{"id":136,"date":"2012-02-17T08:50:21","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T16:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=136"},"modified":"2012-02-22T09:42:24","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T17:42:24","slug":"literal-descendant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/17\/literal-descendant\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You a Literal Descendant of Jacob?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/17\/literal-descendant\/jacob-blesses-gsons\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-153\" title=\"Jacob blesses g'sons\" src=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Jacob-blesses-gsons-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Jacob-blesses-gsons-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Jacob-blesses-gsons-728x1024.jpg 728w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Jacob-blesses-gsons.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a>Genesis 46:14 and 16,\u00a0Jacob\u2019s Prophecy Over Ephraim and Manasseh<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile prophesying over Joseph\u2019s sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, Jacob crossed his hands over their heads making the symbol of the paleo-Hebrew letter <em>tav<\/em> (like the letter t or x in the alphabet), which resembles a cross and in that ancient Hebraic script and pictographically means \u201csign of the covenant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jacob then spoke of the Heavenly Messenger (the Hebrew word <em>malak<\/em> mistranslated as \u201cangel\u201d in most Bibles) of YHVH (i.e., the preincarnate Yeshua) who had redeemed him from all evil (see Gen 31:11\u201313).<\/p>\n<p>Jacob then prophesied that the descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh would become like \u201cfish in the midst of the land\u201d (literal translation of Gen\u202f 48:14\u201316; see <em>The ArtScroll Stone Edition Tanach<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>In light of this prophetic symbolism, which present day religious group would qualify as having fulfilled Jacob\u2019s prophecy as to who the descendents of Ephraim and Manasseh would be?<\/p>\n<p>Which religion on earth uses the fish as their symbol, speaks of a Messenger from YHVH as their Redeemer, and has the sign of the paleo-Hebrew letter tav, which looks like a cross? The Buddhists? The Moslems? The Hindus? Even the Jews? No! Only Christianity fits this enigmatic criteria.<\/p>\n<p>Many Christians are without a doubt the literal descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh. Those who are not, according to the Apostle Paul, once they come to saving faith in Yeshua in some unique sense become the descendants of Abraham (e.g., Gal 3:7,29).<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on this subject, refer to Natan&#8217;s article entitled, &#8220;Is America in End-Times Bible Prophecy?&#8221; (http:\/\/www.hoshanarabbah.org\/pdfs\/america.pdf).<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemory\"><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"Evernote.doClip({title: 'Are You a Literal Descendant of Jacob?',url: 'https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/17\/literal-descendant\/',contentID: 'post-136',suggestTags: 'Christianity,Ephraim,Genesis,Jacob,Manasseh',providerName: 'Hoshana Rabbah Blog',styling: 'text' });return false\" class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryLink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.evernote.com\/article-clipper.png\" \nclass=\"evernoteSiteMemoryButton\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryClear\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genesis 46:14 and 16,\u00a0Jacob\u2019s Prophecy Over Ephraim and Manasseh While prophesying over Joseph\u2019s sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, Jacob crossed his hands over their heads making the symbol of the paleo-Hebrew letter tav (like the letter t or x in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/17\/literal-descendant\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[48,45,21,19,46],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scripture","tag-christianity","tag-ephraim","tag-genesis","tag-jacob","tag-manasseh"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Are You a Literal Descendant of Jacob? 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