Double Portion Inheritance: “A House Divided by Sister Rivalry” (11/21/2013)

In Hebrew, Leah’s name means “weak-eyed” but it also means “cow,” and the name Rachel in Hebrew means “lamb.” These two sisters are the mothers of “Both Houses of Yisra’el” (Ephrayim & Judah). In Leviticus 16, the instructions are given for the Kohan ha’Gadowl (High Priest) for Yom Kippur, as he is commanded to “mix” the blood of these two animals together: a bullock and a goat. And then he is to sprinkle the blood of these two animals together before sprinkling it onto the mercy seat in the Holy of Holies. This is a beautiful picture of Melchizedek, our eternal High Priest who will also “mix” the blood of these two families (Rachel & Leah), and thus the “Two Houses of Yisra’el” will become “one stick” or “one olive tree” in the hand of YaHuWaH at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb! Our Messiah will make these two families as “one blood” and they shall no longer be two separate houses. The prophet Isaiah speaks of this phenomenon: Yeshayahuw (Isaiah) 11:13 The envy also of Ephrayim shall depart, and the adversaries of Yahuwdah (Judah) shall be cut off: Ephrayim shall not envy Yahuwdah (Judah), and Yahuwdah (Judah) shall not vex Ephrayim. What is this prophecy about? Well, you see Leah was jealous (envious) of her sister Rachel, because she was loved by & Ya’aqob (Jacob) and Leah was not. But Rachel was also envious of her sister Leah, because YaHuWaH looked with kindness upon her by giving her more children to compensate for the fact that she was unloved. Jacob was tricked by his father-in-law Laban into marrying both sisters, which is actually against the Towrah: Wayyiqra (Leviticus) 18:18 Neither shall you take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. So you see, YaHuWaH in his wisdom knew the vexation that is brought on by plural marriages, which is why he did not want a man to take his sister’s wife to vex her. But in-spite of the fact that Jacob’s marriage to both sisters violated Towrah, YaHuWaH ultimately used it to multi-ply Abraham’s seed in the nations. In these last days, YaHuWaH is going to bring both (the children of Rachel and the children of Leah) back together again. This means that Judah (typified in Rachel) shall no longer “vex” Ephrayim (typified in Leah). And Ephrayim (typified in Leah) shall no longer envy Judah (typified in Rachel). These two families will finally live in harmony with one another when Messiah returns! This is why the animal pieces in Abraham’s covenant were “divided” in order to restore the “schism” in both houses! And this is also why “in the midst of the week” the last seven years of Daniel’s 70th Week was “divided” into two parts of 3 ½ years! Our Messiah fulfilled only “half” of Daniel’s 70th Week and then he will fulfill the other “half” through his Two Witnesses, so that both families will no longer be “divided!” To understand this phenomenon more fully see both blogs below: “Who Confirms the Covenant in Daniel’s 70th Week?” http://doubleportioninheritance.blogspot.com/2011/05/who-confirms-one-only-covenant.html “Jacob’s Time of Trouble & Daniel’s 70th Week:” http://doubleportioninheritance.blogspot.com/2012/01/jacobs-time-of-trouble-daniels-70th_8110.html