The root of Dawid?

Shalom,

How many times has something like this happened to you? You open the fridge or cabinet looking for something, and cannot find it. You turn to your spouse and ask them where is it, only to find that it is right there in front of your eyes, right there in the middle. Often times it seems things that should be obvious are hidden, hidden in plain sight.

If I were to ask you what your root is, would you tell me of your offspring or your ancestors? How could I, for so many years during my Christian upbringing believe that the root of Dawid was his offspring? It is only due to doctrinal obsfucation that I could have come to such a conclusion. Even in Micah it is quite clear that this one is an ancestor, not an offspring:

Mi 5:2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

His goings forth are from the old days, from days long before. The book of Revelation says this:

Rev 5:5 And one of the elders is saying to me, "Do no lament! Lo! He conquers! The Lion out of the tribe of Judah, the Root of Dawid, is to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals!"

That is from the Concordant Version of the New Testament, still the most literal translation of both the New Testament and Tanakh that I have yet to find. The problem is though it claims that this root of Dawid is the lion from out of the tribe of Judah. But then in the very next verse claims he is a lambkin. How can that be? Is he a lion or a lamb? Well, as far as I know, there is no punctuation in the Greek or Hebrew. I would punctuate it differently:

Rev 5:5 And one of the elders is saying to me, "Do no lament! Lo! He conquers the Lion out of the tribe of Judah! The Root of Dawid is to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals!"

The root of Dawid conquered the lion from out of the tribe of Yehuda. Is it possible that this is a more accurate punctuation? If so, just who could this be referring to? Who conquered the lion from out of the tribe of Yehuda? Who is this so called lambkin?

A long long time ago a man, the chosen son of Yaqob, the firstborn of the barren mother, the one who was rejected by his own brothers, sold off into slavery due to Yehuda's suggestion, suffered, was falsely accused, and thru his suffering many were saved. The one who was believed dead, looked like some kind of Egyptian man god to his brothers while he tested their loyalty to their F/father, seemingly held their lives in his hands, and would receive the birthright passed from Abraham to Yitzchaq to Yaqob.

Isn't this somewhat obvious? The only other doctrinal obsfucation is the lineage of Dawid, which is a subject in itself, but it seems quite clear to me that Samuel identifies Dawid as an Ephramite (Sam 17:12) who dwelled in the town of Bethlehem (as also stated in Micah) that was in the tribal region of Yehuda (there is another Bethlehem which was in the tribal region of Zebulun). But that is another study that I will gladly share my findings on if any find this "foolishness" of interest.

I will also add that if you notice John's imagery, the 4 alive ones (beasts) that surround the throne of YHWH are the 4 encampments as described in the wilderness, and the 24 elders would be the 24 names from Adam to Yaqob whom approved of YHWH's choice of Yoseph as head and birthright holder.

Sincerely,
Tom