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Genesis 49:10 is universally considered a messianic
passage. Targum Onkelos circa 135AD which was preserved by the Pharisees
contains the following: “…Kings shall not cease, nor rulers, from the house of
Judah, nor sapherim teaching the law from his seed, till the time that the
King, the Messiah, shall come, the youngest of his sons; and on account of him
shall the peoples flow together. How beautiful is the King, the Messiah who
will arise from the house of Judah: He has girded his loins, and descended, and
arrayed the battle against his adversaries, slaying kings with their rulers;
neither is there any king or ruler who shall stand before him. The mountains
become red with the blood of their slain; his garments, dipped in blood, are
like the pressed juice of grapes. How beautiful are the eyes of the king
Messiah, as the pure wine…”
Genesis 49:10 "The scepter 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."
After Herod the Great became the king of Israel the land
of Israel was ruled by non-Jews. The last Jew of the Davidic dynasty who was
acclaimed as the king of the Jews was Jesus when he was crucified. Genesis
49:10 indicates that there would be an uninterrupted line of rulers over the
tribe of Judah all the way up to the advent of the Messiah. Jewish dynasties
ended when Herod the Great who was a non-Jew ascended to the throne of Judea.
As we all know, Jesus arrived at that time. So, according to the prophecy -
Jesus, the Messiah, arrived exactly on time.
It is not possible for someone born now or in the future
to fulfill the messianic prophecy in Genesis 49:10 - since the time period for
that prophecy undeniably expired. This leaves the inescapable conclusion based
on the messianic prophecy in Genesis 49:10 – Jesus is the only person who can
be the Messiah!
From the book "Finding Jesus in the Old
Testament"
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