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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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