Luke 4:16".
- ↑ Henry Bannerman, The Modern Sabbath Examined, London: Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot, 2012, pg. 274
- ↑ Earle E. Cairns, Christianity Through the Centuries, pg. 112
- ↑ "Isaiah 29:11–14".
- ↑ "Revelation 5:2–3".
- ↑ "John 1:29".
- ↑ "Hosea 3:5".