And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse,
and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,
the spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse,
which shall stand for an ensign of the people;
to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
Isaiah 11:1-2, 10 KJV
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“We see a bare, withered tree stump, robbed of its trunk and top,
and it looks as though the stump will never bear any fruit any more.
But, a small shoot sprouts from the root of this dry stump
which is the Davidic dynasty.
Because of its unsightliness and misery,
it is not named after David but after his father.
When Christ was born, there was nothing royal about that dynasty.
But a new shoot sprang from this old stem.”
Harry Bultema
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