Genesis 49:8-12
“Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise: your hand shall be in the neck of your enemies; your father's children shall bow down before you.”
Here Jacob is prophetically testifying that Judah would be the tribe to deliver Israel from its enemies - and that future generations would be governed by Judah. From the tribe of Judah would come the Messiah, the Prince, the Deliverer, who would become Israel’s invincible Leader.
He is seen in verse 9 as unstoppable lion, in verse 10 as the unvanquished Lord and finally in verses 11,12 as the uncontested landowner, as He purchases property with His own blood.
The Truth
“Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.” (Revelation 5:5)
