ACC ~ Revelation 3 v7c

CHRIST IS FROM DAVID. TYCONIUS: “Who has the key of David,” that is, royal authority. He says “the key of David” either because Christ was born from his family or because David himself foretold many things concerning Christ. Through the dispensation of Christ, as though by a key, the secrets of the law and of the prophets and of the psalms were made manifest. Christ himself attests to this when he says, “Everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.” COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 3.7.

CHRIST HAS THE THRONE OF DAVID. OECUMENIUS: Since the key signifies the authority, when he says, “he who has the key of David,” it is clear that just as David ruled the physical Israel, so in addition to the physical Israel, I also rule the spiritual Israel. However, to be sure, the distinction of authority differs by an incomparable superiority. For, what equality does humankind have with God? And this good news the holy angel, Gabriel, spoke to the Virgin concerning the Lord: “And the Lord God will give to him the throne of David, his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there will be no end.”Therefore, since Christ possessed a likeness to the reign of David, it is appropriate that he speak of “him who has the key of David.” COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 3.7-13.

THE HOLY SPIRIT OPENS THE TREASURES OF KNOWLEDGE. ANDREW OF CAESAREA: His kingdom is called “the key of David,” for this is a symbol of authority. And, moreover, the Holy Spirit is the key of the book of the Psalms and of every prophecy, for through him the treasures of knowledge are opened. He received the first key according to his humanity, but the second key he possesses according to his deity, which has no beginning. Since in some of the copies there is written “hades” instead of “David,” through the image of the “key of hades” the authority of life and death is ascribed to Christ. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 3.7.

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