December 5, Sem. David Woelmer

O Root of Jesse, standing as an ensign among the peoples, before whom all kings are mute, to whom the nations will do homage: Come quickly to deliver us.

Like the remnant of the house of Judah that will “take root downward and bear fruit upward (Is. 37:31),” the root of Jesse will be brought to life. This dead stump will bear fruit upward, and this fruit will be Jesus Christ the Righteous Branch. He will stand as a signal of salvation for the peoples and a resting place for the Gentiles (Rom. 15:12). However, He will also stand as a signal of wrath and fury for the kings of the earth who set themselves against Him (Psalm 2). He is the Lord’s Anointed. He is the King of Zion. He is the Son who possesses the ends of the earth (Psalm 24). Because the kings and rulers of this earth do not “kiss the Son” in fear (act of reverence) and honor, they will be forced to do so on the Last Day in fear (emotion of insecurity) and trembling.

The Church’s prayer for Jesus to “come quickly to deliver us” indicates our daily need to be freed from Satan’s tyranny. We need to daily be called forth from the prison of sin to trust in Christ’s mighty power to save. He gives us victory over the grave, and when He comes again in glory, He will usher in our eternal resting place to live in peace with Him forevermore..

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