(Amos iii. 4, 8.)
When “the Lion of the tribe of Judah” is roused up for the rending, the Spirit describes the scene in Isa. xlii. 13:
“The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man,
He shall stir up jealousy like a man of war;
He shall cry, yea, roar;
He shall prevail against His enemies.”
And this is what is meant and included when the Elder says for John's comfort, “the Lion of the Tribe of Judah hath prevailed,” and hence, is “worthy ... to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing” (Rev. v.).
Whether we look, therefore, at the primeval Revelation in the heavens, or at the later Revelation in the Word, the story is one and the same.
And what we see of Leo and his work in both, we find developed and described in the three constellations of the Sign.