Today, according to prophecy, David's sceptre blossomed; Aaron's ever-green branch produced Christ, our Branch of strength. Today, a young virgin came forth from Judas and David, bearing the mark of sovereignty and priesthood which, according to the order of Melchisedech, was received from Aaron. Today, grace, purifying the mystical principle of divine priesthood, has symbolically woven her clothing out of Leviticus' seed, and God has dyed it royal purple with the blood of David. Today, in short, the reformation of our nature starts and the old world, subjected to a special divine transformation, is experiencing the beginnings of the second creation.