Benjamin Flashcards
Learn how to identify & breakdown the prophesies of who the tribe of Benjamin in the bible is today
What scriptural reference do we use to locate the 12 tribes today? (Please provide scripture)
A) Genesis 49:1-2/ Dueteronomy 28:45-46/ Dueteronomy 33/ Lamentation 5 / Jeremiah 17:4
Which son is Benjamin in the order of birth of the sons of the forefather Jacob?
A) 12th son
What is The tribe of Benjamin call today?
A) Jamaica / West Indian
What does “Jamaica” mean?
A) Jamaica mean Land of wood & water
Where are the Benjamites located today?
A) Jamaica & The West Indies
What does Benjamin mean?
A) Sons of the right (Genesis 35:18)
Ben= son of | jamin = right hand (of favor)
When does “ravin” mean? (also in the context of Gen 49:27)
A) 1.violently seize, or pillage a pray //2. Speak rashly and boldly
What does it mean that when they say if the “Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf”?
A) Benjamin speak bodly against the oppressor (Esau) , about their oppression & who we are according to the Bible // They shall also overcome the enemy violently
(Same way wolves howl before it attacks)
What is a historical example(s) of Benjamin “ravin as a wolf”?
A) The music calling America- “Babylon” // The Maroon overthrow of British colonizers (Maroon wars - 1st Maroon war of 1728/ 2nd Maroon war of 1795).
What is the prophetic term of the meaning of “wolf” in history of Benjamin?
A) Maroon come from the Latin word meaning “ wild dog/wolf” / spanish term cimarrón meaning “wild/untamed”.
What does it mean “in the morning he shall devour the prey?
A) In The Kingdom he shall destroy & enslave his oppressors. (Psalm 149:7-9/ Isaiah 14:1-2/ Obadiah 1:15-19/Jeremiah 30:16)
What in “the morning” represent?
A) Christ (John 8:12)- end of our captivity at his coming
What does “and night he shall divide the spoils” mean?
A). After the fall of current kingdom of Edom and enslavent of the other nations then shall have their take of the wealth of the gentiles (Jeremiah 30:16).
What does “night” refer to? (Provide a precept)
A) the day of the Lord’s return (Zephaniah 1:14-15)
In Deuteronomy 33:12 what does “the beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him” mean?
A) The Lord shall protect Benjamin from being put to an end by Esau (“the white man”) during slavery. (Cause of their many rebellions)
