Continuing with the theme from last week concerning how many have been falling away from the faith and denouncing YESHUA and the New Testament, I wanted to offer more proof from the Old Testament found in Genesis proving that YESHUA is who He says He is. We will begin by looking at the text from the Masoretic and then compare it to the Septuagint to get a clearer meaning.
Genesis 49:8-10 (Masoretic)
“You, Yehudah (Judah), your brothers praise you; your hand is on the neck of your enemies; your father’s children bow down before you. Judah is a lion’s cub; from the prey you have gone up, my son! He bowed down, he crouched like a lion. And like a lion, who rouses him? The scepter shall not turn aside from Judah, nor a Lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes, and to Him is the obedience of peoples.”
Genesis 49:8-10 (Septuagint)
“Yehudah (Judah) your brothers have praised you and your hands shall be on the back of your enemies; your father’s sons shall honor you. Judah is a lion’s cub: from the tender plant, my son you have gone up, having couched you lie as a lion as a cub; who shall stir him up? A RULER shall not fail from JUDAH nor PRINCE (KING) from his thighs, until there comes the things stored up for Him; and He is the EXPECTATION OF THE (NATIONS) GENTILES.”
We can see in the Septuagint version that the prophecy of YESHUA was clear that from the tribe of Judah there would not fail to be a Ruler/King and that this Ruler would be the expectation to the gentiles. This ties into another prophecy by the prophet Micah that matches what Jacob said.
YESHUA a King from Judah
Micah 5:2 (Parenthesis mine)
“And you Beyt Lehem (City YESHUA was born), house of Ephrathah, are few in number to be reckoned among the thousands of Yehudah (Judah); yet out of you one shall come out to me, to be a RULER of Yisra’el; and his goings out were from the beginning, even from the days of eternity.”
The prophecy of Micah shows the divinity of YESHUA that He is the Aramaic word “The Miltha” The Physical Manifestation of YAHWEH and the Substance of YAHWEH Who existed from the very beginning before the creation of the world and shows that He would become flesh. David understood that there would be a ruler of from his bloodline from his tribe of Judah to sit on the throne as Jacob prophesied over Judah because YAHWEH promised Him this, which means that YESHUA would descend from him to fill this prophecy:
2 Samuel 7:16-29
“And your house and your reign are to be steadfast FOREVER before you- your throne is established FOREVER. According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David. And King David went in and sat before YAHWEH and he said, “Who am I, O Master YAHWEH? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far? And yet this was a small matter in Your eyes, O Master YAHWEH. And You have also spoken of Your servant’s house FOR A GREAT WHILE TO COME. And is this the teaching of man, O Master YAHWEH? And what more does David say to You? For You, My Master YAHWEH, know Your servant. Verse 25 “And now, O YAHWEH ELOHIM, the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house, establish it forever and do as You have said. And let Your Name be made great forever, saying, ‘YAHWEH Sabaoth is the ELOHIM over Yisra’el.’ And let the house of Your Servant David be established before You. For You, O YAHWEH Sabaoth (Hosts), the ELOHIM of Yisra’el, have revealed this to Your servant saying, ‘I build you a house.’ Therefore, Your servant has taken heart to pray this prayer to You. And now, O My Master YAHWEH, You are ELOHIM, and your words are true, and You have spoken this goodness to Your Servant. And now, be pleased to bless the house of Your servant, to be before You, FOREVER. For You, O My Master YAHWEH, have spoken it, and with your blessings let the house of Your servant be blessed forever.”
Acts 13:22-23
“And having removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave witness and said, “I have found David the son of Jessie, a man after My own heart, who shall do all My desires.” From this one’s seed according to the promise, YAHWEH raised up for Yisra’el a Savior YESHUA.”
We see that YAHWEH established the house of David forever and of course David would not live forever, so this was a prophecy of our Messiah who would be King, which is why Ezekiel uses the colorful language to explain this end times prophecy:
Ezekiel 37:24
“And My servant David (YESHUA) shall be a Prince (KING) in the midst of them: there shall be one Shepherd for them all, for they shall walk in my decrees and keep my judgements and do them, and they shall dwell in their land, which I have given to my servant Jacob, where their ancestors dwelt; and they shall dwell on it; and David (YESHUA) my Servant shall be their KING FOREVER. And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will establish My sanctuary in the midst of them FOREVER. And My tabernacle shall be among them; and I will be to them ELOHIM and they shall be My people. And the nations shall know that I am YAHWEH that sanctifies them, when My Sanctuary is in the midst of them forever.”
Mathew 1:1
“The book of the genealogy of YESHUA HA’MASHIACH, Son of David, Son of Abraham…”
Here we see Mathew connects YESHUA to the lineage of David from the tribe of Judah showing that He is the rightful heir to the throne by calling Him the Son of David as YAHWEH promised him; and saying YESHUA is the Son of Abraham connects Him to being a Hebrew.
Luke 1:31-33
“And see, you shall conceive in your womb, and shall give birth to a Son, and call His Name YESHUA. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High. And YAHWEH ELOHIM shall give Him the THRONE OF HIS ANCESTOR DAVID. And He shall reign over the house of Jacob FOREVER, and there shall be NO END TO HIS REIGN.”
Revelation 22:16
“I, YESHUA, have sent My messenger to witness these to you in the assemblies. I am the Root and the Offspring of DAVID, the Bright and Morning Star.”
Revelation 5:5-9
“And one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. See, the Lion of the tribe of JUDAH, the Root of DAVID, overcame to open the scroll and to loosen its seven seals. And I looked and saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders a Lamb standing, as having been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are seven Spirits of ELOHIM sent out into all the earth. And He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him sitting on the throne. And when He took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a renewed song, saying, “You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals, because You were slain, and have redeemed us to YAHWEH by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and made us kings and priests to our ELOHIM, and we shall reign upon the earth.”
Psalm 45:6-7
“Your throne, O ELOHIM, is forever and ever; the scepter of Your reign is a scepter of straightness. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore ELOHIM, Your ELOHIM has anointed You with the oil of gladness more than our companions.”
Hebrews 1:5-9
“For to which of the messengers did He ever say, “You are My Son, today I have begotten You? An again, “I shall be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a son? And when he again brings the First-Begotten into the world, He says, “Let all the messengers of YAHWEH do reverence to Him.” And of the messengers indeed He says, “Who is making His messengers spirits and His servants a flame of fire.” But to the Son, “Your THRONE, O ELOHIM, is forever and ever, a scepter of straightness is the scepter of Your reign. You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. Because of this, YAHWEH, Your ELOHIM, has anointed You with the oil of gladness more than Your companions.”
Daniel 7:13
“I saw in the night vision and look, one coming with the clouds of heaven (See Mathew 26:64) as the Son of Man and He approached The Ancient of Days and was brought near to Him. And to Him was given the dominion and the honor and the KINGDOM; and all nations, tribes, and languages, shall serve Him: His dominion is an EVERLASTING dominion, which shall not pass away and His Kingdom shall not be destroyed.”
The prophecy of Jacob spoken back in Genesis 49 was all concerning YESHUA the Son of YAHWEH who will sit on the throne forever!
Light to the gentiles and He is the EXPECTATION OF THE (NATIONS) GENTILES
The other part of the prophecy that Jacob mentions outside of YESHUA being King is that He is the expectation of the nations/gentiles, meaning that His mission is to bring all people and nations to the truth and give them hope and salvation of the One true living ELOHIM, which would be through His blood drawing all unto Himself. And that they would walk in His Light and see this revelation. The beautiful thing is that we already see the gentiles being grafted into the nation of Yisra’el in the Old Testament. Ruth the Moabite, Caleb the Kezzinite, Elijah the Tishbite, Tamar the Caanite, etc. We also see the gentiles joining with Yisra’el in Exodus:
Exodus 12:37, 48-50 (Septuagint)
“And the children of Yisra’el having departed from Ramses to Sukkot, to the full number of 600,000 footmen, even men besides the baggage. And a GREAT MIXED COMPANY (Gentiles) went up with them and sheep and oxen and very much cattle.” Verse 48-50“And if any proselyte comes to you to keep the Passover to YAHWEH, you shall circumcise every male of his and then he shall approach to sacrifice it and he shall be even as the ORIGINAL INHABITANT of the land; no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. There shall be one Torah to the native and to the proselyte coming among you. And the children of Yisra’el did as YAHWEH commanded Moses and Aaron for them, so they did.
Now through YESHUA the entire world would be able to receive the RUACH HA’KODESH if they believe; and have repentance unto life as we know that YESHUA died for the world.
Galatians 3:26-29
“For you are all sons of ELOHIM through belief in Messiah YESHUA. For as many of you as were immersed into Messiah have put on Messiah. There is not Jew nor Greek, there is not slave nor free, there is not male and female, for you are all ONE in Messiah YESHUA. And if you are of Messiah, then you are seed of Abraham and heirs according to the promise.”
Light to gentiles
Luke 2:29-32
“Now let Your servant go in peace, O My Master, according to Your word, for my eyes have seen Your deliverance, which You have prepared before the face of all the peoples, A LIGHT FOR THE UNVEILING OF THE GENTILES, and the esteem of Your people Yisra’el.”
Isaiah 42:6 (Septuagint)
“I YAHWEH have called You in righteousness and will hold your hand and will strengthen You and I have given You the covenant of a race, for A LIGHT OF THE GENTILES.”
Isaiah 49:6 (Septuagint)
“And He said to me, it is a great thing for You to be called My Servant, to establish the tribes of Jacob and to recover the dispersion of Yisra’el: see, I have given to You the covenant a race, as a LIGHT OF THE GENTILES, that you should be as salvation to the end of the earth.”
What is light?
Proverbs 6:23
“For the command is a lamp, and the Torah a LIGHT.”
John 3:19-21
“And this is the judgement, that the Light (YESHUA/TORAH) has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light (TORAH), for their works were wicked (Lawlessness). For everyone who is practicing evil hates the Light and does not come to the Light, lest his works should be exposed (Lawlessness). But the one doing the truth comes to the Light, so that his works are clearly seen, that they have been wrought in ELOHIM.”
John 8:12
“Therefore YESHUA spoke to them again, saying “I am the LIGHT of the world. He who follows Me shall by no means walk in darkness (lawlessness) but possess the light of life.”
This means that the gentiles would see the truth of YESHUA who is the Light aka The Living Torah and would have to walk just as the native-born obeying the commands of Torah, because the native-born were disobedient to YAHWEH, so He sent salvation to the gentiles because they would listen. Which is further evidence that the gentiles grafted in are not called to walk in darkness (law done away with) but to walk in the light (Torah the guidelines of instructions which Christianity calls the Law.)
Deuteronomy 32:21
“They made Me jealous by what is not EL, they provoked Me with their worthlessness. But I make them jealous by those who are no people, I provoke them with a foolish nation (gentiles).
2 Esdras 1:24, 35-37
“What shall I do unto you, O Jacob? You, Judah, would not OBEY ME. I shall turn Myself to other nations (gentiles) and to them I shall give My NAME, THAT THEY MAY GUARD MY LAWS. Verse 35 I shall give your houses to a people that shall come (gentiles) who having not yet heard of Me, SHALL BELIEVE ME; to whom I have showed no signs, YET THEY SHALL DO WHAT I HAVE COMMANDED THEM.” They have seen no prophets, yet they call their sins to remembrance (repentance) and acknowledge them. I call to witness the favor of the people to come, whose little ones rejoice in gladness, and though they have not seen Me with bodily eyes, yet in spirit they believe the Word that I say.”
Acts 13:46-48
“But speaking boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, “It was necessary that the Word of ELOHIM should be spoken to you first (Jews), but since you thrust it away, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, see, we turn to the GENTILES. For so the Master has commanded us, ‘I have appointed you to be a LIGHT TO THE GENTILES, that you should be for deliverance to the ends of the earth.” And when the gentiles heard this they were GLAD and praised the Word of YAHWEH. And as many as had been appointed to everlasting life believed.”
Acts 26:22-23
“Therefore, having obtained help from ELOHIM to this day I stand witnessing both to small and great, saying nil else than what the Prophets and Moses said would come- that HA’MASHIACH would suffer, would be the first to rise from the dead, He would proclaim LIGHT (TORAH) TO THE PEOPLE AND TO THE GENTILES.”
Enoch 48:2-6
“And at that hour the Son of Man was named in the presence of the Master Spirits, and His name before the Head of Days. Yes, before the sun and the signs were created, before the stars of the heaven were made, His Name was named before the Master of Spirits. He will be a staff to the righteous on which to steady themselves and not fall, and He will be THE LIGHT OF THE NATIONS, and the hope of those who are troubled in heart. All who dwell on earth shall fall down and worship before Him, and will praise and bless and celebrate the Master of Spirits with song. And for this reason He has been chosen and hidden before Him, before the creation of the world and forevermore.”
In conclusion we see that from the writings of Enoch that YESHUA was already prophesied to be the light to the gentiles from the very beginning, so Jacob was just speaking what was to happen through his son Judah’s lineage, that YESHUA the Son of YAHWEH would be King and a light to the gentiles. All proving again that all must accept YESHUA because the Old Testament is filled with prophecies concerning YESHUA!
May our Father YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!