Ge 49:10 The 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.
The last type of scripture that we find is reserved prophecies. In this scripture, there is a revealing of the prophecy, and then we see that a part of this is fulfilled, but not all; or that some part will be revealed both in the past and in the future. In some cases as well, this is refered to as a "now and not yet" kind of prophecy.
For Genesis 49:10, we see that "the sceptre", or a ruler or series of rulers, "shall not depart", or in other words reign over all the tribes, "until Shiloh come". This is a direct reference to the Christ, the Messiah. So there is a partial fulfillment in David and the thone of Judah, but there is a future fulfillment in Christ the King of Kings and Lord of Lords!
Barnes, in his Notes on the Bible, writes,
Not only the sons of Israel, but all the descendants of Adam will ultimately bow down to the Prince of Peace. This is the seed of the woman, who shall bruise the serpent's head, the seed of Abraham, in whom all the families of the earth shall be blessed, presented now under the new aspect of the peacemaker, whom all the nations of the earth shall eventually obey as the Prince of Peace. He is therefore, now revealed as the Destroyer of the works of evil, the Dispenser of the blessings of grace, and the King of peace. The coming of Shiloh and the obedience of the nations to him will cover a long period of time, the close of which will coincide with the limit here set to Judah's earthly supremacy in its wider and loftier stage. This prediction therefore, truly penetrates to the latter days.
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