Day 4 focuses on Christ as the Key of David, the one who has the authority to open and shut, the one who comes to bring liberation to the oppressed and release to the captives (Isaiah 22:22 and 42:7). Jesus would reiterate his mission in the gospel of Luke by aligning his mission with the vision of the kingdom of God put forward in Isaiah 61. The Spirit of Lord comes to bring liberty, to open the door of salvation, to bring Jubilee to the house of David, and to open the door to the Gentiles.
O Clavis David
O Clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel;
qui aperis, et nemo claudit;
claudis, et nemo aperit:
veni, et educ vinctum de domo carceris,
sedentem in tenebris, et umbra mortis.
O Key of David and sceptre of the House of Israel;
you open and no one can shut;
you shut and no one can open:
Come and lead the prisoners from the prison house,
those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.
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