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b'One of Jesus\\u2019s names is the Lion of Judah. But what does this name mean?\\nWe have to go way back to the beginning of the Bible for this question, to\\nthe book of Genesis. The ancestors of the Israelites\\u2019 tribes were the sons\\nof Jacob\\u2014who was later called Israel (Genesis 32:24-30). Among these\\nbrothers, Judah was elevated to be the brother who would be an ancestor of\\nJesus, even though Judah wasn\\u2019t the firstborn in his family.\\n.\\nBefore this happened, all the sons of Jacob ended up in Egypt when there\\nwas a famine. But here\\u2019s the shocking part: Joseph, one of the youngest\\nsons, was already there. Years earlier, his brothers had sold him as a\\nslave to Egypt, but, through a series of events with all kinds of twists\\nand turns, Joseph ended up becoming second in command in Egypt. God had\\ngiven Joseph the ability to interpret dreams, and through this gift, Joseph\\nlearned that a famine was coming. Thus, Egypt was prepared and had extra\\nfood to share.\\nJoseph\\u2019s brothers, unaware of what had happened to their brother since they\\nsold him, arrived in Egypt asking for food, but they didn\\u2019t recognize\\nJoseph. But Joseph recognized them and put them through an elaborate test:\\nhe demanded that Benjamin, the youngest brother, stay in Egypt as a slave.\\nThat\\u2019s when Judah showed that he had changed: he offered to take Benjamin\\u2019s\\nplace (Genesis 44). This offer of self-sacrifice also points to the\\nsacrifice that Judah\\u2019s descendent\\u2014Jesus\\u2014would later make. Jesus, who is\\nGod, took our place on the cross, and His self-sacrifice\\nfulfilled prophecies of a Savior that are found all throughout the Old\\nTestament.\\n.\\nJesus, a descendent of Judah, had victory over His enemies through dying on\\nthe cross and rising from the grave. He is a voice for the voiceless and a\\nshelter for those in need. He is our ruler and is the only One with the\\nstrength and power to conquer death. Jesus is called the Lion of Judah. The\\nimage of a strong and powerful lion is fitting for Jesus as a ruler. A lion\\nis fearsome and is not easily defeated; it rules over the land and its\\ncreatures, just like Jesus rules in God\\u2019s kingdom. \\u2022 Naomi Zylstra\\n.\\n\\u2022 Judah was just a human, and he sinned like all of us, yet God chose him\\nto be the ancestor of Jesus. Why do you think Judah was chosen out of all\\nthe sons of Jacob? \\n.\\n\\u2022 How does Jesus\\u2019s kingship look different from any other king\\u2019s? What does\\nit mean to be ruled by Jesus? (See our \\u201cKnow Jesus\\u201d page to go deeper.) \\n,\\n\\u201cSee, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed\\u2026\\u201d\\nRevelation 5:5 (NIV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nGen.49.8-Gen.49.12|Rev.5.5'