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1 | Was Jacob a Prophet for Christians? | John 8:50 | Makarios | 225225 | ||
Greetings Alegrio Maduk, You ask, "Will the prophecy of Jacob concerning his sons (Genesis 49:3-27) can be fulfilled or not?" This poem or "Blessing of Jacob" which prophesied the tribes of Israel proved true: * Reuben's descendants were characterized by indecision (see Judges 5:15-16) * Simeon's descendants were absorbed into the territory of Judah (see Josh. 19:1,9) * Levi's descendants were dispersed throughout the land, living in 48 towns and serving as priests (Gen. 48:6; Numbers 35:2,7; Josh. 14:4; 21:41) * Judah is often pictured as a lion (Numbers 24:9; Ezek. 19:1-7; Micah 5:8), and Judah's greatest descendant, Jesus Christ, is Himself "the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah" (Rev. 5:5) * Zebulun's descendants were close enough to the Mediterranean to "draw out of the abundance of the seas" (Deut. 33:19) * Dan's descendants would later be involved in treachery (Judges 18:27). Samson, from the tribe of Dan, single-handedly held the Philistines at bay (Judges 14-16) * As they were East of the Jordan (Joshua 13:24-27), the descendants of Gad were vulnerable to raids from the Moabites to the south (2 Kings 3:4) * Asher's descendants had access to fertile farmlands (Joshua 19:24-30) * Naphtali's descendants would dwell in a somewhat isolated location in the hill country north of the Sea of Galilee (Josh. 19:32-38) * Ephraim would be victorious in battle (Judges 8:1; 12:1; Josh. 17:14-18), later prosper (Hosea 12:8) and gain supremacy (Josh. 16:9; Isaiah 7:1-2; Hosea 13:1) * Manasseh's descendants would inhabit the Trans-jordan area of Gilead (Numbers 32:33) * Benjamin's descendants would be savage and know war: Ehud (Judges 3:12-30), Saul and Jonathan (1 Sam. 11-15) and Judges 19-21 This prophecy of Jacob has absolutely nothing to do with John 8:50. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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2 | Does prophecy for Dan be fulifilled? | John 8:50 | Alegrio Maduk | 225231 | ||
Is there no consonance with Genesis 49:16 with Isaiah 42:1 and John 8:50 and also Genesis 49:17 with Isaiah 42:16-17? | ||||||
3 | Does prophecy for Dan be fulifilled? | John 8:50 | loavesnfish | 232095 | ||
In Genesis 49:16-17, Dan is represented as a judge, i.e. deliverer, of Israel despite the fact that Dan was never a very populous tribe. An adder strikes directly at what it can reach and depends on its poison rather than constriction to kill whatever is threatening it. The adder does not leave its position to strike like a lion would, but waits vigilantly for the enemy to come within striking distance. Then even a very large, powerful enemy like a horse, which could easily destroy the adder by stepping on it, is destroyed instead. So Dan defends both himself and his brethren in warfare. This is NOT related to the anti-idolatry verses of Isaiah 42:16-17 which contrasts those who trust in God with those who trust in idols, or 42:1 which is speaking of one who brings judgment by his law (verse 4) without warfare. John 8:50 specifies one "who seeks" which the adder does not do, so this does not refer to Dan either. Christians would say that Jesus is the messiah as portrayed in Isaiah 42 and that Jesus referred to the Father in John 8:50, who was previously mentioned in verses 47 and 49. Does that help? | ||||||