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    LESSON XXXI

    Questions to Lesson 31*What was Jacob called? How many sons had he? Which was chosen to be the ancestor of Christ? Repeat a part of Jacob’s dying blessing upon Judah. What says Paul of our Lord’s ancestry? What is Christ called in Revelation 5:5? Among the numerous families of Judah, who was elected? How long was his throne to be established? What is said in the Psalms, of his seed? What did the Lord swear to David? What did Peter say of David? What said Jesus of himself? Which existed first, Christ or David? With what question did Jesus silence the Pharisees? Who was finally elected to be the mother of Christ?

    Jacob, who was also called Israel had twelve, sons, who were the patriarchs, that is, the fathers of the twelve tribes of Israel. Another election is now to be made. Which of the twelve sons of Jacob shall be ruler in Israel, and the honored ancestor of Christ? The tribe of Judah was chosen. This is evident from the prophetic words of Jacob, in his dying blessing upon Judah. After representing Judah by the symbol of a lion, the king of beasts, he says, The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet until Shiloh (Christ) come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. Genesis 49:10.BIC 71.2

    In accordance with this view, Paul says, For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Judah. Hebrews 7:14. And in Revelation 5:5, Christ is represented as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, who prevailed to open the book of life to mankind, which had been sealed with seven seals.BIC 72.1

    But the tribe of Judah became very numerous in the course of about nine hundred years, and from among its numerous families God makes another election, fixing the genealogy of Christ in the reigning family. He took David from following the sheep, to be ruler and shepherd of his people Israel. He also made promise to him that he would establish his kingdom for ever. 2 Samuel 7:16. “His seed (Christ) shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.” Psalm 89:36. [Read verses 20-37.] In Psalm 132:11, it is said, The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it, Of the fruit of thy body will I set up on thy throne.BIC 72.2

    That we are not mistaken in understanding these passages as prophecies of Christ, is fully proved by the inspired word. Peter, speaking of the patriarch David, says, Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne. Acts 2:30. And Jesus says, I am the root and the offspring of David. Revelation 22:16. Christ existed before David, and was his root, his father and his Lord by creation, but in the flesh, his offspring, that is, his son. Had the Pharisees understood this matter, they might have answered Jesus, when he asked them, If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? Matthew 22:41-46.BIC 73.1

    Finally, Mary, of the house of David, was elected to be the mother of Jesus. Luke 1:26-33.BIC 73.2

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