Chapter 9 - THE SCEPTER AND THE STAFF
Continued from Chapter 8 (Genesis 49:10) Christians attempt to demonstrate that the Messiah had to come prior to the end of Jewish sovereignty in 70 C.E. by citing Genesis 49:10: “The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to him shall be the obedience of peoples.” Shiloh is identified with the Messiah according to the traditional commentaries of both Judaism and Christianity. Some Christians understand the text to mean that J
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