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Numbers chapter 24 verse 17.

I see him but not now.

I behold him but not near, a

a star shall come out of Jacob,

and a scepter shall rise out of Israel.

So when you hear those words star scepter,

these are words that relate to kingship.

In fact, before this, Genesis chapter 49, I think it's verse 10, and

promises to the tribe of Judah, we see a picture of a scepter coming from Judah.

And it's a picture of a king.

And that's the same picture we have here in

bailim's final oracle here in verse 17 of chapter 24

when he's talking about a king coming out of Jacob and a king rising out of Israel.

This is a theme we see all throughout the Old Testament, a coming king.

The Old Testament keeps pointing forward to God

in different ways, in the history of his people,

keeps pointing forward to a king who's to come. And you think about it, just in our day you look at

rulers or leaders in the world and you think, so imagine a leader that you are

struggling under that leadership and you think, okay, well, another leader is coming, a better leader is coming.

And that's the picture we see all throughout the Old Testament a better

leader is coming and not just a better leader a perfect leader not just a better

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