A hidden message in the names of the tribes of Israel

Poem from Genesis 29 vs 32(NIV) to Genesis 33 v18

The Lord has seen my misery, He has heard my prayer because he is attached to me. My Lord is worthy of praise because He has vindicated me. Although I have struggled I have won. What good fortune, how happy I am that God has rewarded me by presenting me with this precious gift by taking my disgrace away through the Son of His right hand, Jesus Christ.

                    Poem                              Tribe                    Biblical text

The Lord has seen my misery    RUEBEN       The Lord has seen my misery

He has heard my prayer              SIMEON        The Lord Heard

because He is attached to me.    LEVI                Attached to me

My Lord is worthy of praise       JUDAH          Praise

He has vindicated me.                  DAN              God has vindicated me

Although I have struggled           NAPHTALI   I have had a great

I have won                                                                                                 struggle with my sister,

and I have won

What good fortune!                                              GAD                           “What good fortune!” So she

  named him Gad

How happy I am                              ASHER          How happy I am! The women

                                                                                    will call me happy

That God has rewarded me        ISSACHAR     God has rewarded me for giving

                                                                                    my maidservant to my husband

by presenting me with this        ZEUBLUN        God has presented me with a

precious gift                                                            precious gift

 

by taking my disgrace away        JOSEPH         God has taken away my disgrace

Through Jesus Christ God’s son BENJAMIN    Son of my right hand

                       

 

 

Just feel strongly how important our mindset is in approaching life, our future or any problems we might have. God is a loving God of mercy so at the end of the day we are blessed however there is a difference between approaching a problem with fear and approaching problem knowing Jesus loves you, knowing the truths in the bible which are trustworthy and directly applying them and trusting in them for the exact situation you find yourself in. I am confident that our prayers and problems would be much faster remedied if we chose to put our trust in Jesus, remembering what he said about moving the mountain and if you believe it would be done, then it will be. The trick is choosing to trust, especially when experience, memories, evidence tells us otherwise. I have learnt this in part with some of my life but there are other parts where i really need to apply this principal. Im going try.

Um um um...
today i was reading beattitudes..
Matthew Ch5
In verse 3 it says blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
I wondered what this actually meant
poor in terms of money means you dont have much relative to others.
spirit is the part of you that 'Thingy' you get when we you ask Jesus to be Lord of your life...a 'deposit' (Ephesians 1 vs 13 and 14)
so moving on from this we know that as christians we have a spirit from God and from this verse in beattitudes we see there are variations in the levels because this verse says poor which implies that there is a rich and lets face it, we have heard or seen or people that are rich in it.
but this verse then is extraordinary because it says to me...in my language...u may have a spirit the size of a pea (which means your going to heaven) but at that low level u can get the Kingdom of Heaven. And that is now, not in the future when u drop dead and then go to heaven, no its now...'theirs IS the kingdom of heaven. And what is the kingdom of heaven? Well a kingdom is a place that is subject to the rule of a king and his laws and promises. Everything in that place is subject to his rule. Jesus taught us to pray, 'Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.' Matthew ch 6 v 10. I think Jesus wants His rule, His will, His laws, His promises and His kingdom to be on earth as it is in heaven. And in beattitudes he is promising us that even with the groddy (sorry this seems the most fitting word for me) level of spirit I have ownership of all the promises and truths that are true in heaven and that are in the bible. EG...'Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.' Isaiah Ch55 v 2 or 'For He has delivered me from all my troubles' Psalm 54 v7 or 'He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their plea' Psalm 102 v 17 or 'I will bless her with abundant provisions;...her saints shall ever sing for joy' Psalm 132 vs 15 and 16. 'I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these,because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring Glory to the Father. You may ask for anything in my name, and I will do it' John vh 14 v 12 - 14.
So we who are poor in spirit have access / ownership to these and countless of other promises, truths and laws of Jesus set out in the bible. All you need to do now is believe and then, then you can get excited!