Lessons for Living From a Deathbed Prophecy - Part I

 "Gather yourselves together that I may tell you what will happen in the final part of the days." - GENESIS 49:1.

SOME 17 years have passed since Jehovah's faithful servant Jacob traveled from Canaan to Egypt with his household. (Genesis 47:28) During that time, he experienced the great joy of being reunited with his beloved son Joseph and finally seeing his family together again. But now Jacob senses that his life is coming to an end. So he calls an important family meeting. - GENESIS 49:28.

In those days, it was common for a dying family head to gather the members of his family together to give them his final instruction. (Isaiah 38:1) He might at that meeting also indicate who would be the head of the family after his death.

Next time: Lessons for Living From a Deathbed Prophecy - Part I 

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