創世記49:8-12

49:8 猶大啊，你弟兄們必讚美你；你手必掐住仇敵的頸項；你父親的兒子們必向你下拜。

49:9 猶大是個小獅子；我兒啊，你抓了食便上去。你屈下身去，臥如公獅，蹲如母獅，誰敢惹你？

49:10 圭必不離猶大，杖必不離他兩腳之間，直等細羅【就是賜平安者】來到，萬民都必歸順。

49:11 猶大把小驢拴在葡萄樹上，把驢駒拴在美好的葡萄樹上。他在葡萄酒中洗了衣服，在葡萄汁中洗了袍褂。

49:12 他的眼睛必因酒紅潤；他的牙齒必因奶白亮。

 

8 “Judah,[b] your brothers will praise you;

    your hand will be on the neck of your enemies;

    your father’s sons will bow down to you.

9 You are a lion’s cub, Judah;

    you return from the prey, my son.

Like a lion he crouches and lies down,

    like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?

10 The scepter will not depart from Judah,

    nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,[c]

until he to whom it belongs[d] shall come

    and the obedience of the nations shall be his.

11 He will tether his donkey to a vine,

    his colt to the choicest branch;

he will wash his garments in wine,

    his robes in the blood of grapes.

12 His eyes will be darker than wine,

    his teeth whiter than milk.[e]

 

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    在雅各臨終的祝福中，我們看見上帝給以色列，甚至是萬民的福分。因為上帝要透過猶大支族來彰顯王權，也就是上帝的統治權。

 

    從這樣的文字中讓我們知道所應許的基督要從猶大支派出來，也因此整個舊約的歷史背景都是以大衛和其後裔掌權為主述。即使是國家分裂，野史維持讓大位的子孫當政的景況。

 

    不僅如此，就是上帝所設立的基督，更是從大衛的家出來，是屬於猶大支族！讓我們看見，一切都是上帝在掌權，順從則生、悖逆則死！我們是不是願意順服，尊基督為王，得永生之福？