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Bede (Latin Commentaries on Revelation<\/a>, 133-5) interprets the list of Israel\u2019s tribes in Revelation 7 by etymologizing the names. The list forms a sequence, from Judah to Benjamin. Judah means \u201cconfession or praise\u201d and is placed first because \u201cbefore the beginning of confession, no one attains the heights of good works, and unless we should renounce evil through confession, we do not live by those works that are just.\u201d Reuben means \u201cseeing the son,\u201d and \u201cReuben comes after Judah, since after the beginning of divine confession there follows the perfection of work.\u201d<\/p>\n

The list climaxes with Benjamin: Since \u201cthose who will in the future judgment by at the right hand of Christ, the eternal king, Benjamin . . . is mentioned in the last place. For Benjamin means \u2018son of the right hand\u2019 because he is at the end of the series. For when the last enemy, namely, death, is destroyed, the felicity of the eternal inheritance will be given to the elect, either each one of the faithful rightfully being named \u2018son of the right hand,\u2019 or the whole congregation of the church, concerning which we sing, \u2018A queen stood at your right hand dressed in various golden robes.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

In short: We all begin as Judah, with confession and praise; we are all destined to be Benjamin, sons of the right hand.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"