The life of Joseph in the Old Testament serves as a significant prefigurement of Jesus Christ, highlighting parallels in their rejection, suffering, eventual exaltation, and redemptive purpose.
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okay so tonight we're gonna look at
Joseph as a type of Christ the story of
the life of Joseph as it relates to the
life of Jesus and my contention is that
Joseph is clearly and I think fairly in
arguably a type of Christ he's sort of
identified in the New Testament as such
I'll get to that at the end but let me
give let me give you some ground rules
as we're heading into this this study um
it's difficult to do a study of the
typology of Joseph you can easily do
like a three-minute summary but what I
like to do is actually go through the
whole story tonight but it's a lot of
chapters so Joseph is in Genesis 37 his
the story begins then in 38 we have a
kind of a break off story about Judah
and Tamar and then we have thirty nine
through fifty chapters thirty-nine 350
continuing the story of Joseph it's a
lot of material here's my notes there's
a lot more pages than usual but a lot of
it is actually just reading the text of
Scripture so we can get the story so we
can then find the types but our focus
isn't going to be everything about
Joseph and answering all the questions
that would take forever it's gonna be
just the typology now I'll just admit up
front some of the types that I'm gonna
or the connections between Joseph and
Jesus I'll give you some are very clear
and very like oh yeah that's clear other
other ones are much weaker but I'm gonna
share them all with you for you to think
about and consider and and realize that
it's not like you got to take them all
or leave them all you should probably
consider them individually maybe a good
way to look at it so finally um I'm
gonna mention briefly about Abraham
offering Isaac but I'm not gonna be
covering that type in this series of
Jesus in the Old Testament because I
covered it in detail in the in the
evidence for the Bible series so I'll
put a link in this video description if
you guys go to this video look at the
description if you want to find how
Abraham offering Isaac is a type of
Christ it's a beautiful beautiful
picture probably one of my favorites but
that'll be something I've already
covered so let's get started here
Genesis 37 Joseph is actually not
considered one of the patriarchs so if
Abraham Isaac and Jacob they're the
patriarchs of Israel
and then we have Joseph he is Jacobs not
his last son but one of his one of the
only sons of Rachel's so it's kind of
his special son one of the special sons
of Jacob he's not considered a patriarch
it's debated as to why he's not
considered one by by Jews I'm I'm
thinking the most reasonable thing is
all of Israel doesn't connect to Joseph
right they all connect to Abraham Isaac
and Jacob but they don't all connect to
Joseph rather just the tribes of Ephraim
and Manasseh connect to Joseph which
would mean he couldn't be the patriarch
for all of them that just seems to make
sense to me but here we are Genesis 37
verse 2 he says these are the
generations of Jacob Joseph being 17
years old was pasturing the flock with
his brothers he was a boy with the sons
of Bilhah and Zilpah his father's wives
and Joseph brought a bad report of them
to their father so he's he's in a very
weird family right Joseph has two wives
and his wives had given him various
concubines or second-tier wives to have
children with because they were
competing with each other for more kids
it's not endorsed it's not something
this scripture is like look use this as
your model for life it's rather this is
what they did these are real people with
their real stories and he's a shepherd
now I'll give you already we have the
first connection with Jesus though Jesus
was the Good Shepherd and Joseph is a
shepherd like his brothers as well and
he brings a bad report he brings a bad
report so this is where John 10:11 by
the way John 10:11 Jesus says I am The
Good Shepherd he connects himself to the
concept of being a shepherd being the
ultimate Good Shepherd Psalm 23 he
realizes something about Jesus in that
Psalm the the shepherd song then he
brings a bad report of his brothers to
his father and of course he was that
brother right button and told dad what
the other guys were doing you understand
when they take their sheep out they go
out into the field and they're not
around dad for a while and I don't know
maybe you know maybe it's just me but I
think young guys with no adult
authorities around who are all brothers
off in a field all alone can sometimes
get into trouble and so he brings a bad
report of them and this will be one of
several reasons why they don't like Joseph
Joseph
ultimately they hate him this is one of
the reasons he brings a bad report of
them to the father well in John 7 7g
Jesus says the world cannot hate you but
it hates me because I testify about it
that its works are evil and so we see a
connection between the bad report
causing them to reject him while Jesus
comes and brings a bad report and they
ultimately reject him the good the
gospel is the good news of forgiveness
of sins but it's forgiveness of what
sins right these are this isn't just God
just came to make you feel loved know
the primary issue is sin this makes you
feel loved thing is a beautiful
additional thing you know but that's not
the main thing so they don't like that
in Genesis 37 3 it says now Israel loved
Joseph more than any other of his sons
because he was the son of his old age
and he made him a robe of many colors
but when his brothers saw that their
father loved him more than all his
brothers they hated him and could not
speak peacefully to him there's this is
Joseph's whole story by the way is ripe
for learning lessons on how to not have
your family fall apart this is a
beautiful story for that to learn
lessons but I'm not gonna focus on that
right so he he loves him more than his
other sons because he's the son of not
only Jacobs old age but he's the son of
Rachel his preferred wife Rachel did not
have a son for years and years and years
and years finally unexpectedly she has
Joseph and so strong connection right
there between him and his dad Rachel the
favorite wife her son in in Genesis 33
verses 1 & 2 it says and Jacob lifted up
his eyes and looked and behold Esau was
coming this is by the way that the let
me back up this is the story where Jacob
after her fleeing comes back to see his
brother and he feels his brothers gonna
kill him
so he sends people based on how
important they are he sends them ahead
and look at look at the order in which
he sends them you know we're in the lab
on the Laban Caravan as they go out it
says and Jacob lifted up his eyes and
looked and behold Esau was coming and
four hundred men with him so he divided
the children among Leah and Rachel and
the two female servants and he put the
servants with their children in front
then Leah with her children and Rachel
and Joseph last of all
do you think his brothers forgot that
remember that time when dad thought we
were all gonna die and how he put Rachel
and Joseph last but he put us first like
they're of course not gonna forget this
so they kind of despised him for that
plus he has this coat of many colors and
so there's a there's a problem here in
the family but how is it a type of
Christ well excuse me Joseph is the one
who was greatly loved by his father how
is this a type of Christ Colossians says
in verse chapter 1 verse 13 he has
delivered us from the domain of darkness
and transferred us to the kingdom of his
beloved son Matthew 3:17 and behold a
voice from heaven said this is my
beloved son with whom I am well pleased
and so there's this incredible love this
pointed out love between Joseph and
Jacob and there is this incredible love
between the father and the son and also
this connects to Genesis 22 as I
mentioned I'd mention this right Isaac
and Abraham when Abraham offered Isaac
God tells him Abraham in Genesis 22 to
take your son your only son Isaac now he
actually had more than one son but he
calls him his only son I think to draw
that it's a bigger type of Christ whom
you love whom you love and that's the
first time the word love comes up in the
Bible Genesis 22 to take your son whom
you love and go to the land of Moriah
and offer him there as a burnt offering
on one of the mountains which I shall
tell you and so there's this connection
the father and the son the father and
the son and the deep love that's there
so he was the unexpected son of Rachel
it was a son of his old age meaning
there was this really long delay before
this particular son was born an
unexpected delayed birth that's what
happened with Abraham and Isaac as well
isn't it this long I promise but a long
long delay till finally he's born and
boom there he is he comes out and Jesus
in a sense is connected to this - first
Peter 1:20 he was foreknown before the
foundation of the world but was made
manifest in these last times for the
sake of you there's this like sort of
delay this sense of how long how long oh
Lord and then he shows up and it was
kind of a miraculous birth she was she
was unable to bear children and then she
was at a certain age where she wasn't
even expected to bear children
anymore just like who Sarah Abraham's
wife so we have this miraculous ish
birth that happens and we that relates
to Jesus as well because he was born of
a virgin there was an unexpected delayed
miraculous birth so we're only like four
verses in but there's already some good
connections to the two Jesus then of
course there's the robe of many colors
and some people think this is connected
to Jesus's tunic in the scripture we
read that Jesus he had this tunic that
was that was woven on a one piece of
cloth and that was however the standard
way of weaving those types of tunics it
wasn't it was normal to have them woven
of one piece of cloth as opposed to sewn
together so I don't know that the robe
of many colors connects to Jesus's tunic
in the sense that the robe is glorious
in Jesus's tunic is glorious it's not
Jesus's tunic wasn't glorious right he
was not well-off he didn't have a lot of
financial benefits or of any kind while
he walked the earth but there is a sense
we'll get to this later where Joseph's
tunic is repeatedly taken from him and
of course Jesus's was taken from him as
a way of stripping him of whatever he
did have he had given it up so they
hated him and they hated him it says
ultimately without a cause you might say
well they had a cause right dad likes
Joseph more than us so we should so we
hate him he brought a bad report of us
so we hate him but those aren't problems
with Joseph are they they're hating
Joseph for things Joseph didn't do wrong
and that's what we did with Jesus and
John 15 25 it says but the word that is
written in their own law must be
fulfilled they hated me without a cause
so John 15 25 another connection between
Joseph and Jesus alright let's keep
reading Genesis 37 verse 5 I've only got
25 Choppers chapters to go now Joseph
had a dream and when he told it to his
brothers they hated him even more he
said to them hear this dream that I've
dreamed behold we were binding sheaves
in the field and behold my sheaf arose
and stood upright and behold your
sheaves gathered around it and bowed
down to my sheaf his brothers said to
him are you indeed to reign over us it
seems to them the interpretation of this
dreams obvious you think you're gonna
reign over us we're gonna bow to you or
are you indeed to rule over
so they hated him even more for his
dreams and for his words then he dreamed
another dream and told it to his
brothers and said behold I've dreamed
another dream behold the Sun the Moon
and Eleven stars were bowing down to me
but when he told it to his father and to
his brothers his father rebuked him and
said to him what is this dream that
you've dreamed shall I and your mother
and your brothers indeed come to bow
ourselves to the ground before you and
his brothers were jealous of him but his
father kept the saying in mind he's
bothered by the dream right his dad but
he goes I'm gonna remember this this is
it's weird bothers me but I'm gonna keep
this in mind so they hate him hated him
even more and the reason is because of
his claims about the future he's gonna
be ruling and they're gonna bow before
him Matthew 26 64 jesus said to him you
have said so but I tell you from now on
you will see the Son of man seated at
the right hand of power and coming on
the clouds of heaven now in the Old
Testament it is it is God who rides upon
the clouds and Jesus is claiming he's
gonna be riding upon the clouds and so
they of course are gonna try to kill him
before this Jesus just straight-up says
look I'm I'm gonna be in charge I'm
gonna be the boss and they respond by
hating him more in fact this is
ultimately connected to why they deliver
him if inverse eleven of Genesis 35 it
says his brothers were jealous of him
they had jealousy of him which is
interesting because you're not really
jealous unless you think someone
actually has something you don't have
right so they knew something was special
about Joseph in this regard so they're
jealous of him mark 15 10 it says for he
perceived that it was out of envy or
jealousy that the chief priests had
delivered him up this is Pilate who
realizes that the chief priests are
jealous of Jesus why cuz he's the one
who's gonna be ruling over them but
here's where we get a little kink our
first little kink in the typology of
Joseph he says that his father and
mother are gonna bow down to him - and
are we gonna relate this to Jesus and
the father like the god the father's
gonna bow down to Jesus obviously that
is not the case
that is not a biblical understanding of
the economic Trinity or how it sounds
weird there aren't two different kinds
it's just a way of talking about the
Trinity in the sense of the different
roles of the Father Son and Holy Spirit
and so no III think that it's not about
God the Father bowing I think what it's
about is Jacob bowing to Jesus
ultimately I think the idea is if Joseph
is a picture of Christ and Jacob bow so
Joseph we should say that that
ultimately Jacob even though he's this
great patriarch of Israel he will bow to
this ultimate Jesus that's the idea why
do I say this well think about when we
were in Melchizedek we studied
Melchizedek right and how Abraham tithes
to Melchizedek and the idea was and
they'll consider blessed is Abraham and
he Labor's and Hebrews to tell us
Melchizedek is better than Abraham to
show us that Jesus is greater than even
Abraham so we have Jacob bowing to
Joseph to show us that Jesus is in fact
greater than even Jacob let me support
this more John 4 verse 12 he says are
you greater than our Father Jacob they
asked Jesus are you greater than Jacob
he gave us the well and drank from it
himself as did his sons and his
livestock jesus said to her everyone who
drinks of this water will be thirsty
again but whoever drinks of the water
that I will give him will never be
thirsty again the water that I will give
him will become in in him a spring of
water welling up to eternal life
in other words yeah I'm greater than
Jacob you know I will give you in
eternal life he gave you a well I'm
gonna give you eternal life then again
in John 8 51 Jesus talks about this
relating to Abraham he's greater than
Abraham in John 8 51 it says truly truly
I say to you if anyone keeps my word he
will never see death the Jews said to
him now we know that you have a demon
Abraham died as did the prophets yet you
say if anyone keeps my word he will
never taste death are you greater than
our father Abraham who died and the
prophets died who do you make yourself
out to be and then you get you go down
to John 8:58 and Jesus says truly truly
I say to you before Abraham was I am
is he greater than Abraham by far that's
the claim so greater than Jacob greater
than Abraham that's the connection I see
with the bowing of the father okay so we
kind of shift scenes there that sort of
just sort of set everything up that's
Joseph's life setup right he's he's one
brother among many he's the favorite
brother he's got the rover many colors
he brings a bad report he has these
dreams they all kind of hate him and
jealous and then verse 12 of Genesis 37
now his brothers went to pasture their
father's flock near Shechem and Israel
said to Joseph are you are not your
brother's pasturing the flock at Shechem
come I will send you to them and he said
to him Here I am so he said to him go
now see if it is well with your brothers
and with the flock and bring me word so
he sent him from the valley of Hebron
and he came to Shechem now this is where
I think there's something interesting here
here
he leaves his father's side on a mission
from the father to see how the brothers
are doing with the flock I see a picture
in that personally I think it's there
John 1628 Jesus said I came from the
father and have come into the world and
now I'm leaving the world and going to
the Father Jesus came on a mission from
the father later on in the text of
Scripture the flock the term flock often
represents do you guys know who Israel
it represents Israel and the Shepherd's
and the leaders of the flock they
represent the leaders of Israel so we
get this like in Ezekiel 34 - here's an
example son of man prophesy against the
Shepherd's of Israel prophesy and say to
them even to the shepherds thus says the
Lord God hah shepherds of Israel who
have who have been feeding yourselves
should not Shepherds feed the Sheep and
so they're being rebuked but they're the
leaders spiritual leaders are considered
shepherds and the flock are the people
of Israel Jesus used this imagery -
first off he calls himself we know the
Good Shepherd right but in John 10 16 he
opens it up he says yeah Israel's the
flock but guess what he says I have
other sheep that are not of this fold I
must bring them also and they will
listen to my voice so there will be one
flock in one Shepherd talking about the
Jews and Gentiles being brought together
in Christ so what am I saying I'm saying
that there is this concept where we have
the father sending the son to see
how how the Shepards are doing with the
flock and this is really part of what
Jesus did as he comes and he evaluates
and he looks at the temple and he goes
you've made my father's house a house of
merchandise and he overturns the tables
and he sees the Pharisees and he says
woe to you and he's evaluating the
shepherds and he's looking at looking to
the flock and he's calling them to
himself alright let's keep reading
Genesis 37 verse 18 they saw him from
afar josephs on his way he finds out
they're really in Dothan not Shechem and
he heads over to Dothan and they see him
from afar and before he came near to
them they conspired against him to kill
him remember that time he brought a bad
report I don't know what they were doing
out there but maybe part of that was the
bad report maybe it's the robe maybe
it's the love maybe it's the dreams but
ultimately verse 19 they said to one
another here comes this dreamer come now
let us kill him and throw him into one
of the pits then we will say that a
fierce animals devoured him and we will
see what will become of his dreams
but when Reuben heard it he rescued him
out of their hands now Reubens the
oldest son and maybe perhaps feeling
more responsible and being older he
tries to rescue them and he says let's
not take his life and Reuben said to
them shed no blood throw him into this
pit here in the wilderness but do not
lay a hand on him that he might rescue
him out of their hand to restore him to
his father so he had a rescue plan going
on it didn't work verse 23 so when
Joseph came to his brothers they
stripped him of his robe the robe of
many colors that he wore this to me is
just a picture of him losing his glory
we'll come back to that in a second and
they took him and threw him into a pit
the pit was empty there was no water in
it technically that's a cistern so a
cistern is is in solid rock they would
just dig a well and because it saw the
rock they could add water to it anytime
it'll be a water storage system for them
but it's not a well where there's water
coming up naturally so it's empty it's
it's a dry cistern
so they throw him into that pit verse 23
so when Joseph came to his brother's on
street 24 they took him and threw me to
a pit the pit was empty there was no
water in it then they sat down to eat
which is just weird right there let's
just have a meal hahaha they're kind of
laughing at him in the pit and looked up
and looking up they saw a caravan of
Ishmaelites coming from Gilead with
their camels
gum bomb and myrrh on their way to carry
it down to Egypt then Judah said to his
brothers now Judah speaking up what
profit is it if we kill our brother and
conceal his blood come I have an idea
let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and
let not our hand be upon him for he's
our brother our own flesh and his
brothers listen to him then Midianite
traders passed by they drew Joseph up
and lifted him out of the pit and sold
him to the Ishmaelites for 20 shekels of silver
silver
they took Joseph to Egypt when Reuben
returned to the pit and saw that Joseph
was not in the pit he tore his clothes
and returned to his brothers and said
the boys gone and I where shall I go
being the more response I'm on the the
adultishbooks robe and here's how
they'll cover up their crime they
slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe
in blood then they sent the robe of many
colors and brought it to their father
and said this we have found please
identify whether it is your son's robe
or not and he identified it and said it
is my son's robe a fierce animal has
devoured him Joseph is without doubt
torn to pieces
then Jacob torez garments and puts a
cloth on on his loins and mourned for
his son many days all his sons and his
daughters rose up to comfort him but he
refused to be comforted and said no I
shall go down to Sheol to my son
mourning thus his father wept for him
meanwhile the Midianites had sold him in
Egypt to Potiphar an officer of Pharaoh
the captain of the garden okay so
where's the typology in this in what we
just read first off they conspire
against him we read this in verse 18
they literally quote conspired against
him there was a conspiracy a plot to
come against him and this was actually
the reality for Jesus mark 15 11 it says
but the chief priest stirred up the
crowd to have him release for them
Barabbas instead remember pilots like
which one do you want and the chief
priests they conspire they work with the
crowd to get the crowd to call out for
Barabbas instead of for Jesus there's
literally a conspiracy against him they
conspire with Judas
they conspire with Herod they conspire
between Herod and Pilate there's there's
a quite a big conspiracy even the
existence of like trials in the middle
of the night was against Jewish customs
you're not allowed to have a trial at
this time of night this is just kind of
under darkness and it's not just so so
yeah they conspired against him there
was a plot and the imagery of death is
really strong with what happens to
Joseph right did they kill him no but
they do do a couple things first off
they throw him into a pit and the pit is
symbolic just do a search of the word
pit in the text of Scripture pit the pit
is symbolic of death God rescued me from
the pit psalm says right the pit is
symbolic of destiny throw him into a pit
then they take his robe and they kill an
animal instead of him which reminds me
of I don't know Isaac here Abraham and
Isaac again and so they kill this animal
they put the blood of the animal in the
rope they show it to the Father and as
far as the father is concerned
Joseph is dead so to the dad he's dead
and to all the world he's dead except
for the small group of guys that knows
the truth the spices that the Caravan
was carrying are embalming spices taking
them down to Egypt embalming is very
popular down in Egypt at the time
anyways and so they're carrying these
spices down there one of them is myrrh
which was given to Jesus at his birth
and then used again on Jesus at his
death myrrh so the imagery of death is
really really strong going on here and
so without him actually dying there's a
death motif going on in his story then
in verse 26 Judas steps in and his idea
is let's sell him for profit now you may
or may not know this but there was a guy
who decided to sell Jesus for profit and
his name is Judas while Judas is just
the anglicized name of Judah it's the
exact same name so here we have Judah
selling Joseph here we have Judah
selling Jesus and one for twenty pieces
one for thirty pieces I think it's just
adjusted for inflation
I don't know but the actual 30 pieces of
silver that's outlined in Zechariah 11
verses 12 and 13 prophetically spoken of
there now you might say at this point
well Mike you're being anti-semitic look
everybody in the story is Jewish the
victims and the bat the bad guys and the
good guys they're all Jewish sure this
isn't anti-semitic it's just the story
of what really actually happened
Reuben tries to save him ultimately this
Jewish guy raises up saves Gentiles and
Jews sound familiar
and then and then brings them all
together and restores them in the end so
if anybody's feeling that this this
whole thing could be you have like that
radar this is anti-semitic like no no no
no you're you're you're just confused
not at all
so they stripped his robe off him and
they throw him into a pit and he becomes
a slave and this I think is in
Philippians chapter 2 talking about
Jesus Philippians 2 verse 5 having have
this mind among yourselves which is
yours in Christ Jesus who though he was
in the form of God did not count
equality with God a thing to be grasped
but emptied himself by taking the form
of a servant being born in the likeness
of men and being found in human form he
humbled himself by becoming obedient to
the point of death even death on a cross
so we have the lowering of Joseph in the
same sense the lowering of Jesus
stripping of his robe like tea like
Jesus taking a sawed off his glory to
come in the form of a servant Joseph
will now be in the form of a servant
because he's been sold as a slave okay
I'm gonna move a little bit faster now
because not every chapter of the story
is going to be equally important for us
but we had to like labor a little little
slower that might have fell fast but you
just wait hang on we're gonna move
quicker now but we're gonna jump to
chapter 39 because Genesis 38 again that
is all about Judah and Tamar it's not
about Joseph at all so in Genesis 39
verses 1 through 6 Joseph is in the
house of Potiphar and he in Potiphar's
house is rising up as like the chief of
the servants he's a slave Wray he's been
sold as it's like but he rises up God is
with him God blesses him in verses five
and six it says from the time that he
made him overseer in his house and over
all that he had the Lord
lest the egyptians house for Joseph's
sake the blessing of the Lord was on all
that he had in house and field so he
left all that he had in Joseph's charge
and because of him he had no concern
about anything but the food he ate now
Joseph was handsome in form and
appearance and that becomes important
because of what happens next with
Potiphar's wife but everything's under
his charge remember this concept
everything is under his charge
everything's under his charge just
remember this for the future then in
verses 7 through 12 we have a situation
where Potiphar's wife and most of us
know the story right she's like hey
Joseph sleep with me and he's like hey
no I will not sin against God and
against Potiphar I'm not gonna do this
this is wrong and so he refuses and then
she frames him she frames him right so
in verse 10 of Genesis 39 it says and as
she spoke to Joseph day after day he
would not listen to her to lie beside
her or to be with her
many people don't realize this we think
of the moment where she grabs his coat
and he runs out the room and she won't
let go of his coat you like well I'm out
of here you know so he just takes off
but we don't realize she did this day
after day that repeatedly day after day
she was constantly tempting him and he
was constantly refusing and would not
allow it to happen she told she tried to
take him by force try to just force
herself upon him somehow I think that
this relates to Jesus Jesus was led by
the spirit into the wilderness to be
tempted by the devil and he was tempted
for forty days and for forty nights
scripture tells us in Hebrews that he
was tempted in all points as we are yet
he is without sin and did you know this
about Joseph he is one of the only
characters who's a main character many
chapters devoted to him who doesn't have
some major moral failing that we can see
he's the one of the only guys it's like
him and Daniel that's just about it no
there's not much right because you think
of David okay yep immediately comes to
mind think of salt no okay all right
well you know Barack no I had some
problems too you know I I could think of
you know Samson he was oh no that was
really bad so really he's one of the
rare ones and I think that the idea is
Jesus tempted but
temptation so Jesus he or Joseph he goes
through something that's sort of
picturing that not saying Joseph was
sinless we don't think that for a second
then in verses 13 through 18 Joseph gets
framed all over again Potiphar's wife is
upset she's angry because he won't do
what she wants
maybe she's feeling embarrassed so she
lashes out and she frames him for trying
to sleep with her so he then goes into
prison he ends up getting the punishment
for what she did he takes the punishment
for what she did does that sound familiar
familiar
that's got me too alright Genesis 39
verse 20 and Joseph's master took him
and put him into the prison the place
where the Kings prisoners were confined
and he was there in prison but the Lord
was with Joseph and showed him steadfast
love and gave him favor in the sight of
the keeper of the prison and the keeper
of the prison pod Joseph in charge he
ends up being in charge again of all the
prisoners who were in the prison
whatever was done there he was the one
who did it the keeper of the prison paid
no attention to anything that was in
Joseph's charge because the Lord was
with him and whatever he did the Lord
made it succeed so he's in charge of
everything two times now we get this right
right
it'll happen a third time in a moment
but two times now Joseph he goes and
he's put in charge of everything he's
put in charge of everything well Jesus
he was in charge in John think about
this real specifically though John 5:22
for the father judges no one but has
given all judgment to this son people
don't often think of Jesus as Judge of
the world unless you actually think of
Jesus you realize pretty quickly he is
but all judgment was given to the son
he's given charge of all he's the judge
of the living in the dead scripture says
that all every knee will bow to him so
he's put in charge even after all of the
shame that he experienced then in prison
some interesting things happen he meets
a couple of the Egyptians the the
Egyptian pharaohs number two type guys
or the people I should say in his court
you know his important guys the cup
bearer and the baker and these guys were
were not only it wasn't just a baker
just a cup air these were
political positions as well as having
sort of practical tasks that they would
do so Genesis 40 verse 1 some time after
this the cupbearer of the king of Egypt
and his Baker committed a an offense
against their Lord the king of Egypt so
they are then put into jail and they're
there with Joseph now he's in charge of
the jail but he's still a prisoner but
he's kind of like the chief prisoner and
so they have dreams and they have these
weird dreams and then they tell Joseph
about their dreams now here's where
dreams come in again into the story of
Joseph right he told his brothers his
dream and now someone else is telling
him their dreams let's look in verse 9
at the dreams these two men have and how
Joseph gets the interpretation for them
so the chief cupbearer told his dream to
Joseph and said to him in my dream there
was a vine before me and on the vine
there were three branches as soon as
abutted its blossoms shot forth and the
clusters ripened into grapes Pharaoh's
cup was in my hand and I took the grapes
and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup and
placed the cup in pharaoh's hand then
Joseph he's going to interpret it said
to him this is the interpretation the
three branches are three days in three
days Pharaoh will lift up your head and
restore you to your office and you shall
place Pharaoh's cup in his hand as
formerly when you were his cup bearer
then he gives him a request only
remember me when it is well with you and
please do me the kindness to mention me
to Pharaoh and so get me out of this house
house
listen one to be in the jail anymore he
knows he doesn't belong there so he
continues for a for I was indeed stolen
out of the land of the Hebrews and here
also I've done nothing that they should
put me into the pit and he calls this
prison the pit there's that pit term
coming up again and so the prison and
the pit connection between death and all
that that's there Jesus in a sense went
to the pit to deliver people from it so
verse 16 I think this is so funny when
the chief Baker saw that the
interpretation was favourable he said to
Joseph now get this he's like ooh that
was a good interpretation he's going to
be restored to Pharaoh hey Joseph here's
my dream and he says I also had a dream
there were three cake baskets on my head
and in the uppermost basket the highest
one there were
sorts of baked food for Pharaoh but the
birds were eating it out of the basket
on my head and Joseph answered and said
this is its interpretation three baskets
are for three days in three days Pharaoh
will lift up your head from you and hang
you on a tree and the birds will eat the
flesh from you just tell it like it is
ready he's just like I'm just gonna be
honest with you it's not good news and
probably I'm just gonna guess that the
guy deserved it but I don't know but
that was the interpretation so he's
proven himself to be like I can really
interpret these dreams he gives all
credit to God he's like God gets the
credit and then the one of them is is
raised up in a good way and one is
lifted up in a bad way and and
interestingly there he is on in his
sentence sharing his sentence with two
men one who was rescued and one who was
condemned and Jesus had two men one on
each side one one ended up being with
him in paradise and the other one ended
up being condemned now two years goes by
two years goes by and we get to Genesis
41 and Pharaoh now has dreams so we see
dreams kind of going throughout the
story of Joseph Pharaoh has two dreams
and I'll just summarize his dreams right
his dreams go like this he dreams and he
sees in the Nile River and seven fat
healthy cows come out of the Nile River
beefy healthy cows and then seven
emaciated cows come out and they eat the
fat cows and after they eat the fat cows
they're still emaciated how is that possible
possible
it's a dream right and they eat so then
it gets stranger then he dreams about
seven healthy heads of grain just a
stock of grain has seven healthy heads
of grain on it and they're nice and
healthy and strong and good and then
another stock rises up and it has seven
blighted like just emaciated nasty
looking grains on it and they eat the
healthy ones and then they're just as
blighted and emaciated how is that
possible it's a dream right like you've
had dreams right like this completely
impossible things happen the point is
it's meant to teach him something now
Pharaoh gathers in verse eight of
Genesis 14 when he gathers the people
everybody he can give me the
interpretation of this dream and they
all just they're all like we don't know
what we don't know what it means we
don't know what it means then
cupbearer suddenly remembers Joseph hey
that's right there was that guy that
knew my dream and he knew the Baker's
dream and so in verse 29 we get where
Joseph comes up and he's brought before
Pharaoh and he's gonna interpret the
dream for Pharaoh and this is kind of
where his life changes everything
changes now there will come seven years
verse 29 of great Plenty through all the
land of Egypt but after them there will
arise seven years of famine and all the
plenty will be forgotten in the land of
Egypt the famine will consume the land
the famine will consume the land so he
interprets the dream the cows and the
grains represented years healthy years
and famine years and the famine years
will be even worse than the healthy
years bad stuff has come in Pharaoh bad
things are coming now there may be
typology in here I I don't see it
personally not clearly enough to share
with you if there's typology in the
number seven or in the tribulation or
something like that I don't personally
see it so I'm not gonna go there but I
will say this the way that Joseph talks
and he says Pharaoh
I can't do anything but God will
interpret the dream for you he gives God
over and over again full credit for how
to interpret these dreams and Jesus does
something similar in John 5:19 so jesus
said to them truly truly I say to you
the son can do nothing of his own accord
but only what he sees the father doing
for whatever the father does the son
does likewise so we see this connection
in that sense that's there then there's
a solution offered and Joseph's like hey
you what you need to do is because he
not only interprets the dream he gives
advice he goes Pharaoh you need to
appoint somebody so that during these
seven healthy years you guys gather
everything you can and you save every
bit of grain and every prosperous the
prosperous thing you can just save it
save it save it because the famine is
coming and so Pharaoh says alright well
you're hired
basically and so in verse 39 of Genesis
41 then Pharaoh said to Joseph since God
has shown you all this there is none so
discerning and wise as you are
look Joseph you know stuff you've got
wisdom you got discernment I want you
and now in Matthew 13:54 it says and
Jesus coming to his home town coming to
his hometown he taught them in their
synagogue so the
were astonished and said where did this
man get this wisdom and these mighty
works there's a another connection with
Jesus where he comes to Nazareth his own
hometown he's sharing things that are
like how did he where did he how did he
notice how does he know there's just
this sense of supernatural wisdom and
knowledge in both Joseph and in Jesus
then in verse 40 Pharaoh goes on and he
says to him you shall be over my house
and all my people shall order themselves
as you command only as regards the
throne will I be greater than you and
Pharaoh said to Joseph see I have set
you over all the land of Egypt then
Pharaoh took his signet ring from his
hand and put it on Joseph's hand this is
like an authority bearing ring puts it
on Joseph's hand and clothed him in
garments of fine linen and put a gold
chain about his neck now before this he
had constantly been losing his clothes
right like in a negative sense like he's
losing his glory he he he's got his
glory with Joseph with Joseph and Jacob
his dad he gets that stripped from him
right then he's a slave but he's the
chief slave but then even that is taken
from him and now he's in prison and then
now he's raised up given the signet ring
of Pharaoh and given this fine linen to
show you his his quality you know in his
rank and he puts a gold chain about his
neck verse 43 and he made him ride in
his second chariot meaning Pharaoh first
and then him second and they called out
before him
bow the knee so when they would travel
through Egypt you're you have to bow
down as Joseph just walks by or chariots
by is their terms that a better term for
chariot because he chariots a cross the
I don't know can I use that as a verb I
think I can so thus he set him over all
the land of Egypt moreover Pharaoh said
to Joseph
I'm Pharaoh and without your consent no
one shall lift up hand or foot in all
the land of Egypt and Pharaoh called
Joseph's name zaphenath-paneah
and he gave him in marriage to a Sanath
the daughter of Potiphar a priest of on
so Joseph went out over the land of
Egypt so this is like a real payoff
moment for Joseph right he's been raised
up in rank and he's now at the right
hand of Pharaoh and he exercises
Pharaohs Authority
as always his own let me read to you
again Philippians 2 remember how he
can't became a servant the scripture
says so starting in verse 6 of
Philippians 2 it says who though he was
in the form of God did not count
equality with God a thing to be grasped
but emptied himself by taking the form
of a servant being born in the likeness
of men and being found in human form he
humbled himself by becoming obedient to
the point of death even death on a cross
therefore God has highly exalted him and
bestowed on him the name that is above
every name so that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow in heaven and on
earth and under the earth and every
tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord
to the glory of God the Father the
down-up theme in scripture is really
consistent with Jesus the book of
Hebrews follows this down-up theme a lot
and it's neat to have it in your mind as
you're studying that book but we see it
here with Joseph he goes down down down
and then boom he's up as high as he
could possibly be now there's an
interesting side thing here which is his
name his new name he's given a new name
some people connect this to Jesus he has
a new name written on him and the book
of Revelation but this zaphenath-paneah
or however you want to pronounce it
there are a list of possible meanings
and I'll give you one of my pet peeves
right now one of my pet peeves is when I
read commentaries and they go well
clearly when things are not clear or
obviously when things are not obvious so
I'm gonna give it to you as it really is
right this names are often hard to
figure out what they mean because when
you look at ancient texts words are used
in context you can figure out the
meaning by seeing the words used next to
that word I went running and had a
pituitary doodly-doo time and you could
you could you know read the whole
paragraph to figure out what pituitary
doodly-doo means and you could probably
guess your way around it but names don't
do that do they names just sit in the
middle of a sentence with nothing
connecting them so I went with Mike to
the park like nothing you know Mike's a
person but you don't know what Mike
means so names are sometimes hard to
nail down the meaning of so there's
several different possibilities I'm
going to read them to you of what isn't
could mean and I've got these from
different resources and different not
only Bible study materials but
dictionaries and stuff like that so
here's one zaphenath-paneah could mean
the salvation of the world that's from
the pulpit commentary in Genesis it
could mean the rescuer of the world
that's from Ksenia s-- it could mean the
Prince of the life of the world that's
from Bruce it could mean the food of
life or the food of the living that's
from Canon cook in the speaker's
commentary it could also mean says the
God he will live or God speaks and he
lives or the Jewish Targum suggests that
it means revealer of Secrets what
shocked me as I studied all these names
is any of them can be applied to Jesus
that's what surprised me and I thought I
just I'll just share it with you guys
interesting I'll read him again the
salvation of the world the rescuer of
the world the Prince of the life of the
world the food of life the food of the
living says the God he will live or God
speaks and he lives and revealer of
Secrets these are the different
potential meanings of that name which I
I gave me a little goosebumps that was
pretty cool all right so we move forward
and in chapter 42 in chapter 42 his
brothers go back and now he's been in
Egypt for a while right all of the years
of plenty of passed by and now they're
into the famine and his brother out of
food and they need food so where do they
go well Joseph's been stockpiling all
the food for years now and he's in
charge of distributing it so they're
gonna end up going to him so Genesis 42
it says now Joseph was governor over the
land he was verse 6 excuse me he was the
one who sold to all the people of the
land and Joseph's brothers came and
bowed themselves before him with their
faces to the ground Joseph saw his
brothers and recognized them but he
treated them like strangers and spoke
roughly to them where do you come from
he said they said from the land of
Canaan to buy food and Joseph recognized
his brothers but they did not recognize
him now Joseph I don't think I even put
this in the text in my notes but Joseph
was about thirty at the time he raised
he was risen
and now he's doing his like ultimate
ministry saving the people of Egypt and
the people in the surrounding lands he
was about 30 when he started that it was
the age Jesus was when he started his
ministry which is interesting as well
but he was 17 when they betrayed him and
he probably had like a scraggly little
peach fuzz 17 year old beard and skinny
little 17 year old guy and everything
but what happens is now he's Egyptian as
far as anyone's concerned he speaks
their language he's ruling in front of
them and he looks like them so they
don't recognize their brother so verse 9
and Joseph remembered the dreams that he
had dreamed of them you wondered how
long it had been since he had he'd
thought about those dreams and what did
he just see that not only he didn't just
see his brothers he saw his brothers
come and bow to him and he said to them
now this is where it gets a little weird
not weird like wrong just odd but I'm
gonna try to answer why he does this he
says you are spies you have come to see
the nakedness of the land and they said
to him no my lord your servants have
come to buy food we are all sons of one
man we're honest men your servants have
never been spies I think here Joseph is
digging for information later they'll
say he asked us lots of questions they
tell they tell their dad this when
police are interrogating people this is
what they do they just accuse you of
things and then watch and watch how you
respond right so one time I got pulled
over by the cops and no it wasn't pulled
over it was a DUI stop just a standard
where they stopped everybody don't you
think of weird things so I'm stopped
there and I have allert I have allergies
I have I've always thought I was right
so my eyes are like always bloodshot
that's just the way it is the cop puts
his flashlight in my my my car and he's
looking I mean he goes he goes how much
pot did you smoke tonight and I just
started laughing because I know I'm
innocent so I have nothing to hide I
just heard laughing I was like nah man I
just came from a night of worship over
it by all it was great like I don't and
he's like all right you can go and he
could tell because my response is a
waste of time so he just sent me on my
way so what they do is they just show
he's like you're spies he's just digging
information Joseph doesn't know anything
dad he doesn't know what's going on with
Benjamin his younger brother who is of
the same mother who has been with these
guys this whole time his brothers so
he's he's got questions I think he's
just digging for information so um they
bow to him that's interesting what's
interesting to me though is the order of
the bowing Joseph gets raised up to
Pharaohs right hand he travels through
Egypt and they yell bow the Gentiles
bowed to him before the Jews did I think
the order of that is significant he
rules and reigns in the eyes of the
Gentiles before he's recognized by his
own people I think that's very
significant in Genesis 42 verse 18 we
keep reading here on the third day
Joseph said to them because he puts them
in like a holding cell for a while for
three days do this and you will live for
I fear God if you are honest men let one
of your brothers remain confined where
you are in custody and let the rest go
and carry grain for the famine of of
your households and bring your youngest
brother to me so your words will be
verified and you shall not die and they
did so now here's the thing that this
whole this whole thing that Joseph does
next is really I just go why did he do
it right he sees his brothers but not
Benjamin Benjamin's not with them right
maybe their dad didn't he just
Benjamin's like the last one of Rachel
and I already lost his older brother
Joseph well I'm just gonna keep him I
think Joseph is now embarking on a
rescue mission to get Benjamin away from
his brothers to bring him to himself
make him part of the royalty of Pharaoh
and to entreat him well and she's just
gonna not worry about the rest of his
brothers because what they did to him I
think that's what he's doing and what
happens changes his mind that's what it
looks like to me it could be wrong but
that's what it seems to me he wants to
see if he's alive and I think he wants
to rescue him from them because what did
they do to him and he knows possibly
what if Benjamin's under the same amount
of risk that I was under so in Genesis
42 21 it says then they said to one
another in truth we are guilty
concerning our brother in that we saw
the distress of his soul when he begged
us and we did not listen this is why
this distress has come upon us
and Ruben answered did I not tell you
not to sin against the boy but you did
not listen so now there comes a
reckoning for his blood they're having
this conversation by the way the context
is in front of Joseph because they don't
think he knows Hebrew they don't think
he knows their language he's using an
interpreter so he so they just start
talking you ever have someone doesn't
know you're bilingual and they just
start talking in front of you and you're
like that's Alison does that sometimes
it feels like I'll tell you what they
said later right uh-huh
but yeah that's what happens so he sees
this now this is like the evidence of
guilt they're like oh gosh we're gonna
get in trouble we're gonna have problems
and this is why and so they did not know
verse 23 that Joseph understood them for
there was an interpreter between them
then he turned away from them and wept
and he returned to them and spoke to
them and he took Simeon from them and
bound him before their eyes this begins
the test
Simeon gets taken and he's held and the
rest of the brothers go back in Genesis
42 verse 25 it says and Joseph gave
orders to fill their bags with grain and
to replace every man's money in his sack
and to give them provisions for the
journey this was done for them then they
loaded their donkeys with current with
their grain and departed and as one of
them opened his sack to give his donkey
fodder at the lodging place he saw his money
money
in the mouth of his sack they were
supposed to use that to buy the grain
right and he said to his brothers my
money's been put back here it is in the
mouth of my sack and at this their
hearts failed them and they turned
trembling to one another saying what is
this that God has done to us they're
like we look like thieves we went we got
the grain then we stole our money back
he's got our brother over there we're
supposed to come back with her other
brother and so they're scared they're
worried that they might be in trouble
now he doesn't mean this to cause them
this fear I don't think what we really
see here is Joseph is just providing for
his family even though they're not
asking for it
even though they're not aware of it and
God does this for Israel a lot so it's
free provision interestingly enough they
tried to pay for the bread that Joseph
was gonna give them and he wouldn't let
them he goes no no you have to take it
for free sound familiar
this is the work of God believe in the
one whom he has sent
I am the bread of life just as providing
bread to keep them alive and he won't
let them pay
I think that that sounds familiar so
Jacob when they get back and they tailed
out all this stuff Jacobs like nope nope
Benjamin is not going back over there
you guys no no I already lost Joseph I'm
not gonna lose him I would rather die
and so much time goes by because they
refuses to let them take Benjamin back
over there to Egypt and then Judas steps
in they're running out of food again and
Judas steps in in Genesis 43 verse 8 and
Judas said to Israel his father now keep
in mind who was the guy who said let's
sell them into slavery Judah Judah says
send the boy Benjamin with me and we
will arise and go that we may live and
not die both we and you and also our
little ones I will be a pledge of his
safety from my hand you shall require
him if I do not bring him back to you
and set him before you then let me bear
the blame forever
Judah says I will take full
responsibility for his life that's
interesting so then they traveled back
to Egypt in verse 16 it says when Joseph
saw Benjamin with them he because they
travel they see Joseph he sees Benjamin
and he recognizes him he said now it's
been like 13 over 13 years since he saw
Benjamin last because he was 17 when he
was sold into slavery 30 when he started
and then it's been however much time
after that he said to the steward of his
house bring the men into the house and
slaughter an animal and make ready for
the men are to dine with me at noon so
he's gonna have a meal and so then they
they have this this the sit down meal
thing they explained to Joseph hey we
found our money back in our sacks and
he's like oh no no your God was just
blessing you don't worry about it kind
of thing and and then they continue he
actually is gonna seat them in order of
their age at the meal like so the
Reubens first and he puts them all in
order of their age part of this I think
ok party he well he just knows their age
maybe he's messing with them but part of
it is he's like I just know stuff this
is this is what he does to them he's I
just know things don't try and hide for
me don't try and lie to me I just know
things and that's kind of the impression
he's gonna give later you'll see so
we're gonna pick up in verse 26
Genesis 4326 when Joseph came home they
brought into the house they brought into
the house to him the present that he had
that they had with them and bowed down
to him to the ground and he inquired
about their welfare and said is your
father well the old man of whom you
spoke is he still alive they said your
servant our Father as well he's still
alive and they bowed their heads and
prostrated themselves they are just
utterly bowing and submitting and
yielding to his authority and this is
ultimately the fulfillment of that dream
in in there in the first coming of
Joseph he is rejected by his brothers in
the second time they meet he is received
and they bow before him in jesus's first
coming he was rejected by the Jewish
people but there is a revival coming I
believe and in Romans 11 talks about it
when they will be very much receiving
him so he sees Benjamin and he weeps he
goes and washes his face and then he
comes back so I think maybe he was
wearing some of that Egyptian makeup ISM
had to wash his face after crying
because I guys don't use life to wash
their faces after crying we're just like
a bug in my eye you know so then they
have the meal he seats him in order of
age and he gives Benjamin five times the
portion that he gives any of the other
guys so that's my kind of meal right
there then Joseph gets into this plot
which i think is a rescue mission I'm
gonna get Benjamin away from my brothers
so that I can take care of him
so Genesis 40 41 then he commanded the
steward of his house fill them in sacks
with food as much as they can carry and
put each man's money in the mouth of his
sack and put my cup the silver cup in
the mouth of the sack of the youngest
with his money for the grain so he hides
one of his own precious things silver
item inside Benjamin's sack and he did
as Joseph told him as soon as the
morning was light the men were sent away
with their donkeys they had gone only a
short distance from the city now Joseph
said to his steward after they just
barely got a little little distance away
up follow after the men and when you
overtake them say to them why have you
repaid evil for good is is it not from
this that my Lord drinks and by this
that he practices divination welcome
to the divination con statement in a
minute you have repaid evil for or you
have done evil in doing this when he
overtook them he spoke to them these
words and they said to him why does my
Lord speak such words as these far be it
from your service to do such a thing
because they know they haven't done this behold
behold
the money that we found in the mouths of
our sacks we brought back to you from
the land of Canaan how then could we
steal silver or gold from your Lord's
house whichever of your servants is
found with it shall die and we also will
be my Lords servants we'll be your
slaves he said let it be as you say trap
said he who is found with it shall be my
servant and the rest of you shall be
innocent why cuz he doesn't want to kill
anybody he wants to get somebody then
each man quickly lowered his sack to the ground
ground
each man opened his sack and he searched
beginning with the eldest and ending
with the youngest and the cup was found
in Benjamin's sack then they tore their
clothes and every man loaded his donkey
and they returned back to the city right
put their sacks back on and go go over
there when Judah and his brothers came
to Joseph's house he was still there
they fell before him to the ground again
Joseph said to them what deed is this
that you have done do you not do you not
know that a man like me can indeed
practice divination now is Joseph
literally practicing divination was
paused for a second I don't think so and
I think we have a couple good reasons to
think so one when he interprets dreams
he's very clear like only God can give
it can give the meaning of these dreams
right he's like there's no divination
don't bring me a special bowl with water
and nothing I just look tell me the
dream and God will give the
interpretation but he's trying to like
imitate a typical Egyptian ruler with
his brothers which is why he's like
knows things about them how does he know
he knows our ages top to bottom he just
knows stuff and so then he tells them
didn't you know that I could
he's just being intimidating he's being
fearful that's what I think is going on
here even when he talks about is this
cup to his servant he doesn't say get
the cup I practice divination with he
goes you know my silver cup put it in
Benjamin's sack he doesn't even call it
that but to the brothers they call it
the divination cup so I think it's part
of a trick verse 16 and Judah said what
shall we say to my lord
what shall we speak or how shall we
clear ourselves God has found out the
guilt of your servants because her
convinced you how we're busted behold we
are my Lord's servants both we and he
also in whose hand the cup has been
found but he said far be it for me that
I should do so only the man in whose
hand the cup was found shall be my
servant but as for you go in peace to
your father
I just want Benjamin I think this is a
rescue operation I think that's what
this plan was now let's look at verse 30
and let's see what goes on next Genesis
44 30 now therefore as soon as I come to
your servant my father and the boy is
not with us this is Judah speaking then
as his life is bound up in the boy's
life as soon as he sees that boy is not
that the boy is not with us he will die
and your servants will bring down the
gray hairs of your servants your servant
our Father with sorrow to Sheol so
Jacob's gonna die he's not gonna build a
handle losing the son for your servant
became a pledge of safety for the boy to
my father saying if I don't bring him
back to you then I shall bear the blame
before my father all my life now
therefore and this is where things
change please let your servant Judah
remain instead of the boy as a servant
to my lord and let the boy go back to
his brothers for how can I go back to my
father if the boy is not with me I fear
to see the evil that would find my
father Joseph is watching the brother
who said let's sell him into slavery
offer himself as a slave instead of
Benjamin his little brother and this is
I think the thing that shifts and
changes for Joseph I think this is when
he goes you're like you really have changed
changed
you are repentant you're not just bowing
to me you're also changed you've
repented and I think we can speak here
of hope for Israel Judah the very one
who could be demonized as being oh you
let's sell him as a slave he's the one
who comes and is restored he's the one
who speaks up and shifts and changes
what Joseph is gonna do next but then
then the next chapter Genesis 45 verse 1
Joseph decides now that you're repentant
I will reveal myself to you then Joseph
could not control himself before all
those who stood by him he cried make
everyone go out for me so no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known
with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers none of the Egyptian
to his brothers none of the Egyptian hosts that he had with him and he wept
hosts that he had with him and he wept aloud so that the Egyptians heard it and
aloud so that the Egyptians heard it and the household of Pharaoh heard it this
the household of Pharaoh heard it this is this to me the picture of this is so
is this to me the picture of this is so glorious because what I what I see when
glorious because what I what I see when I read this is I see Jesus saying to the
I read this is I see Jesus saying to the Jewish people see it's me it's me the
Jewish people see it's me it's me the one you soul the one you rejected it's
one you soul the one you rejected it's me and I see the reunion happening there
me and I see the reunion happening there how glorious and beautiful of a thing it
how glorious and beautiful of a thing it is Genesis 45 3 and Joseph said to his
is Genesis 45 3 and Joseph said to his brothers I'm Joseph and what he asks him
brothers I'm Joseph and what he asks him is really interesting is my father still
is really interesting is my father still alive didn't they tell him he was alive
alive didn't they tell him he was alive but he I mean maybe he's still wondering
but he I mean maybe he's still wondering like I don't know if I can really trust
like I don't know if I can really trust you now that you know I'm not the
you now that you know I'm not the Egyptian a guy like it's me it's Joseph
Egyptian a guy like it's me it's Joseph like is he is dad ok so he asked him but
like is he is dad ok so he asked him but his brothers could not answer him for
his brothers could not answer him for they were just made at his presence like
they were just made at his presence like it's a little much to take in you know
it's a little much to take in you know so Joseph said to his brothers come near
so Joseph said to his brothers come near to me please and they came near and he
to me please and they came near and he said I'm your brother Joseph whom you
said I'm your brother Joseph whom you sold to Egypt he's like Reuben member
sold to Egypt he's like Reuben member that time you chipped my tooth that's
that time you chipped my tooth that's right here.look and now do not be
right here.look and now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves
distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me for God sent me
because you sold me for God sent me before you to preserve life for the
before you to preserve life for the famine has been in the land these two
famine has been in the land these two years and there are you have five years
years and there are you have five years in which there will be neither ploughing
in which there will be neither ploughing nor harvest and God sent me before you
nor harvest and God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth
to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to keep alive for you many survivors
and to keep alive for you many survivors so it was not you who sent me here but
so it was not you who sent me here but God he has made me a father to Pharaoh
God he has made me a father to Pharaoh and Lord of all his house and ruler over
and Lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt and now he it's
all the land of Egypt and now he it's he's not interested in rubbing things in
he's not interested in rubbing things in he's interested in restoring I think he
he's interested in restoring I think he saw the genuineness of them he's
saw the genuineness of them he's convinced and boom the veil comes off
convinced and boom the veil comes off right now the veil is lifted this is I'm
right now the veil is lifted this is I'm speaking first Corinthians language here
speaking first Corinthians language here the veil is lifted and then they see who
the veil is lifted and then they see who he really is and they're restored this
he really is and they're restored this is the payoff moment right God working
is the payoff moment right God working good through evil there's a whole sermon
good through evil there's a whole sermon that I don't have time to teach it God
that I don't have time to teach it God working good through the evil and the
working good through the evil and the plots of man
plots of man but how much more through Jesus I mean
but how much more through Jesus I mean Joseph goes and his actions save
Joseph goes and his actions save Gentiles and Jews alike and and this is
Gentiles and Jews alike and and this is what Jesus does he saves many alive but
what Jesus does he saves many alive but even more in isaiah 49:6 it says of
even more in isaiah 49:6 it says of Christ it is too light a thing that you
Christ it is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the
should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the
tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel I will make you as a
preserved of Israel I will make you as a light for the nations that my salvation
light for the nations that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth God's
may reach to the end of the earth God's like Jesus you're gonna be saving
like Jesus you're gonna be saving everybody you're gonna have a salvation
everybody you're gonna have a salvation that goes out to all the world and so we
that goes out to all the world and so we see in this zoomed out look it's so much
see in this zoomed out look it's so much like Jesus I don't know how you could
like Jesus I don't know how you could how you could argue with this being a
how you could argue with this being a type of Christ and may I say Genesis 45
type of Christ and may I say Genesis 45 this summary is Joseph's summary you
this summary is Joseph's summary you sold me but God intended it to save many
sold me but God intended it to save many people alive I mean this could be Jesus
people alive I mean this could be Jesus saying these words then eCourse tells
saying these words then eCourse tells them of the continued famine it's only
them of the continued famine it's only two years out of seven and then in verse
two years out of seven and then in verse twelve and now your eye is see and the
twelve and now your eye is see and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see that it
eyes of my brother Benjamin see that it is my mouth that speaks to you you must
is my mouth that speaks to you you must tell my father of all my honor in Egypt
tell my father of all my honor in Egypt and of all that you have seen hurry and
and of all that you have seen hurry and bring my father down here then he fell
bring my father down here then he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck not in
upon his brother Benjamin's neck not in a bad way right this is like a big old
a bad way right this is like a big old hug like he gives him a big hug falls
hug like he gives him a big hug falls upon his neck and wept and Benjamin wept
upon his neck and wept and Benjamin wept upon his neck and he kissed all his
upon his neck and he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them after that
brothers and wept upon them after that his brothers talked with him because now
his brothers talked with him because now they get it Joseph you're alive you're
they get it Joseph you're alive you're alive so then what happens next to kind
alive so then what happens next to kind of zoom out from the story a little bit
of zoom out from the story a little bit for the sake of time because it's a lot
for the sake of time because it's a lot of chapters right on account of Joseph
of chapters right on account of Joseph the Israelites in this case the tribes
the Israelites in this case the tribes about 70 plus people they come into the
about 70 plus people they come into the land of Egypt and they're given the best
land of Egypt and they're given the best of the land and they're treated
of the land and they're treated incredibly well because of Joseph
incredibly well because of Joseph because of Joseph and this to me is also
because of Joseph and this to me is also a picture of the future of Israel as I
a picture of the future of Israel as I see things and as I think pretty much
see things and as I think pretty much everybody here does an art roof right we
everybody here does an art roof right we believe there's an actual millennium
believe there's an actual millennium coming where where Israel is sort of the
coming where where Israel is sort of the center of the nations of the world and
center of the nations of the world and the fruit and the blessings upon Israel
the fruit and the blessings upon Israel are on behalf of Jesus Christ
are on behalf of Jesus Christ coming upon them and we see the same
coming upon them and we see the same thing happen with Joseph the
thing happen with Joseph the relationship between Pharaoh and Jacobs
relationship between Pharaoh and Jacobs a really interesting story there and
a really interesting story there and just neat stuff in this then this story
just neat stuff in this then this story sort of shifts back to Jacob back to
sort of shifts back to Jacob back to Israel and his his story he goes into
Israel and his his story he goes into Egypt he dies he is mourned and then
Egypt he dies he is mourned and then let's jump ahead to Genesis 50 because
let's jump ahead to Genesis 50 because that's really where we come back to
that's really where we come back to where it's focused on Joseph again now
where it's focused on Joseph again now you might be like well we each have
you might be like well we each have mistreated them got that whole stuff of
mistreated them got that whole stuff of slavery happened generations later right
slavery happened generations later right a pharaoh arose who did not know Joseph
a pharaoh arose who did not know Joseph and that's when things changed at first
and that's when things changed at first it was a really good relationship
it was a really good relationship Genesis 50 verse 15 when Joseph's
Genesis 50 verse 15 when Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead
brothers saw that their father was dead they said it may be that Joseph will
they said it may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil
hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did in so they sent a message to
that we did in so they sent a message to Joseph saying your father gave this
Joseph saying your father gave this command before he died say to Joseph
command before he died say to Joseph please forgive the transgression of your
please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin because they did
brothers and their sin because they did evil to you and now please forgive the
evil to you and now please forgive the transgression of the servants of the god
transgression of the servants of the god of your father Joseph wept when they
of your father Joseph wept when they spoke to him his brothers also came and
spoke to him his brothers also came and fell down before him and said Behold we
fell down before him and said Behold we are your servants but Joseph said in
are your servants but Joseph said in said to them do not fear for am I in the
said to them do not fear for am I in the place of God as for you you meant evil
place of God as for you you meant evil against me but God meant it for good to
against me but God meant it for good to bring it about that many people should
bring it about that many people should be kept alive as they are today so do
be kept alive as they are today so do not fear I will provide for you and your
not fear I will provide for you and your little ones
little ones thus he comforted them and spoke kindly
thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them so we have ultimately real
to them so we have ultimately real repentance a real restoration of real
repentance a real restoration of real relationship happening happening after
relationship happening happening after all that stuff and it was God's plan all
all that stuff and it was God's plan all along all along
finally in Genesis 50 verse 25 then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear as
Joseph made the sons of Israel swear as he dies they have to promise saying God
he dies they have to promise saying God will surely visit you and carry you
will surely visit you and carry you carry up and you shall carry up my bones
carry up and you shall carry up my bones from here so then there's a commitment
from here so then there's a commitment you're gonna you're gonna take my bones
you're gonna you're gonna take my bones with you when you go into the land where
with you when you go into the land where God is going to be taking you so he dies
God is going to be taking you so he dies in hope he dies with this sort of
in hope he dies with this sort of expectant hope that there's something in
expectant hope that there's something in the future coming this greater Hebrews
the future coming this greater Hebrews 11 20s who talks about this actually so
11 20s who talks about this actually so it brings a couple New Testament
it brings a couple New Testament passages in
passages in closing Hebrews 11 22 it says by faith
closing Hebrews 11 22 it says by faith Joseph at the end of his life made
Joseph at the end of his life made mention of the exodus of the Israelites
mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones
and gave directions concerning his bones in a sense this might be like a somehow
in a sense this might be like a somehow speaking of like hope for hope after
speaking of like hope for hope after death
death sort of a sense you know he died as his
sort of a sense you know he died as his bones like take my bones with you later
bones like take my bones with you later on in Jewish customs the bones being
on in Jewish customs the bones being kept and treated certain ways with all
kept and treated certain ways with all in anticipation of the resurrection and
in anticipation of the resurrection and so there could be some how intimations
so there could be some how intimations of the resurrection there then finally I
of the resurrection there then finally I turn to Acts chapter 7 and let's read
turn to Acts chapter 7 and let's read one more little passage where Stephen
one more little passage where Stephen when he's being martyred in the New
when he's being martyred in the New Testament he refers to Joseph as he's
Testament he refers to Joseph as he's giving a list of sort of building a case
giving a list of sort of building a case for Jesus and for how they reject Jesus
for Jesus and for how they reject Jesus and then they ought to receive Jesus
and then they ought to receive Jesus it's interesting acts 7 that was
it's interesting acts 7 that was homework one of those days remember that
homework one of those days remember that homework you forgot about that was X 7
homework you forgot about that was X 7 so um while you're on your way there act
so um while you're on your way there act 7 verse and I will start there is their
7 verse and I will start there is their typology in every single element of
typology in every single element of Joseph's story I personally don't see it
Joseph's story I personally don't see it in every single element are there a many
in every single element are there a many absolutely are some of them more clear
absolutely are some of them more clear than others some of these connections
than others some of these connections yet others are maybe less clear and and
yet others are maybe less clear and and I think we can conclude is definitely a
I think we can conclude is definitely a type though there's there's too much for
type though there's there's too much for not to be in acts 7 verse 9 and the
not to be in acts 7 verse 9 and the patriarchs jealous of Joseph sold him
patriarchs jealous of Joseph sold him into Egypt but God was with him and
into Egypt but God was with him and rescued him out of all his afflictions
rescued him out of all his afflictions and gave him favor and wisdom before
and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt who made him ruler
Pharaoh king of Egypt who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household
over Egypt and over all his household now in the context context of Acts 7
now in the context context of Acts 7 Stephen is he's doing typological
Stephen is he's doing typological preaching in acts 7 he's preaching based
preaching in acts 7 he's preaching based on sort of remember when you didn't the
on sort of remember when you didn't the Israelites didn't accept Moses the first
Israelites didn't accept Moses the first time and the second time they did and
time and the second time they did and they rejected Joseph the first time and
they rejected Joseph the first time and the second time they received him this
the second time they received him this is this is what he's doing then he kind
is this is what he's doing then he kind of recounts the story now there came a
of recounts the story now there came a famine through all Egypt and Canaan and
famine through all Egypt and Canaan and great affliction and our fathers could
great affliction and our fathers could find no food but when Jacob heard that
find no food but when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt he sent out our
there was grain in Egypt he sent out our fathers on their first visit and on the
fathers on their first visit and on the second visit Joseph made himself an
second visit Joseph made himself an to his brothers and josephs family
to his brothers and josephs family became known to Pharaoh and Joseph sent
became known to Pharaoh and Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all
and summoned Jacob his father and all his kindred 75 persons and all and Jacob
his kindred 75 persons and all and Jacob went down into Egypt and he died he and
went down into Egypt and he died he and our fathers and they were carried back
our fathers and they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that
to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham Abraham had bought for some of
Abraham Abraham had bought for some of silver from the sons of hay more in
silver from the sons of hay more in Shechem and then he kind of after this
Shechem and then he kind of after this is one of the stories he brings up he
is one of the stories he brings up he brings up other stories and then at the
brings up other stories and then at the end of act 7 he brings the application
end of act 7 he brings the application and here's Stephens application verse 51
and here's Stephens application verse 51 it's not very nice but it's there
it's not very nice but it's there he says you stiff-necked people
he says you stiff-necked people uncircumcised in heart and ears you
uncircumcised in heart and ears you always resist the Holy Spirit as your
always resist the Holy Spirit as your father's did so do you which of the
father's did so do you which of the prophets did your father's not persecute
prophets did your father's not persecute and they killed those who announced
and they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the righteous
beforehand the coming of the righteous one whom you have now betrayed and
one whom you have now betrayed and murdered so he looks at the rejection of
murdered so he looks at the rejection of these key figures of the Old Testament
these key figures of the Old Testament by the Jewish people how they rejected
by the Jewish people how they rejected those key figures as a prefigurement of
those key figures as a prefigurement of how they would reject Jesus so this type
how they would reject Jesus so this type of logical significance is embedded in
of logical significance is embedded in not only the Old Testament but in even
not only the Old Testament but in even the New Testament interpretation of the
the New Testament interpretation of the old well I feel like I was a big
old well I feel like I was a big mouthful of stuff I hope it made sense
mouthful of stuff I hope it made sense so there's there's Joseph the story of
so there's there's Joseph the story of Joseph and we'll continue our studies of
Joseph and we'll continue our studies of Jesus in the Old Testament for at least
Jesus in the Old Testament for at least 35 more weeks or three I don't know kind
35 more weeks or three I don't know kind of praying and thinking about things so
of praying and thinking about things so we'll see let's pray father God we thank
we'll see let's pray father God we thank you so much for Jesus in the Old
you so much for Jesus in the Old Testament and to get to do this series
Testament and to get to do this series and to discover these truths we pray
and to discover these truths we pray this Lord that the perseverance we see
this Lord that the perseverance we see in the life of Joseph and ultimately
in the life of Joseph and ultimately even more so in the life of Jesus the
even more so in the life of Jesus the forgiveness and the Grace and the mercy
forgiveness and the Grace and the mercy that we could we could give that to
that we could we could give that to others and we could share it with others
others and we could share it with others so that people could look at us and see
so that people could look at us and see a representation of Christ and of his
a representation of Christ and of his love and of his kindness and
love and of his kindness and faithfulness we just thank you for the
faithfulness we just thank you for the truth of your Holy Word and for the
truth of your Holy Word and for the incredible tapestry of the scriptures in
incredible tapestry of the scriptures in Jesus name Amen
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