THE NAMES OF THE TWELVE SONS OF JACOB AND THEIR SPIRITUAL MEANING.
It was laid upon my heart as I was sleeping this afternoon to discuss the name and meaning of the twelve sons of Jacob. I don’t know why but I know the person the Lord intends to share this with will read it.
THE TWELVE SONS REPRESENT SPIRITUALLY THE TWELVE NATURE OF ISRAEL. JACOB HAD TWELVE SONS AND CHRIST HAD TWELVE APOSTLES. THIS IS A SHADOW TELLING US A MYSTERY ABOUT THE NATURE OF GOD, THE TWELVE FRUITS OF THE TREE OF LIFE MEANT FOR THE HEALING OF THE NATIONS.
I WILL NOT BELABOUR THE ISSUE OF TWELVE HERE BY TRYING TO EXPOUND MORE THE MEANING BUT I WILL JUST STAY ON THE TWELVE SONS.
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Gen 29:32
32 Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, "It is because the Lord has seen my misery. Surely my husband will love me now."
THIS IS THE FIRST SON OF JACOB, REUBEN, MEANING DIVINE SIGHT, SHE SAID THE LORD HAS SEEN MY MASTERY,
WITHOUT DIVINE SIGHT YOU WILL BE GOING ON YOUR JOURNEY LIKE A BLIND MAN. THE CHRISTIAN JOURNEY IS A TRIP BASED MAINLY ON REVELATION, WITHOUT SIGHT YOUR LEVEL OF REVELATION IS DEPENDENT ON WHAT OTHERS TELL YOU ABOUT GOD, YOU WILL FIND IT DIFFICULT TO HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD.
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Gen 29: 33
33 She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, "Because the Lord heard that I am not loved, he gave me this one too." So she named him Simeon.
SIMEON REPRESENT DIVINE HEARING, PERCEPTION. FOR THE LORD HAS HEARD ME. THIS IS THE ABILITY TO PERCEIVE SPIRITUAL TRUTH.
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Gen 29:34
34 Again she conceived, and when she gave birth to a son she said, "Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons." So he was named Levi.
THIS MEANS DIVINE JOINING. NOW AT LAST MY HUSBAND WILL BE ATTACHED TO ME. WILL BE JOINED TO ME, WHEN WE GET TO THIS POINT WE ARE JOINED AND ATTACHED TO THE LORD AND HIS TRUTHS.
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Gen29:35
35 She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, "This time I will praise the Lord." So she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.
THIS MEANS DIVINE LEADERSHIP, JUDAH YOU SHALL YOUR BROTHERS PRAISE. THE SCEPTRE OF LEADERSHIP SHALL NOT DEPART FROM JUDAH TILL SHILOH COMES. TILL THE ONE TO HOLD THE AUTHORITY COMES. THE ONE TO HOLD THE AUTHORITY IS STILL FAR DOWN BUT JUDAH HOLDS THE LEADERSHIP OVER THE SOUL TILL HE COMES.
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Gen 30:1-6
1 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, "Give me children, or I'll die!"
2 Jacob became angry with her and said, "Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?"
3 Then she said, "Here is Bilhah, my maidservant. Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and that through her I too can build a family."
4 So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife. Jacob slept with her,
5 and she became pregnant and bore him a son.
6 Then Rachel said, "God has vindicated me; he has listened to my plea and given me a son." Because of this she named him Dan.
DAN MEANS JUDGE, HE THAT JUDGES AND CAN VINDICATE. THIS NATURE IS CALLED DIVINE JUDGEMENT. IT HELPS TO JUDGE THE NATURAL NATURE OF THE MIND WHICH ARE CONTRARY TO THE NATURES OF GOD UNTIL WE ARE VINDICATED.
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Gen 30:7-8
7 Rachel's servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
8 Then Rachel said, "I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won." So she named him Naphtali.
I HAVE WRESTLED AND WON. DIVINE STRENGTH. I WILL STOP HERE AND CONTINUE LATER TONIGHT.
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Gen 30:9-11
9 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her maidservant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
10 Leah's servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
11 Then Leah said, "a troop cometh!" So she named him Gad.
THIS MEANS THE TROOP “COMMUNITY”LIFE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO LIVE AS CHRISTIANS. WE CANNOT SURVIVE THE ONSLAUGHT OF THE ENEMY IF WE DON’T LIVE LIKE A TROOP. REMEMBER THE ACTS OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS? THEY LIVED A COMMUNITY LIFE AND THE WHOLE JERUSALEM WAS AFRAID OF THEM. WHEN ONE PERSON IS RICH THEN ALL OF THEM IS RICH, THE JOY OF ONE IS THE JOY OF ALL AND VICE VERSA. DURING THE NEXT MOVE OF GOD WE WILL BE SEEING THE TROOP LIFE OF THE APOSTLES RETURN. DURING PERSECUTIONS WE WILL STAND TOGETHER AND SURVIVE IT. WHEN THE ISRAELITES WERE COMING OUT OF EGYPT THE LORD DIVIDED THEM INTO 12 TROOPS OR COMMUNITIES. I WONT TAKE YOUR TIME ON THIS.
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12 Leah's servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.
13 Then Leah said, "How happy I am! The women will call me happy." So she named him Asher.
NIV
I LOVE THIS; THE JOY OF THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH. THIS IS DIVINE JOY OR HAPPINESS. NOTICE THAT THE JOY THE HOLY SPIRIT GIVES YOU CANNOT BE COMPARED TO THE JOY OF ENTERTAINMENT WHICH TENDS TO TAKE CARE OF THE FLESH.
I USE TO WONDER AT CHRISTIANS THAT WILL SING MAKOSSA IN CHURCH IN OTHER TO PRAISE GOD, PLEASE HAS THE HOLY SPIRIT LOST HIS CREATIVE ABILITY? WHEN WE MEET IN OUR FELLOWSHIP FOR 2 HOURS., WE NORMALLY END UP STAYING 5 TO 6 HOURS, AND STILL WE WILL BE RELUCTANT TO LEAVE AS WE KEEP ENJOYING THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AS TRUTH IS UNRAVELLED TO OUR SPIRIT. IF YOU HAVE NOT FOUND THE WELL OF THIS JOY LOOK FOR IT. NOTHING LIKE IT.
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Gen 30:14-24
14 During wheat harvest, Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrake plants, which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."
15 But she said to her, "Wasn't it enough that you took away my husband? Will you take my son's mandrakes too?" "Very well," Rachel said, "he can sleep with you tonight in return for your son's mandrakes."
16 So when Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. "You must sleep with me," she said. "I have hired you with my son's mandrakes." So he slept with her that night.
17 God listened to Leah, and she became pregnant and bore Jacob a fifth son.
18 Then Leah said, "God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband." So she named him Issachar.
I LOVE THIS SCENE, LOOK, GOD KNOWS THE END OF A THING EVEN BEFORE THE BEGINNING, AND CAN YOU IMAGINE THE WISDOM HERE? I LOVE THE LORD….REUBEN DIVINE SIGHT WENT TO THE FARM AND CAME BACK WITH MANDRAKES WHICH IS BASICALLY USED FOR LOVE.
, I MEAN A DEEPER FORM OF LOVE, IT IS ALSO A PLANT USED LIKE VIAGRA, IT IS A LEGUME, HIGHER IN NATURE THAN WHEAT AND BAILEY BUT LOWER THAN FRUIT TREES AND THEY ALSO USE IT IN NEGOTIATING COVENANTS, STUDENTS OF HISTORY KNOW THAT HITLER ENTERED A COVENANT WITH A JEW USING MANDRAKES AND WHEN HE BROKE THE COVENANT HIS GOVERNMENT WAS TOPPLED IN SEVEN YEARS. IT IS A POWERFUL PLANT WITH DIFFERENT ATTRIBUTES WHICH I CANT DESCRIBE HERE ALL.
WHEN RACHEL TOOK IT FROM LEAH AND THEY NEGOTIATED FOR THE ATTENTION OF JACOB, LEAH THEREAFTER CONCEIVED AND GAVE BIRTH TO ISSACHAR WHICH MEANS REWARD..WAGES..OR TREASURES….IT IS ONLY DIVINE SIGHT THAT CAN LEAD US TO HEAVENLY RICHES, WHEN THE KINGDOM WAS DESCRIBED AS A MAN SEARCHING FOR A PEARL WHEN HE FOUND IT HE SOLD ALL HE HAD AND BOUGHT THE LAND AND IF WE CHECK THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE GATES OF ISRAEL FROM THE EAST, REUBEN WILL LEAD YOU TO ISSACHAR. SEEK THIS HEAVENLY TREASURE BECAUSE ALL EARTHLY TREASURE WILL PERISH, BUT WITHOUT DIVINE SIGHT YOU CANNOT BE LED TO THIS TREASURE
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Gen 30:19-20
19 Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.
20 Then Leah said, "God has presented me with a precious gift. This time my husband will dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons." So she named him Zebulun.
ZEBULUM MEANS DIVINE STABILITY, WHERE YOU CANNOT BE PUSHED OUT AGAIN, YOU HAVE STABILIZED IN STRENGHT AND HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED LIKE THE FEET'S OF JAKIN AND BOAZ IN THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON, IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION THE LORD SAID HE THAT OVERCOME SHALL NO LONGER GO OUT, THEY WILL BE PERMANENTLY ESTABLISHED AND DWELL IN THE TEMPLE OF GOD.
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Gen 30:22-24
22 Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and opened her womb.
23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said, "God has taken away my disgrace."
24 She named him Joseph, and said, "May the Lord add to me another son."
THIS MEANS FRUITFULNESS, NOW SHALL THE LORD ADD ANOTHER SON TO ME, ADDITION ,DIVINE FRUITFULNESS. AT THIS POINT YOU START BEARING FRUITS AND YOUR FRUITS WILL REMAIN.
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Gen 35:16-18
16 Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty.
17 And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid, for you have another son."
18 As she breathed her last — for she was dying — she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin.
NIV
THE LAST MAN OF THE HOUSE, BENJAMIN, SON OF MY RIGHT HAND. HIS MOTHER NAMED HIM SON OF SORROW BUT THE FATHER SAID NO, THIS IS THE SON OF MY RIGHT HAND WHICH MEANS BENJAMIN, AFTER WE HAVE FINISHED OUR RACE AND FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH WE WILL SEAT AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD WITH CHRIST WHICH MEANS DIVINE AUTHORITY. ONLY OVERCOMER'S WILL GET TO THIS LEVEL MAY WE ALL BE PARTAKERS OF HIS AUTHORITY IN JESUS NAME. AMEN.
1. REUBEN….DIVINE SIGHT
2. SIMEON….DIVINE HEARING
3. LEVI………DIVINE JOINING
4. JUDAH…….DIVINE LEADERSHIP
5. DAN……….DIVINE JUDGEMENT
6. NAPTALI….DIVINE STRENGTH
7. GAD……….DIVINE TROOP OR COMMUNITY
8. ASHER……..DIVINE JOY
9. ISSACHAR….DIVINE WEALTH
10. ZUBULUM….DIVINE ESTABLISHMENT
11. JOSEPH…….DIVINE FRUITFULNESS
12. BENJAMIN…DIVINE AUTHORITY
THANK YOU LORD.
Thank you.
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