Numbers 24:17-19 "I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; a Star shall come out of
Jacob; a Scepter shall rise out of Israel... Out of Jacob One shall have
dominion, and destroy the remains of the city."
Luke 3:34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the
son of Nahor,
- The Messianic line would be traced through Jacob.
- The Messiah is now referred to as a Star, a person who will have dominion.
- The Hebrew word "star" here refers to the brightness and glory of a
celestial body.
- God the use a false prophet named Balaam to utter this prophecy.
- Although God used Balaam to proclaim His Word, yet Balaam was the instigator
of Israel's sin with the Moabite and Midianite women, for which 24,000
Israelites perished. Balaam was slain. Balaam’s name became a symbol of depravity (2 Pet 2:15, Jude 11, Rev 2:14).
- Whenever Jesus mentioned the kingdom of God during His ministry, He was
referring to this dominion mentioned in this passage and many other Messianic
Scriptures in the Old Testament
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