While on the island of Patmos, the Apostle John describes his vision: “And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne, a book written within and without, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice: Who is worthy to open this book and to open its seals? And no one could, neither in heaven, nor on earth, nor under the earth, open this book, nor look into it. And I cried a lot because no one was found worthy to open and read this book, and even to look into it. And one of the elders said to me: do not cry; Here, lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome, and is able to open this book and open its seven seals. And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood A lamb as if slain having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth."(Rev.5:1-6).

All these seals served as a signal for the beginning of certain events taking place on earth. No one was worthy to set anything in motion except one—Jesus Christ, who is “Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty” (Rev. 1:8). Everything is in the power and authority of Christ - the lion from the tribe of Judah, about whom one of the elders spoke.

But looking towards the throne, instead of a formidable lion, the apostle saw a meek Lamb. This is not a play on words in Scripture. These are two sides of the character of our Lord, Jesus Christ. He is a mighty, reigning lion, and, at the same time, a meek, humble Lamb.

Lion of the Tribe of Judah

Blessing his sons, Jacob says about one of them: “The young lion Judah, from the prey, my son, rises. He bowed down, lay down like a lion and like a lioness: who will raise him up?(Genesis 49:9) The lion is a wild, strong, but noble animal, the king of beasts. When a lion roars, the sound can be heard up to 10 kilometers away. When he gets up, stretches and walks, everything around him begins to move. This is a winner who does not suffer defeat and does not miss his prey.

It is not for nothing that Jesus is called the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. The Gospel of Luke says: “When a strong man guards his house with arms, then his property is safe; when his strongest attacks him and defeats him, then he will take all his weapons in which he hoped and divide what was stolen from him.”(Luke 11:21-22).

Jesus Christ is the Strongest! Revenge is always His. No matter how sad everything looks in our lives, no matter what people say, Christ is able to overcome any circumstances. It is written that Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil (1 John 3:8), and also that He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil (Acts 10:38). It's about attack, about attack. The Devil, like a strong guard with a weapon, possesses people, but the Strongest One comes, attacks and defeats him, saving precious souls.

Lamb of God

The other side of Christ’s character is meekness, harmlessness, and the complete absence of evil. The lamb does not resist when it is shorn and led to the slaughter: “He was tortured, but He suffered voluntarily and did not open His mouth; He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb that is silent before its shearers, so He opened not His mouth.”(Isa.53:7).

When we are in God's presence, we feel completely safe. We are comfortable and easy, because God is Love. Even if He convicts us of something, it does not look like an attack or attack, but like an adjustment, the right direction in which we should go for our good.

Unfortunately, sometimes in the Christian world people get things mixed up. They become “lions” towards each other, “roar” at brothers and sisters, and “bleat” like “lambs” before the devil.

Of course, within us there is a need to attack, to attack, to conquer, like lions. We are called to have the character of Christ because we are born of God and created in His image. But we need to remember that "our abuse(war, battle) not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in high places.”(Eph.6:12). It is very important not to confuse the areas in which we realize this need. You need to fight and attack in the spiritual world. And if Christians do not do this, they begin to attack other people, sort things out with them, attack and compete. They direct their ardor in the wrong direction.

What should our relationship be like with other Christians, even if we disagree with them in some way? The Bible says: “Be kind to one another with brotherly love; warn each other in respect"(Rom. 12:10). The word “warn” has several meanings. In this verse it means “to get ahead.” We can be ahead of each other in expressing respect and love! Another translation says: “Love one another as brothers with all your heart, be devoted to one another as brothers.”

The Apostle Paul also writes: “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vanity, but in humility of mind consider one another better than yourselves.”(Phil.2:3). It's about gentleness versus competition. This is the character of the Lamb who once said: “Greater love has no one than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”(John 15:13).

Gen 49:9 ...Young a lion Judas, from the spoils, my son, rises...
Gen 49:9 ...He bowed down and lay down as a lion and like a lioness:..
Numbers 23:24 ...Behold, the people stand up like a lioness, and a lion rises;..
Numbers 24:9 ...He bowed down and lay down like a lion and like a lioness, who will raise him?..
Deuteronomy 33:20 ...he rests as a lion and crushes both the muscle and the head;...
Deuteronomy 33:22 ...Young Dan a lion who runs out of Bashan...
Judges 14:5 ...behold, young man a lion growling coming towards him...
1 Samuel 17:34 ...and when it happened that he came a lion or a bear...
1 Kings 13:24 ...And I met him on the road a lion and killed him...
1 Kings 13:24 ...and the donkey stood beside him, and a lion stood next to the body...
1 Kings 13:28 ...and the donkey and a lion stood next to the body;..
1 Kings 13:28 ... a lion did not eat the body and did not break the donkey...
1 Kings 20:36 ...will kill you a lion when you leave me...
1 Kings 20:36 ...He left him, and a lion, having met him, killed him...
Job 4:11 ...mighty a lion perishes without prey...
Job 10:16 ...You pursue me like a lion,..
Psalm 9:30 ...lurks in secret places, like a lion in the lair;..
Psalm 21:14... How a lion, hungry for prey and roaring...
Proverbs 22:13 ...The sluggard says: a lion on the street!..
Proverbs 26:13 ...The sluggard says: a lion on road! a lion in the squares!...
Proverbs 28:1 ...but the righteous is as bold as a lion...
Proverbs 28:15 ...Like one who roars a lion and a hungry bear...
Proverbs 30:30... a lion, a strong man among animals, will not step aside in front of anyone;..
Isaiah 11:6 ...both the calf and the young a lion and the ox will be together...
Isaiah 11:7 ...and a lion He will eat straw like an ox...
Isaiah 21:8 ...and cried out, How a lion: my lord!..
Isaiah 31:4 ...as a lion like a skimen roaring over his prey...
Isaiah 65:25 ...and a lion He will eat straw like an ox...
Jeremiah 2:30 ...your prophets have been devoured by your sword as one that destroys a lion...
Jer 4:7 ...It turns out a lion from your thicket...
Jeremiah 5:6 ...Therefore he will smite them a lion from the forest...
Jeremiah 12:8 ...My portion has become for Me as a lion In the woods;..
Jeremiah 25:38 ...He left His habitation as a lion;..
Jeremiah 49:19 ...Behold, he rises as a lion,..
Jeremiah 50:44 ...Behold, he rises as a lion, from the rise of the Jordan...
Lamentations 3:10... How would a lion in a hidden place...
Ezekiel 22:25 ...as a lion roaring, tormenting prey;..
Eze 32:2 ...and say to him, You are like a young man a lion between peoples...
Dan 7:4 ...First - how a lion, but he has eagle wings;..
Hos 5:14 ...For I am as a lion for Ephraim and as a tabernacle for the house of Judah;...
Os 11:10 ...how a lion He will give His voice...
Hos 13:7 ...And I will be like unto them a lion,..
Amos 3:4 ...Does it roar? a lion In the woods,..
Am 3:8 ... a lion began to roar - who wouldn’t shudder?..
Micah 5:8 ...as a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a skimen among a flock of sheep...
Nahum 2:11 ...on which he walked a lion, lioness and lion cub,..
Nahum 2:12 ... a lion who kidnaps his puppies for feeding...

1 Peter 5:8 ...walks like one roaring a lion looking for someone to devour...
Rev 5:5 ...behold, a lion from the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has overcome...
Rev 10:3 ...and he cried with a loud voice like a roarer a lion;..

3Ez 11:37 ...And I saw: behold, it was as if a lion, running out of the forest and roaring...
3Ez 12:1 ...When a lion spoke these words to the eagle, I saw...
3Ride 12:31 ... a lion, whom you saw rising from the forest and roaring...
Sir 4:34 ...Don't be like a lion, in your house...
Sir 27:10 ...How a lion lies in wait for the prey, so also for the sins of those who do injustice...
Sir 27:31 ...as a lion, they will lie in wait for him...
Sir 28:26 ...he will be sent against them as a lion,

Do not Cry, says, for if the book is inaccessible to Angels, then certainly not for God, who became man for the sake of people, Who in humanity is the Root of David, and in His Divinity the Creator.

St. Gregory Palamas

And one of the elders said to me: Do not weep, behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome, and can open this book and open its seven seals.

Tikonius

In one of the elders we recognize the collective face of the prophets, whose famous prophecies that Christ from the tribe of Judah would redeem the world with His blood were the consolation of the Church. We read a prophecy about Him: The young lion Judah, my son, rises from his prey. He bowed down, lay down like a lion and like a lioness: who will raise him?(Genesis 49:9) After all, about Him, who voluntarily accepted death without guilt and trampled upon the death he accepted by force, is taught both as a lion and as a lamb; and in ancient times he truly threatened death, saying through the mouth of Hosea: I will be your destruction, death, your wound, hell(Hosea 13:14), and Isaiah: This is the root of Jesse, which will grow as a deliverance for the nations; the Gentiles will turn to it, and its rest will be glorious.(Isaiah 11:10) Truly, every believer, when in solitude he earnestly laments his sins, remembers the promise of forgiveness thanks to the comforts of the Scriptures(Rom 15:4) and knows that he has hope of eternal salvation. What I say is confirmed by a similar answer from one of the elders. For the same reason, he, referring to the past, foreshadows the future, for which the Spirit secretly reveals the future in past events.

Commentary on the Apocalypse.

Blazh. Augustine of Ipponsky

And one of the elders said to me: do not cry; Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome, [and can] open this book and open its seven seals

Therefore, the true victory of our Lord Jesus Christ has been achieved, since He was resurrected and ascended into heaven. Therefore, what you heard when the Apocalypse was read was fulfilled: the lion of the tribe of Judah was victorious. He is called a lion, and He is called a lamb: a lion because of valor, a lamb because of innocence. Because the lion is invincible, and the lamb is meek. This slain Lamb conquered by his death lion looking for someone to devour(1 Peter 5:8) . After all, the devil is called a lion because of his savagery, and not because of his valor. The Apostle Peter says: we should beware of temptations, because, he says, your adversary the devil walks<… >looking for someone to devour. But how does he walk? He says: Like a roaring lion, he walks around, looking for someone to devour. Who would have escaped the teeth of this lion if the Lion of the tribe of Judah had not prevailed? Lion versus lion, lamb versus wolf. The devil rejoiced when Christ died, but in the death of Christ itself the devil was defeated - as if he had received bait in a mousetrap. He rejoiced at death, as if placed at the head of death: what he rejoiced at was directed from there to that. The devil's mousetrap is the cross of the Lord: the bait with which he is caught is the death of the Lord. But look, our Lord, Jesus Christ, has risen!

About whom the prophet had previously foretold: like a ram appointed as a sacrifice, and like a lamb before him who sheared it remained silent, so He did not open His mouth. Who is he? Isn’t He the one about whom the prophet talks and says: in the humility of His judgment He was taken; but who will explain His generation?(Isa. 53:7 -8). I see an example of such [limitless] humility [only] in a King of such [limitless] power. For He is like a lamb before the shearers, not opening His mouth(Isa. 53:7), Himself is the lion of the tribe of Judah. Who is this lamb and lion - He died like a lamb and trampled like a lion. Who is this lamb and lion? - Meek and brave, kind and terrifying, harmless and powerful, silent condemned and indignant Accuser. Who is this lamb and lion? He is the lamb in suffering, the lion in resurrection. Or perhaps there is a lamb and a lion in the suffering, and a lamb and a lion in the resurrection?

Let's look at the lamb in suffering. It has just been said: just as a lamb is silent before its shearers, so He did not open His mouth. Let's look at the lion in suffering. Jacob said: rises, sleeps, bowing like a lion. Let's look at the lamb in the resurrection. The Apocalypse, as it speaks of the eternal glory of women, says: follow the Lamb wherever He goes(Rev. 14:4) . Let's look at the lion in the resurrection. The Apocalypse says the same thing that I already said above: the lion of the tribe of Judah... won, and can open this book. Why is the lamb suffering? Because the guilty one accepted death without guilt. Why is the lion in pain? Because the slain destroyed death. Why is there a lamb in the resurrection? Because His innocence is eternal. Why is there a lion in the resurrection? Because his power is eternal.

Sermons.

Ecumenius

And one of the elders said to me: do not cry; Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome, [and can] open this book and open its seven seals

As it is said, He who overcame our conqueror, the devil, opened the book and the seals. Who was the lion of the tribe of Judah? Of course, Christ, about whom Patriarch Jacob said: he bowed down, lay down like a lion and like a lioness: who will raise him up?(Gen. 49:9) . And that the Lord came from Judas in the flesh, the divine apostle testifies: for it is known that our Lord rose from the tribe of Judah(Hebrews 7:14) Some may wonder why he does not call Him, following Isaiah, a branch from the root of Jesse and a branch that grew from the root(Isa. 11:1), but by the root of David. He says this, showing that according to human nature He was a branch that grew from the root of Jesse and David, and according to Divine nature, He Himself is the root not only of David, but also of every creation, sensually visible and intelligent, - since He is the author of all existence, as it has been said before.

(1st book of Moses), where the Israelite tribe of Judah has a lion as its symbol.

Old Testament

Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1974) with the Lion of Judah in the center

In Judaism, the biblical Judas (Hebrew Yehuda), which gave its name to the tribe of Judah, was traditionally associated with the symbol of the lion. In the 1st book of Moses, the forefather Jacob blesses his son Judah, calling him Gur Arieh, which translated from Hebrew means young lion(Genesis 49.9): " The young lion Judah, my son, rises from his prey. He bowed down, lay down like a lion and like a lioness: who will raise him?" It was a tradition in ancient Judea to combine one's own name with a nickname.

Due to the fact that subsequently the tribe of Judah became the most powerful among the ancient Israelite clans, both in ancient Judea and among the Jews of the New Age, the pronunciation variants and translations of the word “lion” preserved its synonymy with the concept “Judah” (Yehuda). Leib in Yiddish means a lion. Also a very common modern Jewish name Ari(or Ariel) is translated as a lion.

New Testament

In the Christian tradition it is often a lion is one of the symbols of Christ. Various Christian organizations use it in their name or as their logo. The Lion of Judah is mentioned in the Revelation of John the Theologian (Revelation 5:5): “ And one of the elders said to me: Do not weep, behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome and can open this book and open its seven seals.»

In Christian Ethiopia, the Lion of Judah was one of the sacred symbols of the power of the imperial power.

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And finally, the last thing.

The first and last name of this person is known from prophecies.

Name: Vladimir (Vanga, monk the seer Abel).

Last name: Let us turn to the “Revelation” of John the Theologian, verse 5.5.

"5. 5 And one of the elders said to me: Do not weep; behold, the conqueror, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, is able to open this book and open its seven seals.”

Undoubtedly, all theologians and interpreters of the Bible and in particular the “Revelation” of I. Theologian do not have a question regarding the origin of the Messiah, that “... the conqueror, the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David ....”. Here is their interpretation of each word and phrase: “The Winner” is the Messiah who must defeat the Antichrist; "Lion" is the King; "Tribe of Judah" - one of the 12 tribes of Israel - the reigning family of Judah; "Root of David" - the roots of the Messiah's origins stretch back to King David. But is this really so? Let’s remove the phrase “from the tribe of Judah” from the sentence, consider the statement “…..the conqueror, the lion…………., the root of David” and ask the question: “from which of the 12 tribes of Israel does the Messiah come?” The answer will be told to us by the Old and New Testaments, where the origin of King David is described, i.e. from the tribe of Judah. Why did I. Theologian (according to all interpreters) assert 2 times, and consecutively, in one line, that Leo was from the reigning family of Judah? I think that it was enough to state once that the King comes from the root of David, which is already clear that he (David) is from the reigning family of Judah. Therefore, the phrase Leo “from the tribe of Judah” in the interpretation “Lion from one of the 12 tribes of Israel—the reigning family of Judah”—is erroneous. From this we can conclude that I. Theologian argued that Leo “from the tribe of Judah” (…ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς Ἰούδα….(Gr.)) in the modern understanding Leo “by the surname Judin (De)” (Ioudine (Fr. ) in Russian meaning Leo “by the last name Yudin". And in this case the phrase will look like this: “...... the winner, the lion, by the last name Yudin, the root of David...."

I present one more concrete argument in favor of this statement.

Original Rev. verse 5.5 and 7.5 in Greek.

“5.5….. ἐνίκησεν ὁ λέων ὁ ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς Ἰούδα, ἡ ῥίζα Δαυίδ,….”. The generally accepted translation: “….the conqueror, the lion, from the tribe of Judah, the root of David…..”.”

"7.5 δώδεκα χιλιάδες,...". The generally accepted translation: “7.5 From the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand were sealed...”, then the remaining tribes of the children of Israel are listed.

And if verse 7.5 really speaks of the tribe (tribe) of Judah (ἐκ φυλῆς Ἰούδα) and other tribes of the sons of Israel, then in verse 5.5 before the phrase φυλῆς Ἰούδα there is a definite article τῆς (as in English The or German Der, D ie , Das), indicating a first or last name. Hence “…ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς Ἰούδα…) is translated into Russian as “…..by the last name Yudin…..”

The meaning of the word Winner is revealed in the previous chapters.

The remaining signs of this person, reflected in the prophecies, are of a general nature and cannot be identified as a person. But as they say, “an autopsy will show” (Second line Ts9.K84. “After he finds out about his origin”)

Now we can understand the prophecies of Malachi about the last Pope - “Petrus Romanus”. That the origin of this person and the main events, such as the birth of an illegitimate ancestor, the hiding of “enchanted treasures”, the relics of both Marys, documents of origin and other artifacts, the establishment of the “Grand Lodge of England” are associated with the times of Peter I Romanov.