Tag: The Law

Gen 50:19-20, Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in the place of God? BUT AS FOR YOU, YOU MEANT EVIL AGAINST ME; BUT GOD MEANT IT FOR GOOD, in order to bring it about as it is this day, TO SAVE MANY PEOPLE ALIVE.

Joseph knew that that he had the power and authority to judge his brothers, but he left that to God! Joseph knew that “THEY SOLD HIM BECAUSE THEY HATED HIM, BUT ALSO KNEW GOD WAS IN FULL CONTROL OF THE SITUATION!

Rom 8:28, … ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THOSE WHO LOVE GOD

Gen 50:21, NOW THEREFORE, DO NOT BE AFRAID; I WILL PROVIDE FOR YOU AND YOUR LITTLE ONES.” AND HE COMFORTED THEM AND SPOKE KINDLY TO THEM. 

Joseph is a type of Christ! We have sinned against almighty GOD, but JESUS put on human flesh and came down to Egypt (the world) in order to “SAVE MANY PEOPLE ALIVE” for Scripture says

Dan 9:26, And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, BUT NOT FOR HIMSELF;

HE WAS CRUCIFIED BECAUSE OF OUR SINS; HE WAS TORTURED BECAUSE OF OUR INIQUITIES AND BY HIS STRIPS WE ARE HEALED! WE ARE CLEANSED BY THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS!

Gen 49:2, “Gather together and hear, you sons of Jacob, And listen to Israel your father. 

As believers we have two natures! Jacob which is the flesh and Israel which represents the Spirit! These two natures fight against each other!

Gal 5:16-17, I say then: WALK IN THE SPIRIT, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. FOR THE FLESH LUSTS AGAINST THE SPIRIT, AND THE SPIRIT AGAINST THE FLESH; AND THESE ARE CONTRARY TO ONE ANOTHER..

Gen 49:9, JUDAH IS A LION’S WHELP; From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bows down, he lies down as a lion; ..

Judah himself is a young lion (WHELP) a cub! YET from him will come the true LION! JESUS!

Rev 5:5, But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. BEHOLD, THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH..

Gen 49:11, …He washed his garments in wine, And his clothes in the blood of grapes.

HE came is a lamb, yet HE comes back as a fierce LION! Isaiah 63:1, ‘WHO IS THIS WHO COMES WITH DYED GARMENTS RIGHTEOUS & MIGHTY TO SAVE! WHO HAS TRODDEN THE WINEPRESS ALONE! JESUS IS COMING BACK WITH POWER! ALL SHALL BOW BEFORE HIM, THE TRUE KING!

Gen 48:10,13, Now the EYES OF ISRAEL WERE DIM WITH AGE, so that he could not see. Then Joseph brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced them…And Joseph took them both, EPHRAIM WITH HIS RIGHT HAND TOWARD ISRAEL’S LEFT HAND, and MANASSEH WITH HIS LEFT HAND TOWARD ISRAEL’S RIGHT HAND, and brought them near him.

Note scripture here calls Jacob “ISRAEL”, his eyes were dim with age, but HE KNEW THE WILL OF GOD AND COULD SEE MORE CLEARLY THAN JOSEPH! Manasseh was Joseph’s first born so he took him on his left so Israel could put his right hand on him!

Gen 48:14, THEN ISRAEL STRETCHED OUT HIS RIGHT HAND AND LAID IT ON EPHRAIM’S HEAD, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, GUIDING HIS HANDS KNOWINGLY, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

ISRAEL KNOWING BLESSED GAVE THE BLESSING OF THE FIRSTBORN TO THE YOUNGER! JER 31:9

Col 1:15  He is the image of the invisible God, THE FIRSTBORN OVER ALL CREATION. 

FIRSTBORN IS NOT WHAT WE THINK, IT SHOWS HIS AUTHORITY OVER HIS BROTHER! JESUS IS THE FIRSTBORN OVER ALL CREATION! HIS HAS AUTHORITY OVER ALL! HE IS THE KING OF kings AND LORD of lords! HE IS THE ONLY WAY!

Gen 47:9, And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “THE DAYS OF THE YEARS OF MY PILGRIMAGE ARE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY YEARS; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.” 

When Jacob appeared before Pharaoh it was 582 years after the flood.  Jacob calls his life a pilgrimage or a journey! WE TOO ARE ON A PILGRIMAGE AND, WE ARE AMBASSADOR’S OF OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN!

Eph 6:20, FOR WHICH I AM AN AMBASSADOR in chains; THAT IN IT I MAY SPEAK BOLDLY, AS I OUGHT TO SPEAK.

Gen 47:29-30, When the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him,… PLEASE DO NOT BURY ME IN EGYPT, BUT LET ME LIE WITH MY FATHERS; you shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place.” And he said, “I WILL DO AS YOU HAVE SAID.”

Egypt is a type of the world! THIS IS NOT OUR HOME, WE ARE STRANGERS IN THE LAND MADE POSSIBLE BY CHRIST. WHO DELIVERED US FROM THE POWER OF DARKNESS AND CONVEYED US INTO THE KINGDOM OF THE SON OF HIS LOVE, IN WHOM WE HAVE REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD!   COL 1:13-14

Gen 46:2-4, Then God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” And he said, “Here I am.” So He said, “I AM GOD, THE GOD OF YOUR FATHER; DO NOT FEAR TO GO DOWN TO EGYPT, for I will make of you a great nation there. I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes.”

Once again God called him Jacob & not Israel. Apparently, Jacob was scared going to Egypt! Maybe he remembered the words of the LORD in Gen 26:2, ‘DO NOT GO DOWN TO EGYPT’.  But the LORD reassures him of his journey!

Gen 46:29-30, So Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father ISRAEL; AND HE PRESENTED HIMSELF TO HIM, AND FELL ON HIS NECK AND WEPT ON HIS NECK A GOOD WHILE. And Israel said to Joseph, “NOW LET ME DIE, SINCE I HAVE SEEN YOUR FACE, BECAUSE YOU ARE STILL ALIVE.”

GOD CAN CHANGE THINGS FROM ONE DAY TO ANOTHER! WHEN YOU THINK HE HAS LEFT YOU THEN HE SUPPRISES YOU! JACOB IN Gen 42:36, believed he lost 2 of his kids & might lose another! Yet God had other plans!

TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, and LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING; in all your ways ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, and HE SHALL DIRECT YOUR PATHS.  Proverbs 3:5-6

Gen 45:4, And Joseph said to his brothers, “PLEASE COME NEAR TO ME.” SO THEY CAME NEAR. THEN HE SAID: “I AM JOSEPH YOUR BROTHER, WHOM YOU SOLD INTO EGYPT. 

Verse 3, he said “I am Joseph”, then he said “please come near to me” it looks as if they were shocked and scared to find out it was Joseph whom they sold into Egypt, and they backed off!

Zec 12:10, “And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem THE SPIRIT OF GRACE AND SUPPLICATION; THEN THEY WILL LOOK ON ME WHOM THEY PIERCED. YES, THEY WILL MOURN FOR HIM AS ONE MOURNS FOR HIS ONLY SON, AND GRIEVE FOR HIM AS ONE GRIEVES FOR A FIRSTBORN. 

Gen 45:5, BUT NOW, DO NOT THEREFORE BE GRIEVED OR ANGRY WITH YOURSELVES BECAUSE YOU SOLD ME HERE; FOR GOD SENT ME BEFORE YOU TO PRESERVE LIFE.

BECAUSE OF OUR SIN JESUS SUFFERED GREATLY ON THAT CROSS, DANIEL 9:26, SAYS, THE MESSIAH SHALL BE CUT OFF, BUT NOT FOR HIMSELF! HE DID IT FOR US! TO PRESERVE LIFE!

Isa 25:9, And it will be said in that day: “Behold, THIS IS OUR GOD; WE HAVE WAITED FOR HIM, and HE WILL SAVE US. THIS IS THE LORD; WE HAVE WAITED FOR HIM; WE WILL BE GLAD AND REJOICE IN HIS SALVATION.” 

Gen 44:1-2, And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack. Also put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his grain money.” So he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. 

Joseph’s final test of his brothers! They sold him into slavery what would they do if the youngest brother gets taken as a slave in Egypt? Testing is a way the LORD uses to purify HIS servants!

Psa 11:5, The LORD tests the righteous…

Mal 3:3, He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi, And purge them as gold and silver, That they may offer to the LORD An offering in righteousness. 

Gen 44:33, Now therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the lad as a slave to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brothers. 

Judah offers himself instead of his youngest brother!  NO GREATER LOVE, ONE WHO LAYS DOWN HIS LIFE FOR ANOTHER! JOSEPH NOW KNOWS HIS BROTHERS HAVE CHANGED!

Eph 5:2, AND WALK IN LOVE, AS CHRIST ALSO HAS LOVED US AND GIVEN HIMSELF FOR US, AN OFFERING AND A SACRIFICE TO GOD FOR A SWEET-SMELLING AROMA. 

Gen 43:16, When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my home, and slaughter an animal and make ready; for these men will dine with me at noon.” 

Joseph is a type of Jesus! He loves us & wants to eat and have fellowship with each one of us! Remember HE stands at the door knocking on the hearts of men! If they open their hearts He will dine with them! KNOWING GOD IS HAVING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LIVING GOD!

Gen 43:34, Then he took servings to them from before him, BUT BENJAMIN’S SERVING WAS FIVE TIMES AS MUCH AS ANY OF THEIRS…

When Joseph was younger their father favored Joseph, which caused hate in his brothers!  Now Joseph shows favoritism to his brother in order to test their reaction to see if truly they had changed & also because he loved him!

Act 7:13, and THE SECOND TIME JOSEPH WAS MADE KNOWN TO HIS BROTHERS, and joseph’s family became known to the pharaoh. 

Like Joseph, JESUS was not recognized by HIS brothers (ISRAEL) but the 2^nd time HE shall be made known! Zec 12:10, … then they will look on Me whom they PIERCED..  HIS BROTHERS SHALL MOURN, FOR THEY SOLD Joseph but, they PIERCED JESUS ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY!  

Gen 42:1, When Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, “WHY DO YOU LOOK AT ONE ANOTHER?”

God was already working on their conscience by the mere mention of Egypt they remembered Joseph whom they sold even after 20 years!

Gen 42:20-21, AND BRING YOUR YOUNGEST BROTHER TO ME; SO YOUR WORDS WILL BE VERIFIED, and you shall not die.” And they did so. Then they said to one another, “WE ARE TRULY GUILTY CONCERNING OUR BROTHER, FOR WE SAW THE ANGUISH OF HIS SOUL WHEN HE PLEADED WITH US, AND WE WOULD NOT HEAR; therefore this distress has come upon us.”

Joseph tested his brothers to see if they had changed! Their guilty conscience finally spoke out saying “WE ARE TRULY GUILTY CONCERNING OUR BROTHER!” THEY REMEMBERED THE ANGUISH IN THEIR BROTHER JOSEPH, YET THEY WOULD NOT LISTEN!

JESUS CAME TO HIS BROTHERS (THE JEWS) AND THEY DIDN’T BELIEVE HIM NOR LISTEN TO HIM AND HIS BROTHERS SAW THE AGONY IN HIS FACE WHEN HE WAS CRUCIFIED ON THE CROSS!

Joh 1:11, HE CAME TO HIS OWN, AND HIS OWN DID NOT RECEIVE HIM. 

OUR CONSCIENCE MAY CONDEMN US, BUT GOD USES IT TO RESTORE US BACK TO HIM!