The
Twelve Sons of Israel
Are Equal To
The Twelve Apostles
The blessings that Jacob bestowed upon his twelve sons
are a prophetic view of the spiritual character of the twelve apostles of Christ
and their respective Christian denomination.
Twelve Sons of Israel = |
Twelve Apostles of Christ |
1. Reuben Genesis 49:3-4 Reuben lost his birthright because he slept with his fathers wife. Reuben fell from his first estate. |
1. Jude Jude 1:6 The words of the apostle Jude warn Christians not to fall from their first estate through sin. |
2. Simeon - Genesis 49:5-7 Simeon and Levi were cruel, quickly angered, murderers. They were lawless and self-ruled. Being right in their own eyes, they gave fierce wrath to their opponents. |
2. James of Zebedee Matthew 20:20-24 These two brothers of Zebedee, supposing them to be more righteous than the other apostles, asked Jesus for two of the highest positions in his kingdom. This request was a fierce blow to the other apostles. |
3. Levi Genesis 49:5-7See Simeon above. These to sons were partners and agreed with one another. |
3. John of Zebedee Matthew 20:20-24. |
4. Judah Genesis 49:9-12 The king of Israel, the lawgiver and law enforcement officer. As a lion, he shows mercy and grace only to those who keep his law and out of his way. |
4. James the brother of Christ James 2:20. Apostle James, the author of the book of James, like his brother Jesus is also a lion of the tribe of Judah. He warns Christians that faith without the works of the royal Law of Moses is dead faith. Worthless faith. |
5. Zebulun Genesis 49:13 A hard-working fisherman nothing else. |
5. Andrew Matthew 4:18. A hard-working fisher of men nothing else. |
6. Issachar Genesis 49:14-15 The tax collector. Servant unto tribute. |
6. Matthew Matthew 9:9. A collector of customs. A tax collector and bookkeeper |
7. Dan Genesis 49:16:18 The serpent, adder, snake. Symbols of a devil. |
7. Judas Iscariot John 6:70-71 One of the chosen apostles but he was a devil. |
8. Gad Genesis 49:19 The last to overcome. |
8. Thomas John 20:26-29 The last apostle to overcome his doubts about Jesus. |
9. Asher Genesis 49:20 Out of Asher came fat bread and royal food. |
9. Philip John 6:5-14 With the help of King Jesus, Philip fed five thousand with only five loaves of bread, and two fish. |
10. Naphtali Genesis 49:21 A kind person speaking goodly words. |
10. Nathanael John 1:47-51 An apostle with no guile who praised Jesus at first sight. |
11. Joseph Genesis 49:22-26 The stone of Israel verse 24. |
11. Peter John 1:42 Jesus surnamed Simon, Cephas, a stone. |
12. Benjamin Genesis 49:27 A ravenous wolf that destroys sheep. After the civil war, Benjamite men only married Canaanite women. The tribe of Benjamin became nearly 100% Canaanite. |
12. Simon the Canaanite Matthew 10:4 The Israelites did not kill all of the Canaanites as God commanded. Israel therefore, learned the sins of the Canaanites, which destroyed the holy nation. |
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