One in Messiah Congregation
Messiah is from Judah ( BethlehemJudah )
Messiah and all His ways were appointed from old, from the beginning, Genesis, and from everlasting
Gen.49 [10] The sceptre 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.
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Talmud - Mas. Sanhedrin 98b
Rab said: The world was created only on David's account .(24) Samuel said: On Moses account; (25) R. Johanan said: For the sake of the Messiah . What is his [the Messiah's] name? The School of R. Shila said: His name is Shiloh, for it is written, until Shiloh come. ( 26) The School of R. Yannai said: His name is Yinnon, for it is written, His name shall endure for ever: (27) e'er the sun was, his name is Yinnon. (28) The School of R. Haninah maintained: His name is Haninah, as it is written, Where I will not give you Haninah.(29) Others say: His name is Menahem the son of Hezekiah,for it is written, Because Menahem [the comforter ], that would relieve my soul, is far.(30) The Rabbis said: His name is the leper scholar, as it is written, Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him a leper, smitten of God, and afflicted .(31)
(26) Gen. XLIX, 10. Gen.49[10 ] The sceptre 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.
(27) E.V. shall be continued.
(28) Ps. LXXII, 17. Pss.72[17 ] His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
(29) Jer. XVI, 13. Thus each School evinced intense admiration of its teacher in naming the Messiah after him by a play on words.
(30) Lam. I, 16.Lam.1 [16 ] For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
(31) Isa. LIII, 4. Isa.53[4] Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
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Midrash Rabbah - Lamentations I:51
Lam. 136
The school of R. Shila said: The Messiah's name is Shiloh, as it is stated, Until Shiloh come (Gen. XLIX, 10), where the word is spelt Shlh.6
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Midrash Rabbah - Genesis XCVI:5
Gen. 900
also, For who hath despised the day of small things (ib. 10)? also, Who art thou, O great mountain before Zerubbabel (ib. 7)? Furthermore , the royal Messiah will be descended from the tribe of Judah, as it says, And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root of Jesse, that standeth for an ensign of the peoples, unto him shall the nations seek (Isa. XI, 10) .
Isa.11 [10] And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
Thus from the tribe of Judah were descended Solomon, who built the first Temple, and Zerubbabel who built the second Temple; and [from him will be descended] the royal Messiah, who will rebuild the Temple. Thus we find that these two tribes, Judah and Levi, are the most distinguished in their lineage of all Israel, since in them were royalty and priesthood. Judah was the fourth of the tribal ancestors to be born, just as the daleth is the fourth letter of the alphabet and is the fourth letter of his name.1 On the fourth day too the luminaries were created, while of the Messiah it is written, And his throne [shall endure] as the sun before Me (Ps. LXXXIX, 37). Of his seed four were saved, one from the lions den and three from the fiery furnace. The fourth letter [of the alphabet-daleth] is the beginning and the end of David's name; and so it says, The sceptre shall not depart from Judah (Gen. XLIX, 10); and it is also written, And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever (II Sam. VII, 16); also, For ever will I keep for him My mercy (Ps. LXXXIX, 29).2 Further, it is as we have said: as the luminaries were created on the fourth day, so was Judah born the fourth of the tribal ancestors, and by them we count the years of the world.3 The tribes 4 are enumerated fifteen times in the Torah [together], and Judah is designated head of the tribes four times, corresponding to his birth. Furthermore, in connection with
The Targum Jonathan (second century A. D.) :
Line of Messiah
Gen.35[
19] And
Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is
Bethlehem.
Gen.48[
7] And as for me, when I came
from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there
was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way
of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem
.
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People of Bethlehem were small,
little in comparision of all Israel
Exod.18[
21] Moreover thou shalt provide
out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness;
and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands
, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers
of tens:
[25] And Moses
chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers
of thousands, rulers of hundreds,
rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Num.1[
27] Those that were numbered
of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore
and fourteen thousand and six hundred. 74,000
( little over 12 % ) of all Israel that
was numbered. People of Bethlehem were even less.
Num.2[
32] These are those which were
numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those
that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were
six hundred thousand and three
thousand and five hundred and fifty.
603,550
Num.10[
4] And if they blow but with
one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the
thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
Josh.22[
14] And with him ten princes,
of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each
one was an head of the house of their fathers among the
thousands of Israel.
[21] Then the
children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered,
and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel
,
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Ruth.1[
1] Now it came to pass in the
days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain
man of Bethlehemjudah went to
sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.[
2] And the name of the man was
Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon
and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah
. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued
there.
Ruth.4
[11] And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We
are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel
and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily
in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
[17] And the
women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi;
and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.[
18] Now these are the generations
of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,[19
] And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,[
20] And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and
Nahshon begat Salmon,[21] And
Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
(of Ruth ) 22
] And Obed begat Jesse,
and Jesse begat David.
1Sam.17[
12]
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah,
whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the
man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
[14] And
David was the youngest
: and the three eldest followed Saul. [
15] But
David went and returned
from Saul to feed his father's
sheep at Bethlehem.
1Sam.16[
1] And the LORD said unto Samuel,
How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning
over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee
to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have
provided me a king among his sons.
Pss.132[
11] The
LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it;
Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne
.
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Matt.2[
1] Now when
Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea
in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from
the east to Jerusalem,
[5] And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for
thus it is written by the prophet, [6] And thou
Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda:
for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
John.7
[42] Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David,
and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
Rom.15[
12] And again, Esaias saith,
There shall be a root of Jesse
, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall
the Gentiles trust.
Rev.5[
5] And one of the elders saith
unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of
Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the
book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
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Judg.17[
7] And there was a young man
out of Bethlehemjudah of the
family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. [
8] And the man departed out of the
city from Bethlehemjudah to
sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house
of Micah, as he journeyed. [9
] And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto
him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah
, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
Judg.19[
1] And it came to pass in those
days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning
on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of
Bethlehemjudah. [
2] And his concubine played the whore
against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to
Bethlehemjudah, and was there four
whole months.
[18] And he
said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah
toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I:
and I went to Bethlehemjudah
, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no
man that receiveth me to house.
Ruth.1[
1] Now it came to pass in the
days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain
man of Bethlehemjudah went to
sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
[2] And the
name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name
of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah
. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued
there.
1Sam.17[
12] Now
David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah
, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the
man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
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H6924
Total KJV Occurrences: 99
east, 42
old, 17
eastward, 11
before, 10
ancient, 8
side, 4
afore, 1
aforetime, 1
eternal, 1
ever, 1
everlasting, 1
forward, 1
past, 1
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H5769
noun common masculine singular absolute
Assumed root of the following.
forever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient,
world, etc.
ever, 269
everlasting, 64
old, 26
perpetual, 22
never, 16
evermore, 15
ancient, 6
world, 4
always, 3
long, 3
alway, 2
any, 1
beginning, 1
continuance, 1
end, 1
eternal, 1
lasting, 1
time, 1
without, 1
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H6810
Total KJV Occurrences: 22
younger, 8
least, 4
little, 4
youngest, 3
small, 2
young, 1
Meaning: 1) little, insignificant, young
1a) little, insignificant 1b) insignificant, mean 1c) young, younger, youngest
Origin: from 06819; TWOT - 1948a; adj
Usage: AV - younger 8, least 4, youngest
3, little 2, little ones 2, small one 1, small 1, young + 03117 1; 22
Notes: TrNotes: everlasting: Heb. the days
of eternity
And You Bethlehem Ephrath, you who were too small to be numbered among the
thousands of the house of Judah, From you shall come
forth before Me The Messiah, to exercise dominion over
Israel, He whose name was mentioned from before, from the Days of Creation.
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