33:20,21
Gad is seen as a warrior, enlarging his domain. He also carries out the will of the Lord. We see a great variety of blessings and characteristics in all these blessings. As a totality, Israel was meant to represent all these characteristics to the world, and a demonstration of the character of God. We know that in reality she failed miserably, representing quite different characteristics. In Christ the blessings spoken of here will be fulfilled. Note that the church is meant to function as a body. It is only as a body that we represent the fulness of Christ.
33:22
Dan gets a very short piece, “Dan is a lion's cub , springing out of Bashan”. Well that’s all very nice, but what does it mean? The short answer is I haven’t a clue. The commentary by Woods does make some suggestions, but I don’t find them particularly convincing. Dan is omitted from the list of tribes in Rev 7:5-8, possibly because of her idolatry. So where does that leave us? If we take these blessings as only being fulfilled in and through Christ, then we could take it as we lion cubs, i.e. we are offspring of the Lion. This may be a bit speculative, but it is the best I’ve got!
Gad is seen as a warrior, enlarging his domain. He also carries out the will of the Lord. We see a great variety of blessings and characteristics in all these blessings. As a totality, Israel was meant to represent all these characteristics to the world, and a demonstration of the character of God. We know that in reality she failed miserably, representing quite different characteristics. In Christ the blessings spoken of here will be fulfilled. Note that the church is meant to function as a body. It is only as a body that we represent the fulness of Christ.
33:22
Dan gets a very short piece, “Dan is a lion's cub , springing out of Bashan”. Well that’s all very nice, but what does it mean? The short answer is I haven’t a clue. The commentary by Woods does make some suggestions, but I don’t find them particularly convincing. Dan is omitted from the list of tribes in Rev 7:5-8, possibly because of her idolatry. So where does that leave us? If we take these blessings as only being fulfilled in and through Christ, then we could take it as we lion cubs, i.e. we are offspring of the Lion. This may be a bit speculative, but it is the best I’ve got!
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