Jesus Christ Birth Place

A place is a dwelling, a dwelling that a person can reside or hide. Jesus, the saviour has proved in scripture to be many things. He is the lion, the ancient of days, the beginning and the end and many others. Today, let us look into scripture to see how Jesus is a place. If you see Him as a place, you will begin to see how He is the place for your refuge, strength, joy etcetera. Let us take a look at this scripture.

Micah 4:8 “And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem”.

In this scripture, God pinpoints certain ideas. He presents the idea of a “tower”, “stronghold”, “first dominion” and most importantly “the coming of the kingdom”. These ideas are worthy of note since they bear a great significance with Jesus. There is no great stronghold like that of Christ. When Jesus was on earth in the flesh, John preached that the people should repent because the kingdom of God is at hand.

After Jesus arose from the dead, the bible now says that the kingdom is within us. This means that the kingdom has now come to us, the children of the heavenly Jerusalem.

Let us now take a deeper look into how Jesus is actually this dwelling, tower and stronghold.

In the book of Genesis 49:10, bible states that “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”.

Take a look, it is stated clearly that “until Shiloh comes”, the sceptre and a lawgiver will not depart from Judah. This means that once Shiloh comes, the sceptre and the lawgiver will depart from Israel. We see clearly that the kingship of Israel was on the tribe of Judah making David and the others king until “Shiloh” comes.

This brings us to the question of what Shiloh is. In the book of 1Samuel 1:3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.

This means that Shiloh is a place. It is the place where the Israelites in the days of Eli go to camp and worship the lord. It was in this place that Hannah asked for Samuel and the lord gave her him.

This raises the question once again that since Shiloh is a place, why did the prophecy of God state that until Shiloh comes, a lawgiver will not depart from Israel? If Shiloh is already a place on earth where the people go to worship, how can it come again?

It then creates the impression that Shiloh is a physical place representing a spiritual entity. This relates us to the book of Hebrews 10:1 which states that “For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect”. 

We see here that the law and in other words all the Old Testament practices only has a shadow of good things to come. They were not the actual things. They only come to symbolise someone that will be manifested in the physical. Before a real image comes, its shadow shows off first, and when the image appears, the shadow disappears. Also, the fact that bible says “Shiloh will come” means that it is possibly a human being who will arise, walk and come into this earth.

Why would the sceptre and a lawgiver depart from Judah when He comes? Because He comes with a higher authority, kingship and rulership that will surpass the authority of that of the tribe of Judah.

Looking into these truths, it is crystal clear that it is no other person than the one in the person of “Jesus Christ of Nazareth” who is this Shiloh supposed to come. He, himself is from the tribe of Judah, and once He arrives, he changes the Levitical priesthood and from then the kingship of Judah has stumbled because a greater authority also from the tribe of Judah in the flesh has come. He is Jesus our place of refuge.

Let us look at this scripture that states the change that occurs in the Levitical priesthood upon the coming of Jesus. Although it does not pinpoint the change in authority of the tribe of Judah, it only states the change in authority in the priesthood of Levi. For the change in authority in the tribe of Judah, we all know nowadays that the tribe of Judah is no longer holding the sceptre of kingship in the land of Israel.

Hebrews 7:11. “If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? 

12. For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law”.

You can see that there was a change in every sector of Israel upon the coming of Jesus. This is one of the changes that the prophecy state will happen when Shiloh comes. There is no longer a lawgiver, but a grace giver.

Does only this qualify us to say that Jesus is a place? Wait a minute; there are other clear cut scriptures that point it out clearly without the need for any long references.

In Proverbs 18:10 scripture reveals that “The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runs into it, and is safe”.

Who is the lord? In 1Corinthians_1:9 we see that “God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord”.

This means that Jesus is Lord. Meanwhile proverbs states that the name of the lord “Jesus” is a strong tower. What is a tower? A tower is a place, a very high and strong building. Here, we see that this tower provides refuge for the righteous that runs into it. You can only run into a place, and that place is Jesus, the name of the lord.

Not all, the psalmist also puts it this way in Psalm 61:3 “For thou hast been a shelter for me; and a strong tower from the enemy”. This is exactly it. We can see here that the psalmist is referring to an individual being a tower. This declaration relates to no one else but Jesus.

Jesus is our refuge. He is our hope and shield. He is the place where we hide and fear no evil. When you are in Jesus, you have nothing to fear because He is a place of refuge. If you are yet to believe in Jesus, it is high time you see the revelation in this scripture and confess Jesus now as your Lord and saviour who has cleansed you from all your unrighteousness.

 According to Romans 10:9-10, if you believe and confess Jesus, you will be saved. It takes nothing more than believe and confessing to have a full right of your protection in Christ Jesus.

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Amen.