{"id":5837,"date":"2015-01-03T10:24:03","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T18:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=5837"},"modified":"2015-01-03T10:24:58","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T18:24:58","slug":"two-messiah-one-from-both-joseph-and-judah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/03\/two-messiah-one-from-both-joseph-and-judah\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Messiahs? One from Joseph and Judah?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Genesis 49:24, Shepherd\u2026Stone of Israel. <\/i><\/b>This seems to be an irrefutable prophetic reference to the Messiah of Israel whom Scripture refers to in various places as \u201cthe Stone the builders rejected,\u201d \u201cthe Chief Cornerstone,\u201d \u201cPrecious Cornerstone\u201d and \u201cthe Rock of our Salvation\u201d (Ps 118:22; Isa 28:16; Mark 12:10; Eph 2:20; 1 Pet 2:6\u20138). Yet this verse appears to be saying that this Messiah is coming from the tribe of Joseph. At the same time, Jacob\u2019s prophecy to Judah contains another classic Messianic prophecy in the reference to the Shiloh to come (Gen 49:10). These two prophecies led some Jewish sages to believe that two Messianic figures would arise out of Israel: one from Judah and other from Ephraim.<\/p>\n

What kind of blessing was this prediction that one day his descendants\u2014the Ten Tribes\u2014would be scattered among the nations? R. Munk explains: while it is true that the dispersion was caused by the unfaithfulness and sinfulness of Ephraim\u2019s descendants (Hos 7:8ff), Jacob\u2019s blessing was not in vain for \u201cthey will return to God\u201d and will have their share in the world to come (Sanhedrin <\/i>110b). And R. Eliezer adds: \u201cEven the darkness in which the Ten Tribes were lost will one day become as radiant as the day\u2019 (according to the version of Avos d\u2019Rabbi Nosson 36<\/i>). And in the perspective of history, did not these exiled children of the Patriarchs enlighten the nations among whom they were scattered? They did so by teaching their conquerors the fundamental ideas of the knowledge and love of God, ideals they had never forsaken. Hence they too have a messianic vocation and their Messiah the. \u2026 Messiah son of Joseph (Succah<\/i> 52a), also called Messiah son of Ephraim (Targum Yonasan<\/i> on Exod 40:11), will play an essential role in humanity\u2019s redemption, for he will be the precursor of the \u2026 Messiah Son of David \u2026\u201d (The ArtScroll Bereishis\/Genesis Commentary, <\/i>pp. 2121\u20132122).<\/p>\n

How do we explain this seeming contradiction in view of the facts that there was only one Messiah, and his name was Yeshua, and he came from the tribe of Judah? These two Messiahs are explained in Yeshua\u2019s two comings. In his first coming, he was like Joseph, a suffering servant who then become a king after enduring great hardships (read Isa 53). When he comes back the second time, he will be like David, the conquering, triumphant or warrior king where he will rule over the world and a united Israel (Rev 19:11\u201316). The Jewish sages had a concept of these two Messiahs, as well, but were unclear as to whether they would be the same person or not and how much time would separate their two comings. With perfect 20-20 hindsight, we can now look back and see how Yeshua fulfilled this prophecy as the Messiah Son of Joseph (figuratively speaking) at this first coming, and how he is yet to come as the Messiah Son of David at his second coming where as the Conquering King he will defeat Babylon the Great and establish his earthly millennial kingdom where he will rule as King of kings (Rev 19\u201320).<\/p>\n

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