January 14, 2015 - Genesis 37-39, 1 Chronicles 2:3-6 Today our story moves along into the events that occurred within Jacobs family (which will eventually become the nation of Israel). Many of you may already know the story of Joseph and his coat of many colors from the Andrew Lloyd Weber musical. There is so much to talk about in this story and, definitely not enough room on a daily post for that, so I wanted to bring out another interesting point that I found. First let me zap you forward in the Bible. After being resurrected, Jesus meets two men on the road to Emmaus. The men do not recognize Him. While walking with them, He gives them examples from the Old Testament that told of Him. I know Ive pointed out a parallel to Jesus before with the story of Abraham sacrificing Isaac, so here is another very interesting parallel that was pointed out by the French philosopher Blaise Pascal: Jesus Christ typified by Joseph, the beloved of his father, sent by his father to see his brethren, innocent, sold by his brethren for twenty pieces of silver, becoming their lord, their savior and, the savior of strangers. In prison Joseph, innocent between two criminals; Jesus Christ on the cross between two thieves. Joseph foretells freedom to one, and death to the other, from the same omens. Jesus Christ saves the elect, and condemns the outcast for the same sins. Joseph asks him who will be saved (the cup bearer) to remember him when he comes into his glory; and he whom Jesus Christ saves (the thief on the cross)asks that He will remember him when he comes into his Kingdom From todays reading you do not yet see how Joseph saved his brothers, but by the time we get to the outcome of Josephs story, you will. You will see the providential hand of God throughout. After you finish reading Josephs whole story, go back to Pascals quote and see if you see the same parallels. Also notice, that the text tells us that Joseph succeeded in everything he did because the Lord was with him and he honored God. A great example of that is in the incident when Potiphars wife tries to seduce him, and he flees. We see that,even though he was in very rough circumstances, he didnt plot and scheme, (like his father Jacob might have when he was a young man), to get out of them. He completely relied on God. We also see, that whoever Joseph was serving ie: Potiphar, or the warden, was blessed because of him.... The Lord was with Joseph, so he succeeded in everything he did as he served in the home of his Egyptian master. Potiphar noticed this and realized that the Lord was with Joseph, giving him success in everything he did. Genesis 39:2-3 From the day Joseph was put in charge of his master’s household and property, the Lord began to bless Potiphar’s household for Joseph’s sake. All his household affairs ran smoothly, and his crops and livestock flourished. So Potiphar gave Joseph complete administrative responsibility over everything he owned. With Joseph there, he didn’t worry about a thing—except what kind of food to eat! Genesis 39:5-6 But the Lord was with Joseph in the prison and showed him his faithful love. And the Lord made Joseph a favorite with the prison warden. Before long, the warden put Joseph in charge of all the other prisoners and over everything that happened in the prison. The warden had no more worries, because Joseph took care of everything. The Lord was with him and caused everything he did to succeed. Genesis 39:21-23 https://youtube/watch?v=z06vEUfmuMQ
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 03:02:06 +0000
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