ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Tuʻapulelulu Fepueli 18, 2021

The scepter shall not depart from Judah

Ko e sēpita meia Siuta ‘e ‘ikai ‘ave 

Senesi 49 (Genesis 49)

(v. 10) The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

(v. 10) Ko e sēpita meia Siuta ‘e ‘ikai ‘ave, Mo e tokotoko mei hono vaha‘a va‘e, Kae‘oua ke ha‘u ‘a Sailo, Pea ‘e fai kiate ia ‘e he ngaahi kakai ‘enau tukulolo.

*Commentary: David Guzik Study notes on Genesis*

Each of these refer to the ruling position Judah will have among his brethren. He inherited the leadership aspect of the firstborn’s inheritance. This leadership position among his brothers meant that the eventual kings of Israel would come from Judah and that the Messiah – God’s ultimate leader – would eventually come from the tribe of Judah.

In Revelation 5:5, Jesus is called the Lion of the tribe of Judah.

“The firstborn normally had two rights. First, he became the leader of the family, the new patriarch. Second, he was entitled to a double share of the inheritance, receiving twice as much as any of the other brothers.” (Boice)

*Tohi Vete: Ngaahi lesoni ako ‘a Tevita Kuisaki ‘i he Tohi Senesi*

Ko e ngaahi fakamatala eni ki he tuʻunga pule ‘o Siuta ‘i hono vā mo hono fanga tokoua´. Naʻa ne maʻu ‘a e tuʻunga taki ‘o e foha lahi´. Ko e tuʻunga takimuʻa ko eni ki hono fanga tokoua´, ‘oku ‘uhinga ia ko e haʻa tuʻi kotoa ‘e mui mai´, te nau fou mai ‘i he laine ‘o Siuta´ pea ko e Misaia´ - ‘a e tumutumu ‘i he kau tuʻukimuʻa ‘a e ‘Otua´ - te ne hoko mai mei he matakali ‘o Siuta´.

‘I he Tohi Fakahā´, vahe 5 veesi 5, ‘oku ui ‘a Sisu ko e Laione mei he matakali ‘o Siuta´.

“Ko e foha lahi´ naʻe ua ‘a hono mafai´. ‘Uluaki´, naʻa ne hoko ko e taki ‘o e famili´, ko e pēteliake foʻou´ ia. Ua´, naʻa ne maʻu ‘a e ‘inasi lōua ‘o e tofiʻa´, ‘a ia ‘oku ne maʻu ‘a e liunga ua ‘o e koloa ‘a e toenga ‘o e fanga tokoua´” (Poisi)

GOD IS . . . (KO E ‘OTUA, ‘OKU . . )

2        GOD IS SIMPLE

            Doctrine

Or as Irenaeus observes,

He is a simple, uncompounded Being, without diverse members, and altogether like, and equal to himself, since He is wholly understanding, and wholly spirit, and wholly thought, and wholly intelligence, and wholly reason, and wholly hearing, and wholly seeing, and wholly light, and the whole source of all that is good.

2        KO E ‘OTUA´, ‘OKU LAULOTAHA

            Tokāteline

Ko e lau eni ‘a ‘Ailaniasi (Pisope Kalisi, tangata teolosia ‘o e senituli ua), fekauʻaki mo e tuʻunga laulōtaha ‘o e ‘Otua´,

“‘Oku ne laulōtaha, ko e Tokotaha ‘oku ‘ikai vaʻavaʻa, ‘ikai hano ngaahi kupu pe mēmipa māvahevahe, pea ‘oku ‘ikai toe fakatatau ki ha meʻa kehe, ka kiate Ia tokotaha pe; pea koeʻuhi´ ko ‘ene fālute ‘a e ‘ilo´, pea ‘oku laumālie kakato, fakakaukau kakato, ‘ilo meʻa kakato, mafai ke fakakaukau mo fili kakato, fanongo kakato, mamata kakato, ko e kātoi ia ‘o e maama´, pea mo e fauniteni tāfataha ‘o e meʻa kotoa pe ‘oku lelei.”