The Book of Revelation: The Vision of the Sealed Book (3)

The Lion of Judah's tribe is at the same time the root of David. But this symbol pictures in unmistakable language the unity of the old and the new dispensations. The kingdom of David from its spiritual side is no other than the kingdom of Christ in the new dispensation. The one kingdom is in its outward manifestation only typical of the other. In essence it was the same. For that same root that sprouted and brought forth a shoot that will develop into the new and everlasting kingdom of Christ...