JOSEPH #38 | JOSEPH IN EGYPT #20 | LAST WORDS OF JACOB #9
Pastor Christopher Choo
Lesson 3634
JOSEPH #38
JOSEPH IN EGYPT #20
LAST WORDS OF JACOB #9
6. ZEBULUN #2
Zebulun’s name means “Glorious Dwelling place,” in Hebrew.
His name is mentioned referring to him personally exactly FIVE TIMES in scripture, the number of grace! The other mentions are references to the tribe of Zebulun, not him personally.
The town of Nazareth, which was Jesus’ “Dwelling place” for most of His life, is in the region of Zebulun.
Back then, it was a no-account backwater; a seedy and lawless little town.
Just by virtue of the fact that He was born there, Jesus brought great grace and honor to Nazareth.
This place, which formerly had the worst of reputations, is now known as the town where Our Lord Jesus grew up. It was elevated from the lowest of places high above all others!
2. His name also meant " a bestower of honour." Thus he was also a blessing to his mother Leah who named him.
Her final honour came after a lifetime of rejection by Jacob when the patriarch chose to be buried with her at the Cave of Machepelah and not with his beloved Rachel in Bethlehem.
Leah had born 6 sons to Jacob including Zebulun.
3. As a ministry partner and blood-brother of Judah and Issachar, he pitched his tent with them - in the time of Moses - in front of the eastern entrance into the Tabernacle but behind the tents of the Levites including Aaron and Moses.
Thus he was their rearguard, a singular honour given to no other tribe.
3. At the Endtimes this tribe will rise up as financiers and providers for the Church in its call to evangelism which this tribe is justly associated with. Their logos which is ship suggest they will go beyond their territorial boundaries and narrow insular mindsets to travel worldwide in the final spread of the gospel.
The Zebulun Anointing carries such a burden of service but their responsibility is credited to them as a privilege. This relatively unknown tribe was blessed with maritime contacts and nautical skills where Israel had traditionally been agriculturists and not seafarers. They were indeed called by Jesus to be "fishers of men" throughout the whole world.
