08/10/2026
THE LION OF JUDAH
I tried to find the right words for explaining who the lion is. Then I found out that scripture already has done this. Many times in our lives we struggle trying to understand who God is. We search for answers online and read books and commentaries that only tells what someone else thinks of God. Meanwhile, the answers to our questions await for us in the dusty pages of an old book, the Bible. This book might be old, but it is alive and so is its author. I encourage you to be inspired to read the scriptures and to allow the spirit of God to open your mind as you read. Sometimes that inspiration begins by looking into the lion’s eyes.
Jesus is the Lion of Judah. He is the one that rode the c**t and whose robes were stained by the blood of grapes. He is also the only one worthy of opening the scroll because He triumphed over death. That is why Judah means praise. Therefore, the Lion of Judah is worthy of our praise.
- Genesis 49:8-12
Judah, your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons will bow down to you. You are a lion’s cub, Judah; you return from the prey, my son. Like a lion he crouches and lies down, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him? The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he to whom it belongs shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his. He will tether his donkey to a vine, his c**t to the choicest branch; he will wash his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes. His eyes will be darker than wine, his teeth whiter than milk.
The lion is ALIVE!
- Revelation 5:1-5
Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.
Photo: Emily Koglin