Is Jesus the Lion of Judah?

RevelationMan · May 30, 2020

In Rev 5:5 it describes the Lamb as the Lion of Judah and the Root of David. In Rev 22:16 Jesus declares who he is by stating that "I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star." When Jesus is describing who he is why doesn't he say he is the Lion of Judah when it seems clear he is the Lamb of God? There seems to be a reason he left out the Lion of Judah when he describes himself. Why did he leave it out of the description or is it not significant that he left out the Lion of Judah? What are your thoughts?

Magenta · May 30, 2020

Here is an interesting/informative page on the matter

FrankChatter · May 30, 2020

Once John proclaims Jesus a the Lion of Judah he doesn't have yo keep proclaiming it.

RevelationMan · May 30, 2020

FrankChatter said:

By the same token John proclaimed that Jesus is the Root of David and Jesus included that in his statement so why leave out the Lion of Judah?

FrankChatter · May 30, 2020

RevelationMan said:

John didn't calling him the morning star while Jesus said he is, why didn't John call him that?

RevelationMan · May 30, 2020

FrankChatter said:

Right...so is there a slight difference between the Lamb and Jesus? Could Jesus be the angel of the Lamb?

FrankChatter · May 30, 2020

RevelationMan said:

Which verse are you referring to with "angel of the lamb"

RevelationMan · May 30, 2020

FrankChatter said:

i'm just pointing out that if there is a slight difference between the Lamb and Jesus then the slight difference is that Jesus may be the angel of the Lamb.

JamOn · May 30, 2020

RevelationMan said:

slight like the devils into details.

RevelationMan · May 30, 2020

RevelationMan said:

When he comes as the Lamb he is the Lion of the tribe of Judah, but when he comes as Jesus he is not the Lion but rather the Bright Morning Star. And I might add when he comes as the Word of God he wears many crowns and comes as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

Lanolin · May 30, 2020

because hes the lamb,
He is not the lion. the lion kills the lamb but the lamb is resurrected. Jesus cannot be both, and its said throughout revelation about 20 times he is the Lamb of God (and in gospel of John) so I dont know why people keep insisting hes the lion.

They must be reading too much Narnia, which is not scripture, its a fantasy tale.

RevelationMan · May 30, 2020

Lanolin said:

Rev 5:5 says that the Lamb is the Lion of the tribe of Judah so if Jesus is the Lamb he is also the Lion. And scripture says that the devil roams around like a roaring lion the devil is NOT the lion he only acts like it. Jesus is the Lamb of God but the Lamb is also the Lion.

Magenta · May 30, 2020

RevelationMan said:

To say the devil roams about like a hungry lion is not equivalent to saying he is the Lion of Judah.

RevelationMan · May 30, 2020

Magenta said:

Please reread my post...i did not say that the devil IS the lion i said the devil is NOT the lion.

Magenta · May 30, 2020

RevelationMan said:

Did I say you said that? Hmmm, no, I did not

Here is another informative page on the matter

tourist · May 30, 2020

RevelationMan said:

OK, now who's the lion again?

Deuteronomy · May 30, 2020

I believe that we first see the association between a lion and Jesus in Jacob's blessing of his son, Judah (a passage where Jacob also makes prophetic statements about King David, and his Son, the Messiah .. who comes from the tribe of Judah .. e.g. Matthew 2:6; Hebrews 7:14).

Genesis 49

8 Judah, your brothers shall praise you;

Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;

Your father’s sons shall bow down to you.

9 Judah is a lion’s whelp;

From the prey, my son, you have gone up.

He couches, he lies down as a lion,

And as a lion, who dares rouse him up?

10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah,

Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,

Until Shiloh comes,

And to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

11 He ties his foal to the vine,

And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine;

He washes his garments in wine,

And his robes in the blood of grapes.

12 His eyes are dull from wine,

And his teeth white from milk.

~Deut

Deuteronomy · May 30, 2020

Whoops, I see that @Magenta had already pointed the above facts out at the link she left for us in her first post, the one that I failed to read. Sorry about that sister.

Actually, thank you for sharing the links in both of your posts with us. They are both, interesting and informative

~Deut

dcontroversal · May 30, 2020

Yes, he is......he is also......

The Son of Man
The Son of God
The Great I AM
The Good Shepherd
The Bread of Life
The Resurrection and the Life
The Messiah
The Savior
The KING of Kings
The LORD of Lords
The First and the LAST
The ALPHA AND OMEGA
The TRUE anf LIVING WAY (LITERAL TRANSLATION)
The TRUE Vine
The CREATOR And SUSTAINER OF LIFE
The ONLY begotten Son of GOD
The LIGHT of the WORLD
The DOOR
The Sacrifice for Sins
The Advocate of man
The Beginning and the End
The Physical ICON of the invisible Heavenly Father
The judge, jury and executioner of justice
The God of Heaven

All glory to the HEAVENLY FATHER through JESUS!!

garee · Jun 1, 2020

RevelationMan said:

In Rev 5:5 it describes the Lamb as the Lion of Judah and the Root of David. In Rev 22:16 Jesus declares who he is by stating that "I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star." When Jesus is describing who he is why doesn't he say he is the Lion of Judah when it seems clear he is the Lamb of God? There seems to be a reason he left out the Lion of Judah when he describes himself. Why did he leave it out of the description or is it not significant that he left out the Lion of Judah? What are your thoughts?

It was mentioned in chapter five. Chapter 22 refines it adding to the lion

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