A Favored Tribe

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Caleb was not only one of God’s people, and not only was he a head and ruler of his tribe, but he was from a very favored tribe as well. Judah, was the tribe, where later on, within its boundaries, God placed His name, and promised to dwell with His people collectively. It then became the joy and exercise of every godly Israelite to “do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem” (1 Kings 12:2727If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. (1 Kings 12:27)). It was also the kingly tribe from which the Lord Jesus came as “the Lion of the tribe of Juda” (Revelation 5:55And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. (Revelation 5:5)). Just listen to the blessing of Judah recited by Jacob his father in Genesis 49:8-108Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. 9Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. (Genesis 49:8‑10). “Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee. Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.” Yes, it was a very privileged tribe!
Perhaps you have been brought up in such a place of privilege? A place where the Word of God is honored and bowed to, a place where the authority and Lordship of Christ is recognized and owned, a place where the Lord’s supper is celebrated at the Lord’s table every Lord’s Day, and where the privilege of being gathered to the Lord’s name, in accordance with Matthew 18:2020For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. (Matthew 18:20), is valued. “For where two or there are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them.” The question is, do we value it? Is it precious to our hearts?