Deuteronomy 33:24 About Asher he said: "Most blessed of sons is Asher;
(Moses pronounces his last blessing on the sons of Jacob in his farewell address to God's people to Asher whose land allotment would lie in an elongated strip of land in the northwest of the Promised Land along the Mediterranean coast in the fertile Galilean highlands. Born of Leah's servant Zilpah, Asher was the eighth and last son that Leah gave to Jacob. His name means happy and the number eight signifies a new beginning.
Coming after the blessing of Naphtali whose heritage would display the blessing of the Lord despite the frailties of mankind, Asher's name represents the new beginning of high favor that the Lord's redemption would bestow on His people,
a blessing that would demonstrate his favored and chosen standing.
Asher's recognition and acknowledgement of the Lord's blessing would cause him to bow down and bless the Lord in reverence and gratitude, acting out the actual meaning behind the word blessed. The Lord also grants us the blessing of joy that comes from the new beginning He places over us today. His high favor grants us His rich blessing. When we are blessed, being blessed, we bow before the Lord's generosity.)
let him be favored by his brothers,and let him bathe his feet in oil." (Asher will both experience the honor of others and also have many offspring. He will stand in the wealth of this new beginning of a life of blessing firmly based in the foundation of the richness of the Lord's provision.
The oil extruded from the abundant harvest of grapes in the land
would bathe this people in prosperity and bounty.
As the symbol of Holy Spirit, this oil of blessing becomes the foundation and anointing of the Lord's presence, a blessing that comes to Asher and to us today and causes us to kneel in wonder and amazement before the awesome power and mercy of God.)
