Hebrew4Christians write that the Rabbi's derive their understanding of Maschiach ben Yosef from their exegesis of Obadiah 1:18. "The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consumer them, and there be no survivor for the house of Esau, for the LORD has spoken".
Moreover, they understand the confrontation between the 'house of Joseph' and the 'house of Esau' to be prefigured in the birth of Joseph himself, where Rachel indicated that God would 'add a son' (i.e. ben acher) who would be anointed for battle in the End of Days. (midrash on Gen 30:24).
'In a time preceding the fulfillment of the Messianic Kingdom (this is sometimes referred to as Ikvot Mashiach, the "Footsteps of the Messiah'.
http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Articles/Mashiach_ben_Yosef/mashiach_ben_yosef.html
JUDAH -v- JOSEPH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgmbfkLlGGI
However, who is 'ben acher'? Interesting that there is a river with that name in Germany.
ben acher is linked to Elisha, the Elisha that I speak of was a student of Greek. 'Acher's tongue was never tired of singing Greek songs'. He was also a keeper of a library of books. During my life, have I ever met a man that could read Hebrew and Greek? Yes. A biblical scholar. He also had germanic coloring, although he was born in England. I must admit when I met him in 2007, I was compelled to call him Elisha.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_ben_Abuyah
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