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Recognition of the Messianic King in Jacob's Blessing on Judah
Jacob's blessing on Judah marks the first explicit mention of a royal figure from the future line of Judah as the promised Messianic king. This blessing picks up and develops the promise of a future ruler, similar to the promise of a future snake crusher given to Adam and Eve in Eden. Despite the exile and deaths of the rebellious generation in the wilderness, the promise of the Messianic king remains attached to them, providing a hopeful perspective from above.