Not for Us to Know

 

 

No need to know the times

As the children of Issachar did

But to propagate the glorious Gospel

That was from them hid.

 

For the Gospel as we know it

Was not revealed to them

Even though they were a part of it

From way back then.

 

They were aware, however,

Regarding the changing of the guard

That David would replace Saul

And Saul would take this hard.

 

It should not surprise us

How this matter was processed

But rather, come to the conclusion

That God’s way is always best.

 

 

Out of the tribe of Judah

Shiloh, the Messiah would come,

Judah was neither Jacob’s oldest

Nor even his favourite son.

 

Of the priestly tribe he wasn’t

Nor any other reason we could tell,

Only that God is the one that chose

And God always chooses well.

 

The scepter shall not depart from Judah,

Nor a lawgiver from between his feet

And this prophecy did materialize

Exactly as the prophet did speak.

 

“It is finished,” Jesus had said,

Followed by his glorious resurrection,

Pentecost was not far behind

With its declaration of salvation.

 

Jacob had divulged the promise

On the eve of his departure,

His twelve sons were all gathered ‘round

For this prophetic picture.

 

Each of them formed a tribe

But Judah was the tribe that was chosen

From which the Messiah would emerge

And all sin would be forgiven.

 

Moses came from Levi

While Joshua came from Ephraim,

Gideon from Manasseh and Samson from Dan

And Saul from Benjamin.

 

Judah would relinquish the scepter

Only when Shiloh came

And Shiloh came as Jacob prophesied

And Matthew recorded his name.

 

And his name shall be called Jesus

For he shall save his people from sin,

His people meaning not only the Jews

But all them that trust in him.

 

It is not for us to know

Neither the times nor the seasons

But to carry out the command of Jesus

As given in the great commission.

 

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father,

and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Teaching them to observe all things

whatsoever I have commanded you:

and, lo, I am with you alway,

even unto the end of the world. 

Amen.

 

Stewart Russell © September 11, 2020