WHEN I LOOK AT THIS EXCELLENT ARTWORK, I THINK OF THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH, JESUS CHRIST!

"5...BEHOLD, THE LION THAT IS OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH, THE ROOT OF DAVID, HAS OVERCOME TO OPEN THE BOOK AND THE SEVEN SEALS THEREOF: (REVELATION 5:5)

"1 AND THERE SHALL COME FORTH A SHOOT OUT OF THE STOCK OF JESSE, AND A BRANCH OUT OF HIS ROOTS SHALL BEAR FRUIT: 2 AND THE SPIRIT OF JEHOVAH SHALL REST UPON HIIM, THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING, THE SPIRIT OF COUNSEL AND MIGHT, THE SPIRIT OF KNOWLEDGE AND OF THE FEAR OF JEHOVAH; 3 AND HIS DELIGHT SHALL BE IN THE FEAR OF JEHOVAH; HE SHALL NOT JUDGE AFTER THE SIGHT OF HIS EYES, NEITHER DECIDE AFTER THE HEARING OF HIS EARS; 4 BUT WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL HE JUDGE THE POOR, AND DECIDE WITH EQUITY FOR THE MEEK OF THE EARTH WITH THE ROD OF HIS MOUTH, AND WITH THE BREATH OF HIS LIPS SHALL HE SLAY THE WICKED. 5 AND RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL BE THE GIRDLE OF HIS WAIST, AND FAITHFULLNESS THE GIRDLE OF HIS LOINS"; "10 AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THAT DAY, THAT THE ROOT OF JESSE THAT STANDS FOR AN ENSIGN OF THE PEOPLES, UNTO HIM SHALL THE NATIONS SEEK; AND HIS RESTING PLACE SHALL BE GLORIOUS." (ISAIAH 11:1-5, 10)

JESUS POINTED THIS OUT IN MATTHEW 22:42-46: "42 WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE CHRIST? WHOSE SON IS HE? THEY SAY TO HIM, THE SON OF DAVID. 43 HE SAYS TO THEM, HOW THEN DOES DAVID IN THE SPIRIT CALL HIM LORD, SAYING, 44 THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, SIT ON MY RIGHT HAND, TILL I PUT YOUR ENEMIES UNDER YOUR FEET? 45 IF DAVID THEN CALLED HIM LORD, HOW IS HE HIS SON? 46 AND NO ONE WAS ABLE TO ANSWER HIM A WORD, AND FROM THAT DAY ON DID ANYONE DARE TO ASK HIM ANY MORE QUESTIONS."

THIS SYMBOL OF JUDAH SHOWS HIS MAJESTIC POWER AND MIGHT, NOT ONLY BEING FROM THE ROYAL FAMILY OF DAVID, BUT ALSO THE ROOT OF DAVID, BECAUSE ALL THINGS WERE MADE THROUGH HIM: (JOHN 1:1-14; ACTS 2:22-36)