The Root and the Offspring
“I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, [and] the bright and morning star.” (Revelation22v16)
“And David said, Solomon my son [is] young and tender, and the house [that is] to be builded for the LORD [must be] exceeding magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will [therefore] now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.”( I Chronicles 22v5,14)
The scriptures in Revelation and in Chronicles above are much related in principle; one is symbolic of the other. Both speak of the relationship between David and His offspring, Solomon. One (David) is a foundation builder; the other (Solomon) is the builder of the external building. David's works are internal with much trouble, war and hidden to the external world while Solomon's works are external, with much glory and rest which is to be manifested to the external world for fame, glory and honor of the Lord's name in the nations around.
We find in revelation 22v16 that Christ Jesus is the root (David) and offspring (Solomon) of David. The root speaks of death and the offspring speaks of resurrection. David is symbolic of death - while Solomon is symbolic of resurrection. Christ Jesus is not only the root of David (death) but He is also the offspring (resurrection), neither is he only the offspring (resurrection). We cannot get the offspring without the root, neither is the purpose of the root accomplice without the offspring.
The truth of this principle has many facets... and to look at it one sided is to dim the whole picture. We can look at it comparatively as related to the Lords work in building and extending His kingdom through His Church, or individually as related to the building of His person, the new man (Christ) in us.
Comparatively, as related to the Lords work through His church, there seems to be out of His sovereign Choice a David company and a Solomon company. The David Companies are foundation builders and speak more to the church than the world. The power they carry within may hardly manifest without as related to gifts, yet they have a weighty power in their words to bring saints to their knees. Most of this company suffer more opposition, war, and trouble as foundation builders, yet at the end of the day they may not be able to point you to something of external importance that they have built for the honor of the Lord. And sometimes even if there is such a thing in any measure the sprit will forbid them to announce it. There record is not external but internal, which not only heaven knows about but even demons and satanic powers tremble and know about their internal influence against Satan's kingdom.
The Solomon companies are those who out of sovereign Choice bring God's Kingdom to be manifested in the earth. The power they carry within manifests without through mighty signs and wonders to act as foundation and builders of Gods kingdom eternally. They are agents of revival. They may speak more to the world than the church, or equally speak to the church as they speak to the world. Yet we are not to confuse this company with the so much fleshy external works that are out of the order and leadership of the Holy Spirit. If we had more of this company today the world might not be as it is today. Any place or corner the Lord raises such a company, there is always an impact to those around them, for when the power within manifest without there is always a glory which goes against natural laws and bring sinners into awe and repentance.
Finally, individually this principle of the root and offspring of David works in us, to build Christ in us. Before we reap the fruits of the root, we must know the sowing in tears. In David (Death) the Lord lead us into an unknowing, blindness, of what is to be next, a contentment of the present providence, faithfulness in the little things, and a leaving of the future fears and worries into His care. We are taught to live in the providence of the Divine Life that comes to us through His Grace and to stop trusting ourselves and ability, forgetting our past victories and failures. We look Him in the Presence; His Grace in the presence and sure through this present grace in us we overcome the weakness of the present. And here, by His Present Grace, we become safe from the battle, challenges and the temptations of the present and here we witness the truth that it is of this present grace we became saved from our afflictions weakness and temptations, and not because of our own strength (Ephesian2v8-9). And so the work becomes His and not ours, and therefore the flesh will have nothing to glory in, having no work to do in the presence of His grace and Here we witness the truth “That no flesh might glory in His presence”.
We see it looks like this issue of death and resurrection happen simultaneously yet that is not the case. It is just that the moment David stopped building the temple, room was given for Solomon to build. That is the moment our self ceases trying to do what only Christ is assigned to do, we are giving room for the offspring or resurrection. If David had said, “no Lord I will build the temple”, out of His natural perception of goodness or zeal for the Lord, there would have been a disorder, chaos and loss; a reverse and a giving of a crown to another. An eternal order is already passed in Christ, that the David in us ((Flesh) cannot build the temple, but Solomon, the fruit of God in the dead flesh. It is the work of His present grace in us that can save us from our present struggles, weakness, failures etc.
Amen
James Jarjou
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