Month: July 2023

The blessing on Joseph by his father Israel is found in Genesis 49:22-26. Jacob said, 22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a well, whose branches run over the wall. 23 Skilled archers have bitterly attacked and sorely worried him; they have shot at him and persecuted him. 24 But his bow remained strong and steady and rested in the Strength that does not fail him, for the arms of his hands were made strong and active by the hands of the Mighty God of Jacob, by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel. 25 By the God of your father, Who will help you, and by the Almighty, Who will bless you with the blessings of the heavens above, blessings lying in the deep beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb. 26 The blessings of your father on you are greater than the blessings of my forefathers Abraham and Isaac on me, and are as lasting as the bounties of the eternal hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was the consecrated one and the one separated from his brethren and the one who is prince among them.

This is an important blessing for those who want the bible to win a war of truth. This blessing was eliminated by the author of the qu’ran. It is obvious Jacob is speaking to somebody else who has not yet been born but who will live a life similar to that of Joseph. Verse 26 shows that somebody else is coming at the end of the age who is like Joseph. This person is the one Jacob is choosing to associate himself with. It is obvious the future person he is associating himself with is not the author of the qu’ran or Mohammed. Jacob refers to him as a person who is consecrated and lives separately from them. These are the characteristics of a nazarite. It is also an accurate description of the biblical figure described in psalm 88. This word of Jacob is the origin of the bible’s strategy to overthrow those who create deception against biblical figures. This deception has led to the deaths of many.

Verses 24 and 25 also show an interesting description of God. These words are very favorable to the idea that there is more than one individual who is referred to as Lord, as David did in psalm 110.

Zephaniah gave some important statements which could play a positive role in helping a person make it to the return of Jesus.

He gave this future for the Jews living in Israel in 3:11-15. In that day you shall not be put to shame for all your deeds for which you have rebelled and transgressed against Me, for then I will take away out of your midst those who exult in your majesty and pride; and you shall no more be haughty because of My holy mountain. For I will leave in the midst of you a people afflicted and poor, and they shall trust, seek refuge, and be confident in the name of the Lord. What is left of Israel shall not do iniquity or speak lies, neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth, for they shall feed and lie down and none shall make them afraid. Sing, O Daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice, be in high spirits and glory with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem! The Lord has taken away the judgments against you; He has cast out your enemy. The King of Israel, even the Lord is in the midst of you; you shall not experience or fear evil anymore.

Verse 11 shows a major threat to some of the Jews. He says the haughty ones will not be allowed to participate in the promised deliverance of evil. This is a threat against those among the Jews who act superior and look down on some of the gentiles. If Jews were in touch with reality, they would heed this quote of Zephaniah and make sure this persoanl rejection by God does not happen to them. How does one get to be haughty? What does a person do wrong so they become haughty? What words in the scripture do they throw out? Certainly a person becomes haughty because they became delusional because they threw out some important statements in the bible which if they had heeded would have kept them from being haughty.

Verse 12 shows God places a minority group among the Jews. So if they were not there, both the word of Zephaniah and the bible would be unfulfilled.