The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. The obedience of the peoples will be to him.The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come; And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.
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… he stretches out like a lion, like a lioness. Who dares rouse him up? The scepter, that is the ruling staff, the scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him, and the obedience of the people is his, binding his foal to the vine, and his donkey's colt to the choice vine. Okay, what does that mean? Well, what Jacob was saying was, Judah, from your offspring will come the kings. From your offspring will come the kings of all of my other children. It's you who's gonna have the rulers who are gonna come from you. And then he describes Judah as a lion, and I just think this is lovely. You're a lion. Who doesn't wanna be the lion? And if you go to Israel today, you're gonna find there are lions around because the Jewish people are from the tribe of Judah. That's where the name comes from, Jude or Judah. Jewish people. And so the lion is an important signal and symbol in Israel today. And King David, you remember, what lion was David from? You want to guess? Judah, of course, we know that, right? …
"Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise." Genesis 49:8. THESE words were spoken by the Patriarch Jacob when he blessed his sons as he lay a-dying. But before he finished Judah's blessing, the good old man seemed to forget his son and to turn his thoughts to Jesus, our Lord, of whom Judah was a very significant type. Jacob compared Judah to a lion and a lion's whelp—and in the Revelation we read that one of the elders said to John, "The Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book, and to loosen the seven seals thereof." In the 10th verse of this Chapter we have Jacob's notable prophecy concerning the coming of Christ, "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and unto Him shall the gathering of the people be." I intend only to speak about Judah so far as he is a type of Christ, and I trust that I shall, by the Holy Spirit's gracious guidance, move all the brethren of the Lord Jesus Christ to praise Him, so that I shall be able to reverently say to Him, "Jesus, You are He whom Your brothers shall praise." So I shall speak, first, concerning the praise of Judah and the praise of Jesus. And then, secondly, concerning the glories of Judah as setting forth the glories of Jesus. …
… then you have a nation out of that race and then you, you push another number, and up comes a tribe of that nation. Genesis CHAPTER 49 AND VERSE 10 tells us that Messiah is going to come of the tribe of Judah. And then you continue to dial and you push another number and you find out that the Messiah is going to come out of a certain family of that tribe. And Messiah has to be a descendant of Jesse. Then you push another number and you find out that the Messiah is going to come out of a certain woman out of that family. Isaiah chapter seven verse 14, A VERY unusual woman, she is going to be a virgin. You push another number and you find out where this woman is going to be when Messiah is born. In Micah five verse two, it must be in Bethlehem. Then you push another number and you get the time where Messiah is going to be born in Bethlehem of this woman, of that family, of that tribe, of that nation, of that section of that race. The phone rings and Jesus is on the other end. I mean, dear friend, it's just, it, God just keeps on, uh, tightening the focus. It, it's incredible how the scripture is fulfilled in the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus said, I didn't come to destroy the Old Testament, I came to fulfill it. It is amazing how these Old Testament prophets painted a portrait of Lord Jesus. Could you paint a portrait of somebody having not …
I. 1. Let us, in the First place, inquire, What times were those concerning which our Lord is here speaking? It is easy to answer; the times of the Messiah; the times ordained before the foundation of the world, wherein it pleased God to give his only begotten Son, to take our nature upon him, to be “found in fashion as a man,” to live a life of sorrow and pain, and, at length, to be “obedient unto death, even the death of the cross,” to the end that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” This was the important time the signs whereof the Pharisees and Sadducees could not discern. Clear as they were in themselves, yet so thick a veil was upon the heart of these men, that they did not discern the tokens of his coming, though foretold so long before. 2. But what were those signs of the coming of that Just One, which had been so long and so clearly foretold, and whereby they might easily have discerned those times, had not the veil been on their heart? They are many in number; but it may suffice to mention a few of them. One of the first is that pointed out in the solemn words, spoken by Jacob a little before his death: (Gen. 49:10:) “The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come.” All, both ancient and modern Jews, agree, that by Shiloh we are to understand the Messiah; who was therefore to come, according to the prophecy, “before the sceptre,” that is, the sovereignty, “departed from Judah.” But it did, without controversy, depart from Judah at this very time; — an infallible sign, that at this very time Shiloh, that is, the Messiah, came. …