Shiyloh שילה
until Shiloh come;
and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
לֹֽא־יָסוּר שֵׁבֶט מִֽיהוּדָה וּמְחֹקֵק מִבֵּין רַגְלָיו עַד כִּֽי־יָבֹא שֶׂילה וְלֹו יִקְּהַת עַמִּֽים׃
Where or Who Is Shiyloh?
and what does it have to do with this season??
The word Shiloh is used 32 times in the Old
Testament to refer to a location—a city and one
other time to refer to the Messiah.
Scholars say there is some uncertainty about the Hebrew text of the phrase translated
…until he comes to whom it belongs.
The KJV translates these words …
until Shiloh comes, and
Shiloh
is usually understood as
Rest or Rest-bringer,
a name for the Messiah/Mashiach
who brings rest/shalom for our souls.
Jesus/Yeshua our Sar Shalom – Prince of Peace.
The NIV translation understands the Hebrew word to be a combination of two elements:
‘…he to whom it (the ruler’s scepter) belongs.’
The Messiah alone deserves to rule as King;
He is the only one who
reconciled a world of sinners to a
Holy God.
The Kingship belongs to the one with the legal right. Jesus/Yeshua had the legal right to kingly power in fulfillment of Ezekiel’s prophecy. The prophecy recorded in the book of Ezekiel 38 & 39 is about the time period after the thousand-year-literal rule of Yeshua haMashiach/Lord Jesus Christ from the throne of David in Jerusalem. The children of Israel, who are gathered from the nations, and become a nation again, will live victoriously in the center of the earth.
Onkelos, a highly respected Jewish translation of the Torah, translates this phrase
until Shiloh comes
as
until the Messiah comes,
interpreting the word “shiloh” as “The Messiah” and leaving no doubt who “shiloh” is referring to.
Others believe that this phrase is referring to the place “Shiloh” which was the residence of the Tabernacle during the times of the judges. Joshua 18:1.
The only difference is that the place Shilo is spelled slightly different, שלה, without a yod. There are also those who believe that the final letter of the word shiloh contained the letter vav instead of the letter hey which would make the word possessive, meaning belonging to him and referring to the Messiah. Still others believe that shiloh is referring to an embryo or fetus (Irwin, Jonas. Onkelos on the Torah. Genesis. p. 336). The word for embryo or fetus in Hebrew is שליל – she’lil.
Although we don’t know exactly what the word “shiloh” means we do know that all of the above definitions hold true for Jesus/Yeshua: He came as the fulfillment of the long awaited Messiah/Mashiach, His coming brought the presence of God /YHWH to earth, He belonged to the Father as His Son, and He came into the world as an embryo/a baby, through the miraculous conception/overshadowing of the virgin Marys rachem/womb by His Ruach HaKodesh/Spirit of Holiness:
This post has a place here, not only because of the season but also within the posts about the gates of Jerusalem and Hezekiah who was rebuilding them along with the walls. Specifically in regards to the Fountain Gate.
the Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Kol-Hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofing it over and putting its doors and bolts and bars in place. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Siloam, by the King’s Garden, as far as the steps going down from the City of David. Nehemiah 3:15 NIV – 4th c.B.C.
To tie this in with prophecy and with Messiah, the verses in Jeremiah declare:
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters. Jeremiah 17:13 KJV – 6th c.B.C.
Link this with “She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” – which is the good news of Matthew 1:21
and
The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14
The scepter (shevet/shebet /sharbit)
will not depart from Judah until Shiloh comes
and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
Here, Jacob/Yaakov is referring to a person,
the person who would bring peace/shalom and tranquility.
In Hebrew Genesis 49:10 reads
lo yasoor SHEVET Me Yahudah oohme CHAKAK mebein ragala¨ v AD ki yahvoh Shiloh Veloh yechat amim
Shevet (SHE-vet) n.
Rod; Staff; Tribe (of Israel);
scepter a ceremonial or emblematic staff held by a royal representative that represents divine power
Genesis 49:10
HEB: לֹֽא־ יָס֥וּר שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ מִֽיהוּדָ֔ה וּמְחֹקֵ֖ק
NAS: The scepter shall not depart
KJV: The sceptre shall not depart
INT: Nor depart the scepter Judah the ruler’s
Some say that between stick and tribe
the term meant scepter.
The Hebrew word for scepter –
sharvit. שרביט –
may have derived from shevet as well.
שרביט
8275 sharbit
Original Word: שַׁרְבִיט.
Transliteration: sharbit.
Phonetic Spelling: shar-beet’
Definition: a scepter.
7626 shebet: rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe
Original Word: שֵׁבֶט
Transliteration: shebet
Phonetic Spelling: shay’-bet
According to Webster’s Dictionary Scepter means:
A staff borne/carried by a king
as an emblem of his royal authority.
The name Shiloh would have derived from
shālâ, “to be at ease,”
and would mean something like
the peace-giver.
However, there is a great debate which continues to this day concerning the exact meaning of the word; as others believe it may actually mean,
the rightful Messiah, or
the Messiah of righteousness.
Ezekiel 21:27 echoes the meaning of Genesis 49:10 too. Those who read Genesis assumed that royal power belonged forever to the house of David which was the tribe
of Judah—the tribe Yeshua/Jesus descended from.
Shiloh
was also a physical place
it was located a little northeast of the center of Ephraim.
In 12 th -11 th century BC, the Israelites built the Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant rested in the city of Shiloh. Here, it rested for three centuries where the tribes of Israel would visit for feasts or peace offerings.
From the time Israel entered the land until the time of the prophet Samuel, the Ark of the Covenant remained in the Tabernacle at Shiloh. This was also the central location where the land was divided up into the 12 sections for the 12 tribes. This can be found in Joshua 18.
It was the background for Hannah when she visited the tabernacle to pour out her heart to God, begging Him for a child—whom God gave her Samuel referenced in 1 Samuel 1:1-28 ; 3:21.
But as the story goes, the hearts of God’s people grew cold too. They turned their backs on God and after many warnings, God handed them over to the Philistines. After these warnings from the Lord to turn back to Him, the Ark was then captured by the Philistines and God left His dwelling place,
“He abandoned the dwelling place at Shiloh, the tent which He had pitched among men, and gave up His strength to captivity and His glory into the hand of the adversary,” Psalm 78:60-61 .
The Ark was captured, and the city was destroyed 1 Samuel 4:10-11.
Centuries later, the Prophet Jeremiah points God’s people back to the city because the people have a new temple. The new temple built by Solomon was so magnificent that they put their faith and security in it and not in their God.
So, in Jeremiah 7:12 he was instructed to give them a warning,
“Go now to My place which was in Shiloh . . . and see what I did to it,”
But God’s people refuse to listen and 20 years later, the Babylonian’s destroyed Solomon’s temple.
Shiloh is a representation of what happens when we choose to put our sense of security in a building and physical things we can see and touch.
It also reveals how time and again, God’s people fell away from their complete devotion to the Lord. Their hearts became lukewarm towards the things of God and eventually their lives ended in total corruption.
Instead of heeding God’s Word, they were overcome by their enemies and became enslaved to those who had won a victory over them.
The term Shiloh was understood by the Talmudic authorities as referring to Messiah. This was interpreted to mean that, the authority invested in Judah as divine regent would remain until the coming of Messiah. The Mashiach.
If we understand the royalty of Judah was to be invested in the sanhedrin after Zedekiah, the last independent king of Judah was deposed then, the scepter would have departed from Judah in AD 6-7 after the Romans installed a procurator as the authority in Judah this replacing the sanhedrin.
However the prophecy of Jacob/Yaakov did not fail because the Mashiach/Messiah had come,
and was in their midst as Yeshua/Jesus of Nazareth.
In other words Yeshua/Jesus is indeed King of the Jews.
Although at present He is not literally physically reigning on Davids throne; this we believe will occur at His 2nd coming when He returns to Jerusalem at the end of this present age to establish the kingdom of God upon the earth.
Genesis 49:10 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.
These prophetic statements were made by Jacob/Israel when he pronounced blessings on his sons just prior to his death,
Here we read that he pronounced one of the greatest over Judah second only to that spoken over Joseph.
The word to Y’hudah/Judah speaks of his resolve and strength, his passion, readiness and his headship.
Not only does Jacob/Yaakov give a blessing to his son Judah/Y’hudah, but the blessing turns into a prophecy, when he continues to bless his son, he prophecies how the Messiah/Mashiach, the coming savior, will come into power from this line and will continue to rule
forever. This Ruler will then be honored by all nations and the scepter in this passage symbolizes that power.
This passage ties into the New Testament as Yeshua/Jesus refers to Himself as, Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach whom you have sent John 17:3 .
Romans 15:12 references this passage as a ruler who“arises to rule the Gentiles, and Paul also writes in Ephesians 2:14 that Christ, Himself is our peace.
All three of these passages have roots in Shiloh. v10 is referenced in Isaiah 11:1 , the seed,
John 17:3, the sent,
Ephesians 2:14 , the peaceable or prosperous one.
Prior to the coming of the Savior, this blessing was a declaration to the other tribes that Judah/Y’hudah would continue to lead in strength and power and be a symbol of authority. Even after the children of Israel were captured and lived in captivity in Babylon, they continued to review these scriptures as promises for their future Messiah.
Following the reference to beginning and end/ alef and tav /alpha and omega /genesis to Revelation ….
we must never forget that in the not too distant future, the Meshiach/Messiah will come in judgment.
He will wash His garments in wine, and His robes in the blood of grapes (49:11b). This is also depicted in Isaiah 63:1-8 where he saw the Messiah returning at Bozrah with His garments stained crimson.
And when Messiah/Mashiach returns, we read that we will return with Him. The armies of heaven were following Him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean.
During His thousand-year reign, He will rule the nations with an
iron scepter.
He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of ADONAI, God of heaven’s armies.
Revelation 19:14-15.
Psalm 2:8-9.
At that time Yeshua/Jesus will be the King who will hold the iron scepter. He will swiftly judge all sin and instantly put down any rebellion. Using the same imagery of ruling with an iron scepter, Yeshua promised that believers would rule under Him in the Messianic Kingdom:
To him who overcomes and does My will to the end, I will give authority over the Gentile nations. He shall rule them with an iron scepter and he will dash them to pieces like pottery, just as I have received authority from My Father (Revelation 2:26-27).
Therefore, because we are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, and a holy nation belonging to God 1Peter 2:9, we will be priests of God and of Messiah and will reign with Him for a thousand years Revelation 20:6. Believers now serve as priests by worshiping the Father and leading others to the knowledge of Him.
Yaakov/Jacob/Israel declared that Judah/Y’hudah and his descendents would lead the sons of Yisrael/Israel and that the scepter will not depart or turn aside from him however, the ruling staff does not belong to Judah/ Y’hudah he is merely its caretaker…until Shiloh comes.
Jacob/Ya’akov prophesied that: The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet 49:10a.
The scepter was the symbol of royalty, and emphasized Judah’s right to rule. In its earliest form the scepter was a long staff, which the king held in his hand when speaking publicly, and when he sat upon his throne he rested the base between his feet.
So God declares that
the only tribe
that would have the scepter, or the right to rule would be Judah/Y’hudah.
All the kings would come from Judah; any king that our father has designated to rule the Jews must come from the tribe of Judah. In the then far future, this passage points to the return of Yeshua Ha’Meshiach/JesusChrist Who comes to set up His Kingdom for the milleninial reign. At that time, He will have the right to rule, and the obedience of the Goyim/Heathen/Gentile nations will be His.
Until He comes to whom [obedience] belongs; and it is He whom the [Gentile nations] will obey 49:10b.
As Y’hudah/Judah would be master of Israel/Yisrael, Shiyloh the one to whom authority belongs will be the master of all. The obedience of the peoples will be His. In the same way that Judah/y’hudah would be praised among Israel /Yisrael the master too who is of Yhudah/Judah will receive praise. Recall the name Judah means praise.
For an explanation we must go to the beginning/the genesis because Jesus/Yeshua said
I am the beginning and the end, the alef and tav
and we need to remind ourselves that
He is the living water.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. – John 1:1-2
The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Genesis 1:2
6 Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”
9 Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness…” God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Genesis 1:26-27
Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads. Genesis 2:10 NKJV
For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream…
Isaiah 66:12
Connecting us to the
request made by Yeshua/Jesus to the woman at
Yaakov/Jacob’s well – John 4:7
This is the same Yeshua/Jesus born in Bethlehem/Beit Lechem just 30 years earlier and the same Yeshua/Jesus who
was with God in the beginning.
The bread/lechem from Heaven.
Yeshua/Jesus asks us one thing,
do we do it, or do we question Him?
9 “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?”
Yeshua/Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God, and who is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would ask him, and he would give you living water.” John 4:10
When encounter the sinless Son of Man/Son of God – Yeshua/Jesus wherever that may be, possibly a place of suffering along the road /WAY of life/chaim. Will we ask Him for living water?
Jesus/Yeshua walked on water and He also calmed the waters of the stormy sea of Galilee.
The Heavenly Father created everything, He gave life to dust and then walked personally alongside the faithful throughout all the generations. He IS the source of the spring of Eden/, the river of life/chaim and the pool of peace/shalom in Jerusalem/Yerushalyim.
Shiloh or Siloam flows from Him and to Him.
He IS the way of salvation leading us to the living water.
The Pool of Siloam/Shiloh found in John 9
Now as Yeshua/Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth…
7 And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” which is translated, Sent.
When The Lord touches us and commands, Go and do this or that. Will we obey Him or do we question Him?
The religious elite questioned Him, but the blind man obeyed. Though blind, he could see but they were the real blind ones.
“Do you believe in the Son of God?”
36 He answered and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?”
37 And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and it is He who is talking with you.”
38 Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he worshiped Him.
And Jesus said,
“For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”
John 9:39 NKJV
Then Shiloh was sent into the world, His life began in a feeding trough and He fed the multitudes and is still feeding the hungry today.
Today in the city of David a Savior was born for you, who is the Messiah, the Lord. – Luke 2:11
Thirty some years later He returns to Jerusalem – the Lamb of God in the Person of Jesus.
Luke 19: Now he came near the path down the Mount of Olives, and the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:
Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord. Peace in heaven and glory in the highest heaven!
“Wasn’t it necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and enter into his glory? ” Luke 24:26
Absolutely or we would be without hope.
We worship the Christ of the manger of Christmas
ONLY
because of the Lamb of God
was sent to the Cross for our sins.
Shalom/Peace I leave with you.
My shalom/peace I give to you.
I do not give to you as the world gives.
Don’t let your heart be troubled or fearful.
John 14:27
May the Lord bless our worship of Messiah Yeshua/Jesus,
this season while remembering that we are celebrating…
our gift of
Shiloh
May we submit to the rulership of Shiyloh the Messiah Yeshua/Jesus even as we eagerly await His arrival. Let us look forward to the day when He will take up the scepter permanently.
At this season we are reminded Messiah came.
He has fulfilled to date prophesies declared 1000’s of years ago. We await eagerly the season of His return when He will reign with Y’hudas scepter.
Shiyloh, You are the ruler of our lives and of Israel and of all peoples. We bless you and thank you for taking away our sins and all our fear. You feed us with Your Word and comfort us with Your Spirit of Holiness as you speak life/chaim to our hearts and peace/shalom to our minds. Deliverer and Ruler, King Messiah, You are worthy of all praise and indeed…..
….Shiyloh is Emmanuel!!
For those new to mmm
there are several older posts about this season
links below:
https://www.minimannamoments.com/a-lambs-tale-and-a-mysterious-tower/
https://www.minimannamoments.com/a-missing-piece/
https://www.minimannamoments.com/is-el-eem-anu/
https://www.minimannamoments.com/christmas-bonus/
https://www.minimannamoments.com/because-he-came/
https://www.minimannamoments.com/who-lights-up-your-life/.
https://www.minimannamoments.com/look-up-bethlehem-star-or-an-angel-or-a-sign/
https://www.minimannamoments.com/may-this-be-a-shannah-of-shalom-a-year-of-peace/
