They had no medical attention and were slammed in a stony jail with many others and no comfort. What do they do? They SING! They sing praises to God, so that the whole jail can hear them. And what happens? An earthquake! Prisoners come to faith, doors swing open, and even the jailer repents and brings his whole family to accept Yeshua as Lord.
See what I mean? It expresses such love and trust to God, such honor. I think this is the reason that God decided that Judah would be the ancestor of David, and ultimately the Messiah. Ez Walter C. Facebook-f Twitter Instagram Youtube Pinterest. OFI Partner. The Mysterious Choice of Judah. Share on facebook. Share on twitter. Share on pinterest. Share on reddit. Share on whatsapp. Share on email. Share on print. The royal scepter was given to Judah There is the line of thinking that King David was to descend from the tribe of Judah, therefore the Messiah must come from the tribe that David belonged to.
We could also include the special calling of Moses Ex. It is logical, then, to rightly assume that since Judah was not a firstborn he was pre-elected to be the chosen line of Israel. This would mean his earthly line would consist of kings and eventually Jesus, King of the Jews.
This was the part of the birthright blessing that lay dormant until the time of Judah. Therefore, this suggests there were 2 aspects, or parts, to the birthright blessing:. Part 1: Inheriting the land and all the father has; usually a blessing to be fruitful. Note : The Bible does not call these two features Part 1 and 2; these are my designations for use in this article. Understanding the 2 parts; how the concept of birthright was initiated by God and handed down.
This birthright inheritance for firstborn sons, comprising Parts 1 and 2, was handed down in the elect line to Noah and continued after the flood by Shem, from whom Abraham later descended. God gave Abraham a blessing in Gen. At that time these two parts were still combined into one all-inclusive blessing. There was no separation of the two parts yet. Still an all-inclusive blessing, Abraham handed it down to his firstborn Isaac, who in turn handed it down to Jacob.
In preparation for the need of a specially chosen royal line containing the divine right to be kings, God decided when Jacob was nearing death it was time the birthright blessing containing the two features should be divided. Jacob, on his deathbed, gave Joseph and Judah their blessings also his other sons. Therefore, Joseph, who was the firstborn of Jacob's second wife, Rachel, was placed in his stead. There may be some confusion about Joseph being called the firstborn, when we know he was actually Jacob's eleventh son.
However, he was only Jacob's eleventh son chronologically in order of time , but he was the firstborn of Jacob's 2nd wife, Rachel. Here is Jacob's genealogy chart for his wives and sons, showing Joseph as the eleventh son, but the firstborn of Rachel:.
Also, when Joseph was ruling in Egypt and sent his brothers back for their father but wanted them to leave Benjamin, the youngest, behind with him, Judah was willing to sacrifice his own freedom, even die, so Benjamin could return to his father. The line of kings begins. Saul was the first king of Israel.
Another was foisted upon him by the trickery of his father-in-law, and the other two mothers were maidservants and only wives for convenience. With that said, this article is about Judah. No; in fact, he had three older brothers: Reuben, the firstborn, followed by Simeon and Levi. Here, I will endeavor to show there were reasons why Judah is mentioned in the two ancestries of Jesus in Matthew and Luke, to the exclusion of all his other brothers—even Joseph. Jacob had sent Joseph to see how his brothers were doing with the sheep.
Initially, they had headed to Shechem, but, perhaps because the pasture there was not as lush as they had hoped, they went on to Dothan. A kind man directed Joseph to that area of Canaan. They wanted to kill him, throw his body into a pit, and tell their father a wild beast must have killed and devoured him.
I said most of the brothers, for Reuben, the senior brother, remonstrated with them, telling them they must not kill him but put him into a pit. He had plans to retrieve the young fellow and deliver him safely to his father. Shortly afterward, Reuben must have gone some distance away to check on their flocks, for when he returned, Joseph was not to be found—not in the pit or anywhere Reuben looked.
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