Page 9 - 05 The Heavenly Sanctuary Continued

DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 5 – The Heavenly Sanctuary (continued)
the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of

David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to

loose the seven seals thereof.” Why one of the

elders should impart this information to John

in preference to some other being, does not

appear, unless it is that having been

redeemed, they would be especially

interested in all that pertained to the welfare

of the church on earth. Christ is here called the

“Lion of the tribe of Juda.” Why called a lion?

and why of the tribe of Judah? — As to the

first, it is probably to denote his strength. As

the lion is the king of beasts, the monarch of

the forest, he thus becomes a fit emblem of

kingly authority and power. “Of the tribe of

Juda.” Doubtless he receives this appellation

from the prophecy in Genesis 49:9, 10.