LESSONS FROM THE LIFE OF JACOB #93 : BENJAMIN #15
Pastor Christopher Choo
Lesson 3594
LESSONS FROM THE LIFE OF JACOB #93
BENJAMIN #15
BENJAMIN AS AN ENDTIME SIGN #4
A PROTOTYPE OF THE BRIDE OF CHRIST
Some commentators suggest that Benjamin is the prototype of the End-Time Bride of Yeshua.
Benjamin was the “son of my [Jacob’s] right hand.” He was Jacob’s youngest and most beloved son (after Joseph’s departure). Judah was willing to lay down his life for his youngest brother. Because of the love, Judah had for Benjamin, the descendants of both tribes never separated, and the tribe of Benjamin stayed permanently identified with the tribe of Judah.
Even Paul, the Jew and an apostle to the Gentiles, was from the tribe of Benjamin - Paul who explains the gospel of Jesus ( Yeshua ) who comes from the tribe of Judah.
In the End Times, Christians are like Joseph and his two sons. Most Christians take after Manasseh, which means “forgetful” in that they have forgotten the commandments (Torah). Those Christians who love Yeshua and keep His commandments ( Torah ) take after Ephraim, which means “doubly fruitful” in that they have both Yeshua and the commandments ( Torah ).
Judah is both a picture of the Jews and of Messiah Yeshua, while Benjamin could also be a picture of the remnant of Torah-keeping believers who have permanently attached themselves to their Hebrew roots, to the commandments ( Torah ), to Yeshua, and who have no involvement with the spiritual Babylon.
Today's lesson focuses on the three main protagonists among the twelve tribes: Judah and Benjamin not forgetting Joseph ( Ephraim and Manasseh ).
We can see Benjamin's role as a mediator between Judah and Joseph both of whom had kingly anointings.
Benjamin as an Endtime Bride of Christ has a special anointing.
He is loved and hence favoured by his father Jacob, by his brother Jacob, by his brother Judah, his other brothers, and God Himself.
He thus reconciles Judah and Joseph ( Ephraim and Manasseh ) with all the other tribes.
In a manner of speaking Benjamin serves Judah as "the Bride of Christ" and his brother Joseph like a "sister-in-Christ".
If you get over these mixed-metaphors, you will appreciate the role of Benjamin as an Endtime Bride of Christ in the right perspective.
