SHILOH, THE CHIEF SHRINE.

Shiloh was the chief spiritual site of the Northern shrine in the North-Central territory of Ephraim, near Bethel, where much of the pre-monarchy events took place. It is mentioned as the site of the arch, the Tent of Meeting, and the Altar. It was the early site of the War camp as well.
In pronounced a blessing upon Judah, the dying patriarch Jacob said: "The scepter will not turn aside from Judah, neither the commander's staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to him the obedience of the people will belong."
After the reign of Saul, Shiloh was superseded in importance by the city of Jerusalem, where David brought the ark. By this means David sought to bind the sacral traditions of the North to the South.
Beginning with the rule of the Judean David, power to command (the commander's staff) and regal sovereignty (the scepter) were the possessions of the tribe of Judah. This was to continue until the coming of Shiloh, indicating that the royal line of Judah would terminate in the spiritual Shiloh as the permanent heir. Similarly, before the overthrow of the kingdom of Judah, God indicated to the last Judean king Zedekiah, that ruler-ship would be given to one having the legal right. This would be spiritual Shiloh, as the name "Shiloh" is understood to signify "He Whose It Is," or "He To Whom It Belongs."
For the prophet Jeremiah, the demise of the fleshy sanctuary of Shiloh served as a warning to Jerusalem of the fate that was about to befall.
Eli, priest of the spiritual sanctuary of Shiloh before the emergence of the monarchy, wearing the ephod, pronouncing oracles, burning incense and supervising sacrifices is shown in a powerful characterization at the end of his service as an aged, heavy and blind leader sitting passively on his throne to await the report of the fate of Israel, symbolizing the monarchy itself -doomed and toppled from its place- because of the lack of Faith in the only God of hosts -The God Of Spiritual Israel- .
I the centuries that followed, Jesus Christ is the only descendant of David to whom kinship was promised. Before the birth of Jesus the angel Gabriel said to Mary: "God will give him the throne of David his father and he will rule as king over the house of Jacob forever, and there will be no end of his kingdom."