#184/Genesis 49
jacob prophEsies OVER HIS
12-SONS OF ISRAEL
BY APOSTLE JANICE L WILLIAMS
WEEKLY BIBLE STUDY FOR WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER 8TH-15th-22nd-29th, 2017
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD, 2017
REVIEW WBS #37/"THANKSGIVING BREAD OF LIFE"
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Genesis 49:1-33 TLB
1/ Then Jacob called together all his sons and said, "Gather around me and I will tell you what is going to happen to you in the days to come. 2/ Listen to me, O sons of Jacob; listen to Israel your father.
3/ "Reuben, you are my oldest son, the child of my vigorous youth. You are the head of the list in rank and in honor. 4/ But you are unruly as the wild waves of the sea, and you shall be first no longer. I am demoting you, for you slept with one of my wives and thus dishonored me.
5/ "Simeon and Levi are two of a kind. They are men of violence and injustice. 6/ O my soul, stay away from them. May I never be a party to their wicked plans. For in their anger they murdered a man, and maimed oxen just for fun. 7/ Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce and cruel. Therefore, I will scatter their descendants throughout Israel. {I will scatter their descendants throughout Israel. That is, the tribes of Simeon and Levi were not given land holdings, as were their brother tribes.}
8/ "Judah, your brothers shall praise you. You shall destroy your enemies. Your father's sons shall bow before you. 9/ Judah is a young lion that has finished eating its prey. He has settled down as a lion—who will dare to rouse him? 10/ The scepter shall not depart from Judah until Shiloh comes, {until Shiloh comes means also "until he comes to whom it belongs.} whom all people shall obey.
"Shiloh is used in the Talmud [an encyclopedia of Jewish tradition] as a personal name for the Messiah" In Genesis 49:10, we see prophecy that the Messiah (Jesus) will come from the tribe of Judah. The term "scepter" refers to a "ruler's staff," that served as the symbol of a king's honor, authority, and right to prescribe law and administer justice. Judah, was Jacob's fourth son and the father of the subsequent tribe of that name. The "reign" of Judah began with David, a king who descended from the patriarch. It culminated with the birth of the Messiah, Jesus, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. 
Matthew 1:3-6 NIV
3/ Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,
4/ Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon,
5/ Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,
6/ and Jesse the father of King David.
David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife. {Solomon's mother was Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite descendant of Ham. He was a soldier in David's army. She was bathing in her courtyard one evening when David spied her and became obsessed with her. Later Bathsheba got pregnant during an adulterous liaison with David; so David had Uriah killed in battle and then married his widow. David and Bathsheba's first baby died, but later Bathsheba got pregnant again and gave birth to Solomon then gave birth again to Nathan {Nathan received "second son blessing" to carry on the Judaic line of Christ}.
REVIEW WBS #173/GENESIS 38 JUDAH MARRIES A CANAANITE WOMAN, JUDAH FATHERS TWIN SONS BY HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, TAMAR
THROUGH THE BLOOD LINE OF MARY {THE SEED OF THE WOMAN} THE PROMISED MESSIAH IS BORN FROM THE TRIBE OF JUDAH.
Matthew 2:5-6 KJV
5/ And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
6/ And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. {reference Micah 5:2 KJV * 2/But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.}
Note: Ruth the Moabitess, and Rahab the harlot married men from the tribe of Judah and are also listed in the geneology of Jesus, see: Matthew 1:5.
EXCEPT FOR THE ANIMATED CLIPART, THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERT FROM "ANSWER: " TO THE QUESTION: "What is the meaning of the term 'Shiloh'? Is it a Messianic prophecy?" @: gotquestions.org/shiloh.html
"When Shiloh—the Messiah—came, the scepter of rule over Israel departed from Judah and rested in the hand of the King of Kings, where it remains today, although many still reject Him. He is the Lawgiver at whose feet we now sit for teaching in truth and righteousness through His Word, the Bible. The "obedience of the peoples" was and still is offered to Him, replacing obedience to the law of Moses.
From the beginning, there were great gatherings of people who heard Him preach and saw His miracles. Multitudes witnessed His death and His post-resurrection appearances. Multitudes more were converted to Christ, embraced His doctrines, professed His religion, and have lived in Him ever since. Here is the meaning of the "obedience of the peoples to him" (v. 10), which will continue until Shiloh comes again to rule and reign over all during the millennium. At that time, every knee will bow and every tongue confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of the Father (Philippians 2:9-11)."
Revelation 22:16 KJV * I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches.
the root and the offspring of David,
and the bright and morning star.
11/ He has chained his steed to the choicest vine and washed his clothes in wine.{washed his clothes in wine, showing wealth and extravagance.} 12/ His eyes are darker than wine and his teeth are whiter than milk.
13/ "Zebulun shall dwell on the shores of the sea and shall be a harbor for ships, with his borders extending to Sidon.
14/ "Issachar is a strong beast of burden resting among the saddlebags. 15/ When he saw how good the countryside was, how pleasant the land, he willingly bent his shoulder to the task and served his masters with vigor.
16/ "Dan shall govern his people like any other tribe in Israel. 17/ He shall be a serpent in the path that bites the horses' heels, so that the rider falls off. 18/ I trust in your salvation, Lord.
19/"A marauding band shall stamp upon Gad, but he shall rob and pursue them!
20/ "Asher shall produce rich foods, fit for kings!
21/ "Naphtali is a deer let loose, producing lovely fawns.
22/ "Joseph is a fruitful tree beside a fountain. His branches shade the wall. 23/ He has been severely injured by those who shot at him and persecuted him, 24/ but their weapons were shattered by the Mighty One of Jacob, the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel. 25/ May the God of your fathers, the Almighty, bless you with blessings of heaven above and of the earth beneath—blessings of the breasts and of the womb, 26/ blessings of the grain and flowers, blessings reaching to the utmost bounds of the everlasting hills. These shall be the blessings upon the head of Joseph who was exiled from his brothers.
27/ "Benjamin is a wolf that prowls. He devours his enemies in the morning, and in the evening divides the loot."
28/ So these are the blessings that Israel, their father, blessed his twelve sons with.
29/-30/ Then he told them, "Soon I will die. You must bury me with my fathers in the land of Canaan, in the cave in the field of Mach-pelah, facing Mamre—the field Abraham bought from Ephron the Hethite for a burial ground. 31/ There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife; and there I buried Leah. 32/ It is the cave which my grandfather Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth." 33/ Then, when Jacob had finished his prophecies to his sons, he lay back in the bed, breathed his last, and died.
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