a title of Messiah: “And there shall come forth a rod out of the
stem of Jesse, and a BRANCH shall grow out of his roots,” Isaiah xi, 1.
See also Zech. iii, 8; vi, 12; Jer. xxiii, 5; xxxiii, 15. When Christ is
represented as a slender twig, shooting out from the trunk of an old
tree lopped to the very root and decayed, and becoming itself a mighty
tree, reference is made, 1. To the kingly dignity of Christ, springing
up from the decayed house of David; 2. To the exaltation which was to
succeed his humbled condition on earth, and to the glory and vigour of
his mediatorial reign.
stem of Jesse, and a BRANCH shall grow out of his roots,” Isaiah xi, 1.
See also Zech. iii, 8; vi, 12; Jer. xxiii, 5; xxxiii, 15. When Christ is
represented as a slender twig, shooting out from the trunk of an old
tree lopped to the very root and decayed, and becoming itself a mighty
tree, reference is made, 1. To the kingly dignity of Christ, springing
up from the decayed house of David; 2. To the exaltation which was to
succeed his humbled condition on earth, and to the glory and vigour of
his mediatorial reign.