am the root and offspring of David.

He is of the root from whence David sprung as well as the offspring of David.

The bright and morning star.

The morning star is the harbinger of the day. When it appears in the east we know that the day is at hand. He is also the Sun of Righteousness, but the symbol used here rather signifies that he is the assurance that the long night of ignorance, sin and sorrow, which have shrouded the earth, shall pass away and that the morning of eternal redemption shall come.

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