THE STORY, Chapter 3
Genesis 37, 39, 41-48, 50

Jesus in Genesis

“You are a lion's cub, O Judah . . . The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs and the obedience of the nations is his." Genesis 49:8-10(NIV)

Jesus is Right Now Ruling Earth

The Lion is the “king of beasts” (This passage is the reason that the Jesus figure in the Chronicles of Narnia is a lion). Furthermore,  a scepter is the property of Kings. The big picture of the Bible is that God in Jesus Christ created the universe and He is currently ruling over it. The above passage is one of many Old Testament references to this big picture. Jesus is a descendent of Abraham through his grandson, Judah, the brother of Joseph and one of Jacob’s 12 sons. This passage predicts the coming of one man to whom all nations will one day declare their obedience. That one man is Jesus. Notice the following New Testament verse.

“Therefore God exalted him (Jesus) to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:9-11(NIV)

Prayer

“Lord, may this big picture of You as, in and with Jesus Christ currently ruling all things and holding all things together inspire me to exercise a more relaxed kind of trust, the kind that knows and believes deeply, despite my failures, that you are at every moment making all things new (Revelation 21:5) Amen."