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already, but that their forefathers did not recognize him, or
to accept the fact that there exists no longer a tribe of Judah
from which Shiloh will have to descend.

As a third observation it is to be remarked that the text
clearly implies, and much against the Judeo-Christian belief,
that Shiloh is to be a total stranger to the tribe of Judah,
and even to all the other tribes. This is so evident that a
few minutes of reflection are sufficient to convince one. The

prediction clearly indicates that when Shiloh comes the sceptre
and the lawgiver will pass away from Judah; this can only be
realized if Shiloh be a stranger to Judah. If Shiloh is a
descendant of Judah, how could those two elements cease to
exist in that tribe? It could not be a descendant of any of
the other tribes either, for the sceptre and the lawgiver were
for all Israel, and not for one tribe only. This observation
explodes the Christian claim as well. For Jesus is a descen-
dant of Judah through Mary.