in the last days: Genesis 49:1

Genesis 49:1 

And Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days:

Of the 12 sons, the only one relevant to this study is Judah because the Messiah came through his line. Some other sons, like Joseph, had positive things said about them; but the rest were either negative or inconsequential.

Genesis 49:8-12 

“Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise;

Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;

Your father’s children shall bow down before you.

Judah is a lion’s whelp;

From the prey, my son, you have gone up.

He bows down, he lies down as a lion;

And as a lion, who shall rouse him?

The scepter shall not depart from Judah,

Nor a lawgiver from between his feet,

Until Shiloh comes;

And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.

The lines in bold are a Messianic prophecy that has its share of controversy. I remember attending (as a guest) a synagogue 40 years ago in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. After the service, there was a question and answer period with the rabbi. A young person brought this verse up as one that he questioned. As I recall, the rabbi dismissed its Messianic fulfillment in Jesus because the word Shiloh in the majority of the other verses has to do with the town called Shiloh. But the verse is clearly referring to a person (his feet/to Him). The essential question is who is Shiloh? 

Per https://defendinginerrancy.com/bible-solutions/Genesis_49.10.php, the majority of scholars propose a different vowel pointing and understand the word [Shiloh] to mean “to whom it belongs.” This proposal has the support of ancient translations, such as the Greek and Syriac versions of the OT, and others. These ancient versions, being much older than the MT, also render the phrase, “he to whom they belong.” This reading is also supported by Ezekiel 21:27 which states, “Until He comes whose right it is.” When this part of verse 10 is taken this way, the passage reads, “The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver’s staff from between his feet, Until He comes to whom it belongs, And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.” In light of this, the Messianic significance of the verse is much clearer. For it is fulfilled in the NT Messiah (Christ), as indicated by such passages as Matthew 2:6, Luke 1:30–33, Revelation 5:5, and 19:11–16.