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The Italian Stallion asked me this:
I’m not 100% of the fact that the phrase “lion of the tribe of Judah�? is used for the first time in Rev. 5:5 (well, OK, yeah, explicitly it is); however, could the blessing spoken by Jacob to his sons in Genesis 49 be the deeper magic? Especially 49:9 “Judah is a lion’s whelp; from the prey, my son, you have gone up he couches, he lies down as a lion, and as a lion, who dares rouse him up?�? (NASB). Namely, is there any support of this as some sort of quasi messianic prophecy?
Well, here’s my answer - Revelation IS the first time (only time) that Jesus is specifically referred to as a Lion.
Could Genesis 49:9 be a Messianic prophecy? Sure, it COULD be and some scholars do interpret it as such. I think they are fine and okey dokey to do that but I don’t think it is the MAIN thrust of the passage.
The main thrust of the passage is that Judah was the second son, not the first YET it would receive the first-son blessing and position. Judah would be the dominant tribe and Israel’s leaders will come out of Judah.
What is more concerning to me is the Stallion’s use of the NASB. I know Heath is into that kind of thing, but shortwavers aren’t known for their Biblical prowess.
7 responses so far ↓
1 Barry // Dec 21, 2005 at 12:54 pm
I thought NASB stood for New American Standard Bible. Or was the reference to the North American Shortwave Broadcasters purely sarcastic?
2 Grant // Dec 21, 2005 at 1:26 pm
he he he…
what is the emoticon for sarcasm, anyway?
3 Barry // Dec 21, 2005 at 2:57 pm
Could be this < ;-\ or >;-} or >:-/ or :-* or……..
4 Wayne // Dec 21, 2005 at 4:22 pm
Whether it’s North American shortwave Broadcasters or New American Standard I don’t understand the concern…Oh, I guess it wasn’t in the original language — my bad — but I wouldn’t expect this coming from a backpack theologian!
5 Wayne // Dec 21, 2005 at 7:53 pm
It just hit me — Grant didn’t like the NASB version b/c he had to look up the word “whelp” HAHAHA
6 Heath // Dec 21, 2005 at 8:32 pm
wait a second… how did I get pulled into this?!?!
I neither broadcast shortwave nor read the NASB version of the Bible.. I’m just an innocent bystander!
I do however scroll through the shortwave bands on occasion to see what the latest conspiracy theories are.
7 ding_eab // Dec 22, 2005 at 12:02 am
I love reading about those short wave crazies!
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