"Who has the birthright and sceptre out of Jacob's sons from his two wives: Joseph and Judah - From Rachel and Leah"
Joseph is firstborn of Jacob and Rachel, the woman he truly loved and had to wait 14 years to marry, because Laban, the girls father's rule was the older had to be married before the younger. Leah being the holder bore Jacob 6 children:
1. Ruben (who slept with Bilha, handmaiden of Leah, lost his birthright and Bilha was banned from the camp)
2. Simeon, Leah
3. Levi, Leah
4. Judah, Leah (Leah becomes temporary barren)
5. Dan, of Bilha
6. Naphtali, Bilha
7. Gad, Zilpha Rachael's Handmaiden
8. Asher, Zilpha
9. Issacar, Leah
10.Zebulon, Leah, 14 years is up Rachael becomes Jacob's wife
11.Joseph is Rachel and Jacob's first born, receives the firstborn birthright, Joseph's firstborn Mannasseh, receives Ruben's firstborn right...
THEREFORE THE BIRTHRIGHT REMAINS WITH JOSEPH/MANNASSEH
WHICH IS THE LAND OF THE U.S.A./CANADA --HOUSE OF ISRAEL
12. Benjamin, remains with tribe of Judah in Jerusalem, both very small tribes.
The Scepter (lawgiver) will always remain with Judah...for it was through Judah/Tamar, the twin of Zarah, PHEREZ bore Jesus Christ, the King...so the Scepter remains with Judah...
Read Genesis 49...to see what Judah looks like today, and Joseph!
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 60438315 Gen 49:10:
King James Bible
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.
Jesus has the sceptre and will give it to the witness(David) that will rule in the 1000 year millennium. This David is the shiloh that is coming and to him shall be the gathering of the people after messiah ben "Joseph" pushes the lost 10 tribes together as is stated in deut 33:
13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,
15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
16 And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
17 His glory is like the firstling of his
bullock, and his horns are like the
horns of unicorns: with them he shall
push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
