Why the End of Days Was NOT Revealed: Jacob’s Hidden Message in the Book of Genesis | Land of Israel

Right? Jacob's sons gather around him as he requested. And you can imagine they're very eager to hear about the end of days. Uh but instead, what does Jacob say? Right? Let's look inside. Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might and the fruit of my vigor, exceeding in rank and exceeding in honor. Unstable as water, you shall excel no longer. For when you mounted your father's bed, you brought disgrace. My couch he mounted. I have a lot to say about that. I've always felt horrible for Ruvane. like we know that he repented. We know that he really tried to deeply have chuva and and fix that and to bring that up at such a moment. I could just imagine his face falling in shame, you know, but uh but also what in the world he's about to tell them what happens to them and therefore to the entire world in the end of days and right as he he's about to launch in he shifts into blessing Ruain and the rest of his sons. you know what's going on here. So, well, I myself have a number of different takes on this, but one thing that brings them all together is what's is that what's happening here, whatever it is, is not a mistake. It's not a diversion. It is the message. These blessings are they are the message. It's the message itself. Our sages teach us that Jacob intended to reveal the kit, the end of days, but the divine presence withdrew from him. And yet, Yakov doesn't stop speaking. He doesn't dismiss his sons. He doesn't say, "I can't tell you anymore. I just lost it." Instead, he proceeds uninterrupted to bless them. Smooth transition right into blessing them. And I think the reason for that is because he realizes perhaps in that moment he realizes something very deep and very true. He realizes that the end of days cannot or maybe should not be revealed as information. It can only truly be revealed at the highest level as identity. Right? It can't be revealed by what is happening, but rather who we are becoming. I feel like this since the war, since the these fellowships that have been so intensive for so long, we're finally getting the vessels that that sentence may in the past have been like, what? Who we're were becoming? What is that about? But I think we're able to touch on that now and really understand what that means. that the that the real vision of the end of days just isn't about the the what it's about who we are becoming. The future of Israel is not disclosed as a timeline um not as a sequence of events or a geopolitical forecast. It's revealed through the inner essence of each chevet right the deepest identity of each tribe. Yakov understands that the destiny of the world is not unlocked by knowing what will happen but by who you are. So instead of prophecy and dates, he gives clarity and direction. And he's not predicting redemption, he's forging the vessels that are capable of carrying redemption, of bringing it into the world. My name is Ari and I live here on the edge of the Judeian frontier. And just as the prophets foretold, the mountains of Judah are coming to life. The in gathering of the exiles is taking place right before our eyes. And the final prophecy is manifesting as the righteous of the nations are coming together with humble hearts here in the land of Israel fellowship. And now I'm inviting you to join us along with hundreds of Jewish and Christian families from all around the world to experience the beauty and the holiness and the magnificence of our fellowship. So click below so you can taste the beauty and the holiness that is happening on this mountain. [music]