Who Shall Rouse The Lion Of Judah?

I. EXORDIUM:

Who is the Lion of Judah?

JESUS.

Revelation 5:5 (Amplified Bible)

Then one of the elders [of the heavenly Sanhedrin] said to me, Stop weeping! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root (Source) of David, has won (has overcome and conquered)! He can open the scroll and break its seven seals!

II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:

Believers/unbelievers

III. OBJECTIVES:

To show that JESUS as Lion of Judah will come in Second Coming, no one will dare oppose Him in the Judgement Day.

IV. TEXT:

Genesis 49:9 (Amplified Bible)

Judah, a lion’s cub! With the prey, my son, you have gone high up [the mountain]. He stooped down, he crouched like a lion, and like a lioness—who dares provoke and rouse him?

V. THESIS:

Praise, worship, glorify, adore, bless, honor, acknowledge and thank You very much LORD JESUS for You are the Lion of the tribe of Judah, You are Wisdom and Understanding, and I fear You with reverential and obedient fear, Your Judgements are just and upright for the people.

Isaiah 11:1-2 (Amplified Bible)

AND THERE shall come forth a Shoot out of the stock of Jesse [David’s father], and a Branch out of his roots shall grow and bear fruit.

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 reverential and obedient fear of the Lord—

Revelation 19:2 (Amplified Bible)

Because His judgments (His condemnation and punishment, His sentences of doom) are true and sound and just and upright. He has judged (convicted, pronounced sentence, and doomed) the great and notorious harlot (idolatress) who corrupted and demoralized and poisoned the earth with her lewdness and adultery (idolatry). And He has avenged (visited on her the penalty for) the blood of His servants at her hand.

VI. TITLE:

Who shall rouse the Lion of Judah?

VII. EXPLICATION:

A. Author: Moses

B. Date written: 1450 - 1410 B.C.

C. Purpose: Book of Origins

D. To whom written: People of Israel

E. Main theme: Man's sin and initial steps for his redemption initiated by GOD.

F. Keyword: Beginning

G. Key verse: First Messianic Promise -

Genesis 3:15 (Amplified Bible)

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her Offspring; He will bruise and tread your head underfoot, and you will lie in wait and bruise His heel.

VIII. MAIN BODY:

Genesis 49:9 (Amplified Bible)

Judah, a lion’s cub! With the prey, my son, you have gone high up [the mountain]. He stooped down, he crouched like a lion, and like a lioness—who dares provoke and rouse him?

Genesis 49:9 (King James Version)

Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

A. JESUS - the Lion of Judah

"Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion;"

Judah from the Hebrew word meaning "celebrated" or "praise". Lion is a quadruped of the genus Felis, very strong, fierce and rapacious. The largest lions are eight or nine feet in length. The male has a thick head, beset with long bushy hair of a yellowish color. The lion is a native of Africa and the warm climates of Asia. His aspect is noble, his gait stately, and his roar tremendous. (According to Webster's dictionary)

Hosea 5:14 (Amplified Bible)

For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will rend and go on [rending]; I will carry off and there will be no one to deliver.

Why does the LORD appear as a lion to His people? It's because: Hosea 5:4

Hosea 5:4 (Amplified Bible)

Their doings will not permit them to return to their God, for the spirit of harlotry is within them and they know not the Lord [they do not recognize, appreciate, give heed to, or cherish the Lord].

In our LORD's first coming, He appeared as a Lamb of GOD, as a sacrifice. Now in His Second Coming, He will appear as a Lion, the One who eats the prey, the prey or His victims are the wicked people who rejected His Grace. The time of grace has run out, the grace period has run out, now He will judge as a Lion of Judah, fierced, noble, stately and the wicked people who have rejected His Gifts of Grace during the Grace period of this new testament will hear Him roar like a lion.

1 Corinthians 15:24 (Amplified Bible)

After that comes the end (the completion), when He delivers over the kingdom to God the Father after rendering inoperative and abolishing every [other] rule and every authority and power.