Shall we bow our
heads for prayer?
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Father in
heaven, what a joy it is
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to come into Your presence
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to study Your Holy Word.
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We ask that as we
study the story of Joseph
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as a type or a
symbol of the life of Christ
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that Your Holy Spirit
will be with us to instruct us.
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Teach us the
lessons which will be useful
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in our personal walk with Jesus,
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and we thank you for the
promise of Your presence.
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In the name of
Jesus we pray, Amen.
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It was the afternoon
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of the resurrection,
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and 2 of the followers of Jesus,
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not of His 12 disciples but
two of the followers of Jesus
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were walking to a little village
relatively near Jerusalem
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called Emmaus.
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And as these two men
were walking to Emmaus
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Jesus - who had resurrected
from the dead that morning -
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actually caught up to them
and started walking with them.
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You can find this
story in Luke chapter 24.
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And we're going to read a
couple of verses from there
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in a few moments, but I
want you to catch the picture.
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And so Jesus catches up to
these two men that are walking
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to Emmaus and He says to them:
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"What is it that
you're talking about?
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And why are your faces so sad? "
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And, of course, the
two men look at Jesus
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and if they lived today
they probably would have said
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"What planet have you been
on for the last three days?
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Haven't you
known what has happened
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in the city of Jerusalem
during these last three days?
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Impossible that you shouldn't
know about it if you were
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in this region
or in this area. "
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And then in Luke
chapter 24 and verse 21
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we hear the
disappointment of these men.
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Actually I want to
read Luke chapter 24
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and verse 21. You can
almost hear it in their voice
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as we read this verse.
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It says there in verse 21:
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"But we were
hoping that it was He
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who was going to redeem Israel.
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Indeed, besides all
this, today is the third day
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since these things happened. "
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We thought that this Man
was going to redeem Israel
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and now is the third
day since He was crucified.
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You can hear the
disappointment in their voices.
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And then, of
course, Jesus spoke to them
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in direct terms.
And I would like to read
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His words in Luke chapter 24
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and verses 25 through 27.
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Actually, this is
quite a rebuke of Jesus.
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Notice what He says
in Luke 24 and verse 25.
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"Then He said to
them: 'O foolish ones,
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and slow of heart to believe
all that the prophets have
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spoken. Ought not the Christ
to have suffered these things
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and to enter into His glory? ' "
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And now notice verse 27:
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"And beginning at Moses
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and all the
prophets He expounded to them
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in all the scriptures the
things concerning Himself. "
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We have three categories that
are mentioned here by Jesus.
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Moses, the prophets, and
the scriptures or the writings.
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These are the very 3 divisions
that the Jews had established
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for the Old Testament.
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The law of Moses...
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the prophets were the nebeim
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and the writings
were the ketubim.
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In other words, Jesus is saying
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"I am at the center
of the writings of Moses;
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I am at the center of the
writings of all of the prophets;
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I am at the center of all of
the rest of the Old Testament. "
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He expounded unto them
the things in the scriptures
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concerning Himself.
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Now I want you to
notice how these men felt
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after Jesus spoke
these words to them.
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Luke 24 and verses 30-32.
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"Now it came to pass as
He sat at the table with them
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that He took bread,
blessed and broke it,
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and gave it to them.
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Then their eyes were
opened and they knew Him,
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and He vanished
from their sight.
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And they said to one another:
'Did not our hearts burn
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within us while He
talked with us on the road
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and while He opened
the scriptures to us? ' "
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Notice that when
Jesus opened the scriptures
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and revealed Himself to
them from the scriptures
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they burned in their hearts
because now they looked at the
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scriptures from a
different perspective.
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A little bit later on
Jesus was in the upper room
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with His disciples.
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And I want you to notice
what He said to His disciples
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in Luke chapter 24
and verses 44 and 45.
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Luke 24 and verses 44 and 45.
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"Then He said to them:
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'These are the
words which I spoke to you
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while I was still with you:
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that all things must be
fulfilled which were written
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in the law of Moses and
the prophets and the Psalms
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concerning Me. ' And He
opened their understanding
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that they might
comprehend the scriptures. "
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We find in these verses that
the center of the scriptures
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of the Old Testament is Jesus.
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Whether it be the
writings of Moses,
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whether it be the
writings of the prophets,
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whether it be
the writings as such
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in the Old Testament -
whatever is not Moses and the
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prophets, whether
it be the Psalms...
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Jesus says that the scriptures
are a revelation of Himself.
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On every page of
the Old Testament
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we find a revelation of Jesus.
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Now today we are going to
study the story of Joseph.
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Joseph... as a
type of Jesus Christ.
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We're going to find a
series of amazing parallels
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between Joseph and Jesus.
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We're going to actually
see that the life of Joseph
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was a pattern or an
illustration or a type
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of the life that Jesus would
live later on in human history.
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Actually
approximately 1,700 years later.
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Now let's begin our
study of the life of Joseph
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in Genesis
chapter 37 and verse 3.
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Genesis chapter 37 and verse 3.
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Here we're told this:
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So you have what we might
call "the ancient of days"
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who has a beloved son
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whom he loves above
all of his other sons.
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And this son's name is Joseph.
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Now we all know that
Joseph had two dreams.
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And in these dreams
basically he told his father
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and his brothers that
someday they were going to come
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and they were going
to bow before his feet.
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Notice Genesis
chapter 37 and verse 10.
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Genesis chapter 37 and verse 10.
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By the way, this
riled his brothers.
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It says there in
chapter 37 and verse 10:
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"Are you saying that we're
going to come and we're going to
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bow before you? " is what Jacob
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is saying. And of course,
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we know from this story
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that his brothers were very very
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angry at him saying that they
would come and bow at his feet.
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In fact, we're told in
Genesis 37 that his brothers
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hated him. Notice
Genesis chapter 37...
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Genesis chapter 37
and verses 4 and 5.
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It says here:
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And then it says:
"Now Joseph had a dream
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and he told it to his brothers
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and they hated him even more. "
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The idea of them coming
and bowing before Joseph;
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the idea that he
was the beloved son;
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and by the way, the
fact that the life of Joseph
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was exemplary and
condemned their sinfulness
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led them to hate their brother.
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In fact, they not only hated
their brother because he was
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the beloved son and because
he said that they were going to
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come and bow before his feet
and because he had a sterling
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character which
rebuked their sinfulness,
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but they also
envied their brother
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because of these facts.
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Notice what we find in
Genesis chapter 37 and verse 11.
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It says there: "And
his brothers envied him
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but his father kept
the matter in mind. "
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And so his brothers hate him.
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His brothers envy him
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because of his favored
position with his father
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because he's the beloved son.
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Now immediately we see
the parallel with Jesus.
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Jesus also is the
special Son of His Father.
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Jesus also had a
sterling character which rebuked
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the sinfulness of His
brothers that He came to save.
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Also, those that He
came to minister among
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were greatly aggravated
when Jesus spoke about
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Him being a King and
Him ruling over the earth.
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In fact, we find in
Luke chapter 19 and verse 14
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that they did not
accept the idea that Jesus
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was going to
reign or rule over them.
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Luke chapter 19
and verse 14 says this:
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"But His citizens hated Him... "
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Notice that.
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"and sent a
delegation after Him saying
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'We will not have
this Man to reign over us.
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We will not accept Him as King.
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He will not rule over us. ' "
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In fact, we find in
scripture that Jesus was envied
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by those that He
came in contact with.
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Notice Matthew
chapter 27 and verse 18.
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Matthew chapter 27 and verse 18.
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In fact, those He
came to save envied Him
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because of His special position.
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Matthew chapter 27
and verse 18 says this:
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"For He knew that they
had handed Him over... "
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this is speaking about Pilate...
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"that they had handed over
Jesus because of... " What?
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"because of envy. "
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And so Jesus - the
beloved Son of His Father -
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is hated by His own brothers.
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The say: "We will not allow
this Man to rule over us. "
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They hate the fact that He's
the beloved Son of the Father
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and they hate His
sterling character which rebukes
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their sinfulness.
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Now it's interesting
to notice that Abraham
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the father... or rather
Jacob the father sends his son
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Joseph to Joseph's brothers.
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Notice what we find in
Genesis chapter 37 and verse 13.
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Genesis chapter 37 and verse 13.
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The father sends
the son to his brothers.
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To a far country incidentally.
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Notice Genesis
chapter 37 and verse 13.
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It says here:
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Notice that the father
is planning to send Joseph
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to his brothers, and
Joseph says to his father
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"Your will be done. "
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And so Joseph
leaves his father's house
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and he travels to a far land
to minister to his brothers.
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And by the way,
his brothers are lost.
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He actually goes
out to seek them.
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And he has to stop
along the way and ask: "Where
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are my brothers? I'm
seeking for my brothers. "
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And so he leaves
his father's house;
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he goes to a far land;
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he's sent to seek his
brothers who are lost.
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Dare I say that this
is the very same thing
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which happened with Jesus?
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Notice the gospel of
Luke chapter 19 and verse 10.
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Luke chapter 19 and verse 10.
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This is the conclusion
of the Zacchaeus episode,
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and notice the
terminology that is used.
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Luke chapter 19 and verse 10.
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"For the Son of Man has
come to seek and to save
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that which was lost. "
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And so Jesus Christ is
sent by His Father to a far land
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to seek His
brothers who are lost
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just like Joseph
was sent by his father
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to a far land to seek his
brothers who were also lost.
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And when God the
Father said to Jesus:
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"You should go down and
take My gift to Your brothers"
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Jesus said just like
Joseph... He said: "Father,
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I am here. Your will be done. "
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But we're told in scripture
that when Joseph takes the gift
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of his father to his brothers
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his brothers
actually plotted to kill him
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because they hated him.
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Notice Genesis chapter
37 and verses 18 and 19.
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Genesis 37 and verses 18 and 19.
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It says here:
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"Then they said to one another:
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'Look, the
dreamer is coming. ' "
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Notice that it is
said here that when Joseph
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sees his brothers afar off
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his brothers whom he came to
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bless with the gifts from the
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father actually are filled with
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hatred against him and they plot
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to kill him.
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Is this true also about Jesus?
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In John chapter 1 and verse 11
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we are told that Jesus:
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We also notice in John
chapter 15 and verse 25
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a very interesting remark.
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John chapter 15 and verse 25.
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Here Jesus actually
is being referred to.
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He says this in verse 25:
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Did Joseph's brothers
really have any true reason
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to hate their
brother? Absolutely not.
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They hated him without cause.
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And His own hate
Him without cause.
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Notice how the story
of Joseph is picked up
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also in Matthew 21
and verses 37 and 38.
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Matthew chapter 21
and verses 37 and 38.
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This is the famous
parable of the vineyard workers.
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Matthew chapter 21
and verses 37 and 38.
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So just like with
Joseph he came to his brothers
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sent by his father and
he was hated without cause
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by his
brothers. They envied him.
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So when Jesus was sent by
His Father to His brothers
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they received Him not.
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They hated Him without cause.
00:20:23.69\00:20:25.69
They delivered Him because
of envy according to scripture.
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And they plotted to kill Jesus
just like Joseph's brothers
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plotted to kill him.
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There's another interesting
comparison in this story.
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One of the brothers of Joseph
actually wanted to deliver
00:20:38.20\00:20:43.54
Joseph from the hands of
his brothers. What was his name?
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His name was Reuben.
00:20:48.34\00:20:49.98
Notice Genesis 37
and verses 21 and 22.
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Genesis 37 and verses 21 and 22.
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But Reuben
lacked moral backbone.
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At the very moment he
should have said to the brothers
00:21:28.58\00:21:31.49
"This is wrong... we
should not do this. "
00:21:31.72\00:21:35.32
And he should have delivered
Joseph and sent him back
00:21:35.66\00:21:39.16
to his father.
But he contemporized.
00:21:39.19\00:21:42.36
He says: "Well, I'll let
them cast him into this pit here
00:21:42.50\00:21:46.27
and then a little
bit later on I will come
00:21:46.40\00:21:49.07
and I will deliver him. "
00:21:49.20\00:21:50.97
He had no moral
backbone to stand for the right.
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Now let me ask you:
was there an individual
00:21:54.54\00:21:56.98
in the case of Christ
that tried to deliver Jesus
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and COULD HAVE delivered
Jesus but had no moral backbone?
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Of course. What was his name?
00:22:05.32\00:22:07.49
His name was Pontius Pilate.
00:22:07.62\00:22:10.26
Notice John
chapter 19 and verse 12.
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John 19:12. He did
everything possible
00:22:14.83\00:22:17.37
to deliver Jesus but
he did not take a stand.
00:22:17.50\00:22:20.17
John chapter 19 and verse 12
00:22:20.40\00:22:23.71
is one of the verses that
speaks about Pontius Pilate's
00:22:23.74\00:22:26.71
intention of delivering Christ.
00:22:26.84\00:22:29.14
It says here in verse 12:
00:22:29.38\00:22:31.58
"From then on Pilate
sought to release Him
00:22:31.71\00:22:35.65
but the Jews cried out
saying: 'If you let this Man go,
00:22:35.78\00:22:39.69
you are not Caesar's
friend. Whoever makes himself
00:22:39.82\00:22:43.32
a king speaks
against Caesar. ' "
00:22:43.36\00:22:45.89
And so instead of delivering
Jesus and taking a stand
00:22:46.80\00:22:50.63
at that moment,
Pontius Pilate actually allowed
00:22:50.77\00:22:54.94
Jesus to be
delivered to be killed.
00:22:54.97\00:22:58.54
Another interesting parallel
between Joseph and Jesus
00:22:59.31\00:23:02.68
is the fact that Joseph
was stripped of his garments
00:23:02.81\00:23:06.58
by his brothers. Notice
what we find in Genesis 37:23.
00:23:06.72\00:23:12.52
Genesis chapter 37 and verse 23.
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We find here what his brothers
did to him. It says there:
00:23:17.89\00:23:23.10
Question: was Jesus also
stripped of His garments?
00:23:35.61\00:23:40.15
Notice what we find
in Matthew chapter 27
00:23:40.48\00:23:43.62
and verse 28. Matthew
chapter 27 and verse 28.
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We're told here as
Jesus is in Pilate's court:
00:23:49.92\00:23:53.96
"And they stripped Him and
put a scarlet robe on Him. "
00:24:01.30\00:24:05.51
We're going to come back to
the scarlet robe in a moment.
00:24:05.64\00:24:07.64
Notice that they stripped
Him of His garment and they put
00:24:07.88\00:24:11.41
a scarlet or a
red robe upon Him.
00:24:11.45\00:24:14.55
And so in both
cases Joseph and Jesus
00:24:14.68\00:24:17.75
are stripped of their garments.
00:24:17.89\00:24:20.22
Now it's interesting that
Joseph - according to Genesis -
00:24:20.66\00:24:24.66
was cast into an empty pit.
00:24:24.79\00:24:29.10
And the word pit, by the
way, can refer to a place
00:24:29.73\00:24:33.44
where dead people are laid.
00:24:33.57\00:24:35.74
In Isaiah 38 and verse 18
it's synonymously used with
00:24:35.97\00:24:40.31
the word Sheol. It's
used synonymous with death.
00:24:40.34\00:24:44.41
In other words, his
brothers put him in that pit -
00:24:44.58\00:24:47.28
in that empty pit -
with the intention probably
00:24:47.52\00:24:50.92
of have him dying in that pit.
00:24:51.05\00:24:53.66
It's interesting that Jesus
was buried in an empty tomb.
00:24:53.99\00:24:58.49
Notice Luke
chapter 23 and verse 53.
00:24:58.73\00:25:02.63
Luke chapter 23 and verse 53.
00:25:02.86\00:25:06.63
Here we find the following
words... speaking about Jesus:
00:25:07.57\00:25:12.81
"Then he took it down,
00:25:13.64\00:25:16.01
wrapped it in them,
00:25:16.34\00:25:19.05
and laid it in a tomb
00:25:19.08\00:25:23.35
that was hewn out of the rock
00:25:23.49\00:25:25.79
where no one had
ever lain before. "
00:25:25.92\00:25:29.56
And so Joseph is cast in the pit
00:25:29.89\00:25:32.53
and Jesus is
placed in an empty tomb.
00:25:32.76\00:25:35.90
Another interesting parallel
between Joseph and Jesus
00:25:36.87\00:25:40.07
is the fact that
both of them were sold
00:25:40.20\00:25:44.01
for pieces of silver.
00:25:44.14\00:25:45.97
In the case of Joseph,
Joseph was sold for 20 pieces
00:25:46.21\00:25:49.34
of silver. Let's read
that in Genesis 37:28.
00:25:49.38\00:25:54.32
Genesis chapter 37 and verse 28.
00:25:54.55\00:25:59.02
Here we find the
following words...
00:25:59.39\00:26:01.46
37 and verse 28... it says this:
00:26:01.72\00:26:06.29
"And they took
Joseph to Egypt. "
00:26:23.98\00:26:27.28
Now I want you to notice
00:26:27.52\00:26:29.08
what we're told about Jesus.
00:26:29.12\00:26:30.89
Matthew chapter 26 and verse 15.
00:26:31.12\00:26:34.39
Matthew chapter 26 and verse 15.
00:26:34.62\00:26:37.86
And I'm sure that we've read
00:26:37.89\00:26:38.96
this before, but let's
go ahead and read it again.
00:26:38.99\00:26:42.10
It says:
00:26:43.03\00:26:44.37
And so Joseph and Jesus
are sold for pieces of silver.
00:27:01.32\00:27:05.72
Another interesting parallel
between Joseph and Christ
00:27:06.32\00:27:09.52
is the fact that both of their
garments were stained in blood.
00:27:09.66\00:27:14.56
Now you say: "How is that? "
00:27:15.46\00:27:17.00
You know what his brothers
did with the tunic of Joseph.
00:27:17.23\00:27:20.77
Was the tunic of
Joseph dipped in blood?
00:27:30.95\00:27:34.28
Most certainly.
00:27:34.52\00:27:35.88
"Then they sent the
tunic of many colors
00:27:36.12\00:27:40.46
and they brought it
to their father and said:
00:27:40.59\00:27:43.39
'We have found this. Do you
know whether it is your son's
00:27:43.53\00:27:48.00
tunic or not? ' "
00:27:48.13\00:27:49.33
And so the garments of
Joseph were stained in blood.
00:27:49.56\00:27:53.60
If you read the gospels,
you discover that a scarlet robe
00:27:54.04\00:27:57.57
was placed upon Jesus
and then Jesus was beaten.
00:27:57.61\00:28:01.04
And this scarlet robe was
filled with the blood of Jesus.
00:28:01.18\00:28:04.51
Actually, that sacrifice of that
kid by the brothers of Joseph
00:28:04.75\00:28:09.42
symbolized the sacrifice
of Jesus and the fact that
00:28:09.55\00:28:13.49
the garments of Jesus were going
to be stained in His blood.
00:28:13.62\00:28:17.16
Now it's also interesting
to notice that the father
00:28:18.09\00:28:22.06
of Joseph - Jacob - suffered
intensely along with his son.
00:28:22.20\00:28:27.44
Notice what we find
in Genesis chapter 37
00:28:27.77\00:28:31.17
and verses 34 and 35.
00:28:31.31\00:28:34.38
Genesis 37 and verses 34 and 35.
00:28:34.61\00:28:39.48
It says here:
00:28:39.71\00:28:41.18
If you read the Desire of Ages
you'll discover that not only
00:29:08.21\00:29:12.01
did Jesus suffer on the
cross but His Father suffered
00:29:12.15\00:29:15.78
right along with Him
00:29:15.92\00:29:17.59
as Jesus suffered in
the Garden of Gethsemane
00:29:17.62\00:29:20.42
and as Jesus hung on
the cross of Calvary.
00:29:20.56\00:29:24.39
It's also interesting to notice
that everything that Joseph did
00:29:25.53\00:29:30.40
prospered in his hand.
00:29:30.53\00:29:32.83
Notice what we find
in Genesis chapter 39
00:29:32.97\00:29:36.40
and verse 3. Genesis
chapter 39 and verse 3.
00:29:36.54\00:29:42.51
Everything that
Joseph did prospered.
00:29:42.74\00:29:45.15
It says there in verse 3:
00:29:45.28\00:29:47.18
"And his master saw
that the Lord was with him
00:29:47.32\00:29:51.45
and that the Lord made all
he did to prosper in his hand. "
00:29:51.69\00:29:57.33
So notice that everything
that the Lord places in Joseph's
00:29:57.56\00:30:00.56
hand Joseph makes to prosper.
00:30:00.60\00:30:04.37
By the way, this is the
same thing that is said of Jesus
00:30:04.70\00:30:08.27
as the suffering servant
in Isaiah 53 and verse 10.
00:30:08.40\00:30:11.97
Go with me to Isaiah
chapter 53 and verse 10
00:30:12.24\00:30:16.34
and notice this
wonderful prophecy about Christ
00:30:16.58\00:30:19.91
and how everything that the
Father had in plan for Jesus
00:30:20.05\00:30:24.15
would prosper in His hand.
00:30:24.29\00:30:26.39
It says here: "Yet
it pleased the Lord
00:30:26.62\00:30:29.89
to bruise Him. He
has put Him to grief,
00:30:30.03\00:30:34.20
when you make His
soul an offering for sin
00:30:34.40\00:30:38.10
He shall see His seed.
He shall prolong His days.
00:30:38.23\00:30:42.54
And the pleasure of
the Lord shall... " What?
00:30:43.87\00:30:47.31
"the pleasure of the Lord
shall prosper in His hand. "
00:30:47.44\00:30:51.68
And so as Joseph suffers
but everything that he does
00:30:52.01\00:30:55.72
prospers, in the same way
Jesus - the suffering servant -
00:30:55.85\00:31:00.06
everything that He
performs for the Lord prospers
00:31:00.09\00:31:03.66
in His hands. Now as you
look at the life of Joseph
00:31:03.79\00:31:08.00
where his brothers
sold him into slavery...
00:31:08.13\00:31:10.00
And by the way, it
was as if Joseph had died,
00:31:10.17\00:31:13.64
correct? At least in
the mind of the father
00:31:13.87\00:31:16.14
it was like Joseph had died...
And in the minds of his brothers
00:31:16.27\00:31:18.87
they had gotten rid of Joseph.
And the prophecy that Joseph
00:31:19.21\00:31:23.68
was going to be lord over
them according to them was not
00:31:23.71\00:31:26.41
going to be fulfilled.
00:31:26.45\00:31:28.02
The interesting thing is: by the
very plot to get rid of Joseph
00:31:28.15\00:31:32.72
Joseph went to a far land
00:31:32.95\00:31:35.72
and he actually became
their savior and he saved them
00:31:35.86\00:31:40.26
from death. So their
plot to destroy Joseph
00:31:40.30\00:31:43.40
actually became the
means for their salvation.
00:31:43.53\00:31:46.94
Let me ask you:
in the case of Jesus
00:31:47.37\00:31:50.34
was the plot that was
developed against Christ
00:31:50.71\00:31:54.44
and the slaying of Christ
and His death on the cross
00:31:54.58\00:31:58.45
the means that God used to
save those who crucified Him
00:31:58.58\00:32:04.22
from spiritual death
and from everlasting death?
00:32:04.25\00:32:06.92
Yes. They plotted and they
actually thought that they had
00:32:07.36\00:32:09.99
gotten rid of Jesus. But
actually by their very act
00:32:10.03\00:32:14.00
of trying to get rid
of Jesus and slay Jesus
00:32:14.13\00:32:17.13
Jesus became their Savior.
00:32:17.27\00:32:20.67
It's interesting to notice
that by what Joseph suffered
00:32:20.90\00:32:25.24
he learned to trust in God.
00:32:25.37\00:32:29.04
In fact, you look at the
story as we find it in Genesis
00:32:29.78\00:32:33.42
and Joseph never actually
laid plans for his life.
00:32:33.55\00:32:37.79
He relied upon God
00:32:38.22\00:32:40.66
and allowed God to
choreograph his life.
00:32:40.79\00:32:43.63
He didn't say:
"Well, I'm going to do this,
00:32:44.16\00:32:46.09
I'm going to do that. " He
simply cooperated with God,
00:32:46.23\00:32:50.33
walked with God in
fulfilling God's will
00:32:50.47\00:32:54.17
as God revealed His
plans to him step by step.
00:32:54.30\00:32:58.54
And interestingly enough,
by Joseph becoming a servant
00:32:58.71\00:33:03.48
in Egypt he became
qualified then to be lord.
00:33:03.61\00:33:07.22
As he was a servant
he learned obedience.
00:33:07.55\00:33:11.32
He learned dependence upon
God, and as a result of this
00:33:11.55\00:33:16.02
when he became lord he was
qualified to fulfill his duties
00:33:16.16\00:33:21.13
as lord and as master.
00:33:21.26\00:33:23.70
So it is with Jesus. You
see, Jesus became a servant.
00:33:23.93\00:33:29.17
And by becoming a servant
He became qualified to be Lord
00:33:29.50\00:33:34.34
over His people. Jesus
did not lay plans for Himself.
00:33:34.48\00:33:38.65
He simply cooperated with
His Father's plan day by day.
00:33:39.01\00:33:43.65
Even though perhaps Jesus
didn't understand everything
00:33:43.82\00:33:46.52
that was happening in His life
00:33:46.65\00:33:48.19
He walked step in step
with what His Father had
00:33:48.32\00:33:52.03
choreographed for Him.
00:33:52.06\00:33:53.73
In fact, allow me to read
you a statement that's found in
00:33:53.86\00:33:56.06
Desire of Ages page 208.
00:33:56.20\00:33:59.70
This is a very well-known
statement but very profound.
00:34:00.60\00:34:04.17
It says here:
00:34:04.84\00:34:06.47
Isn't that amazing?
00:34:16.62\00:34:17.99
He was so emptied of self that
He made no plans for Himself.
00:34:18.22\00:34:22.46
I'm sure that Joseph didn't
understand a lot of things
00:34:34.04\00:34:36.60
that happened with him. In
fact, we have another lecture
00:34:36.64\00:34:39.27
coming up in a couple of
sessions where we're going to
00:34:39.31\00:34:42.44
discuss God's providence
in the story of Joseph.
00:34:42.48\00:34:45.18
You know, I'm sure that Joseph
00:34:45.41\00:34:46.95
didn't particularly understand
00:34:47.08\00:34:48.68
how, because of his sterling
00:34:48.85\00:34:52.65
character and because he was
00:34:52.79\00:34:54.39
beloved by his father,
00:34:54.42\00:34:55.72
he would be sold into slavery.
00:34:55.86\00:34:57.39
That appeared
to be an injustice.
00:34:57.53\00:34:59.53
And then because he was faithful
in obeying the commandment
00:34:59.76\00:35:02.50
"Thou shalt not commit adultery"
00:35:02.63\00:35:04.07
he ends up in
jail... he ends up in prison.
00:35:04.20\00:35:06.57
I don't think that Joseph
fully understood everything
00:35:07.00\00:35:10.01
that was happening, but
he said: "God has a plan.
00:35:10.04\00:35:12.41
I don't understand the
plan but I will some day.
00:35:12.54\00:35:15.28
I'm going to walk step by step
00:35:15.51\00:35:17.11
in the plan that God
has laid out for me. "
00:35:17.15\00:35:19.18
And so it was with Jesus.
00:35:19.31\00:35:21.05
Many things happened in His life
00:35:21.28\00:35:22.82
and perhaps when He was
going through these things,
00:35:22.95\00:35:25.09
you know, He didn't fully
understand everything that was
00:35:25.22\00:35:28.06
happening. But He walked
step in step with the plans
00:35:28.09\00:35:31.29
of His Father. And
then, of course, Ellen White
00:35:31.43\00:35:34.20
tells us this...
speaking about us:
00:35:34.30\00:35:37.87
Now I want to read
Hebrews chapter 5 verses 8 and 9
00:35:48.51\00:35:53.25
about Christ. Hebrews
chapter 5 verses 8 and 9.
00:35:53.38\00:35:57.65
Do you know that
Jesus by becoming a servant
00:35:57.89\00:36:00.46
and by going through
His trials and tribulations
00:36:00.59\00:36:03.16
and temptations actually
became qualified to be Lord?
00:36:03.29\00:36:07.76
Notice what we find
in Hebrews chapter 5...
00:36:08.13\00:36:10.97
Hebrews chapter 5
and let's read verses...
00:36:11.10\00:36:14.64
What did I say? 7 and 8.
Hebrews 5... actually verses
00:36:15.34\00:36:20.31
8 and 9. Let's not begin at
verse 7. It says in verse 8:
00:36:20.34\00:36:23.71
By the way, the word
obedience there would mean
00:36:35.96\00:36:37.89
He learned to
depend upon His Father.
00:36:38.03\00:36:41.56
And now notice verse 9:
00:36:41.90\00:36:43.50
Doesn't mean that
He wasn't perfect.
00:36:45.50\00:36:46.80
The word perfected
there means qualified
00:36:46.94\00:36:50.17
to fulfill His mission
because of what He suffered.
00:36:50.31\00:36:53.34
In other words, the
sufferings of Jesus,
00:37:02.78\00:37:05.09
the trials and
temptations of Jesus,
00:37:05.12\00:37:07.69
became the school where
He learned. And He became
00:37:07.82\00:37:11.69
qualified to fulfill His mission
as Savior of the human race.
00:37:11.83\00:37:16.67
The same is true of Joseph.
00:37:16.90\00:37:18.77
The things that he suffered,
00:37:19.00\00:37:20.40
the temptations
which he resisted,
00:37:20.54\00:37:22.60
qualified Him then
to fulfill His mission
00:37:22.74\00:37:26.37
to save his brothers and
his father, and to preserve
00:37:26.51\00:37:30.61
incidentally the holy line.
00:37:30.75\00:37:33.28
Now was Joseph tempted severely
00:37:34.02\00:37:38.09
in his life? Well, we
have one particular temptation
00:37:38.85\00:37:42.49
when Potiphar's wife tried
to entice him into adultery.
00:37:43.32\00:37:46.93
And how did Joseph respond?
00:37:48.43\00:37:50.37
He didn't play with temptation.
00:37:50.60\00:37:52.57
He immediately said: "How
can I commit this terrible
00:37:52.90\00:37:57.57
sin against God? "
00:37:57.61\00:38:00.04
How did Jesus meet temptation
when Satan came after Christ?
00:38:00.28\00:38:04.51
Jesus did not
play with temptation.
00:38:04.65\00:38:07.82
When Satan's temptations came
Jesus immediately said what?
00:38:08.02\00:38:12.32
"It is written... "
00:38:12.55\00:38:14.52
Both Joseph and Jesus -
through the power of God -
00:38:14.56\00:38:17.96
overcame temptation.
00:38:18.09\00:38:20.86
Now there's another
interesting parallel between
00:38:21.06\00:38:24.00
Joseph and Jesus. You know,
Joseph, according to the story,
00:38:24.23\00:38:30.04
becomes a servant
and then he becomes lord.
00:38:30.17\00:38:34.61
His position as a servant
qualified him to become lord.
00:38:36.68\00:38:41.02
That we find in
the story of Joseph.
00:38:42.22\00:38:45.02
But do you know that
this is exactly the situation
00:38:45.35\00:38:48.29
that we find with Jesus as well?
00:38:48.42\00:38:50.79
Jesus also became a servant
that He might become Lord.
00:38:51.59\00:38:56.97
I want you to
notice Genesis chapter 45
00:38:57.87\00:39:01.17
and verse 15 about Joseph.
00:39:01.30\00:39:04.34
Genesis chapter 45 and verse 15.
00:39:04.57\00:39:08.08
Here we're told:
00:39:08.98\00:39:10.45
"Moreover he
kissed all his brothers
00:39:10.58\00:39:15.58
and wept over them.
00:39:17.92\00:39:20.56
And after that his
brothers talked with him. "
00:39:20.89\00:39:25.66
Did Joseph forgive his
brothers in spite of the fact
00:39:25.99\00:39:31.77
that they had hated him and
they had plotted to kill him?
00:39:31.90\00:39:35.37
Absolutely.
00:39:35.50\00:39:36.91
What words did Jesus
speak on the cross of Calvary?
00:39:37.14\00:39:40.11
He said: "Father, forgive them
00:39:40.34\00:39:42.64
for they know
not what they do. "
00:39:42.88\00:39:45.65
By the way, did the
brothers of Joseph eventually
00:39:45.98\00:39:48.98
come and bow before Joseph?
00:39:49.12\00:39:51.12
They most certainly did.
00:39:51.39\00:39:52.89
The dream that had been revealed
to Joseph at the beginning
00:39:53.32\00:39:57.03
of his life now was
fulfilled at the end.
00:39:57.06\00:40:00.83
Did Jesus also speak about
00:40:01.96\00:40:06.40
every knee bowing and
every tongue confessing
00:40:06.63\00:40:11.51
that Jesus is Lord
after Jesus became a servant?
00:40:11.64\00:40:16.01
Notice Philippians chapter
2 and verses 5 through 11.
00:40:16.24\00:40:21.18
Philippians chapter 2
and verses 5 through 11.
00:40:21.42\00:40:25.32
This is a very well-known
passage. The apostle Paul
00:40:25.45\00:40:27.86
says this:
00:40:27.89\00:40:28.99
That means He did not
consider equality with God
00:40:39.07\00:40:41.57
as something to be hung
onto, something to be grasped.
00:40:41.60\00:40:44.97
He continues saying:
00:40:45.77\00:40:47.28
There you have a passage that
00:41:07.86\00:41:09.63
speaks about Jesus
00:41:09.66\00:41:10.83
becoming a servant.
00:41:11.00\00:41:12.93
But what comes in consequence
00:41:13.27\00:41:15.77
of Jesus becoming a servant?
00:41:15.90\00:41:18.11
Verse 9:
00:41:18.24\00:41:19.64
"Therefore God also
has highly exalted Him... "
00:41:19.77\00:41:24.21
So as Joseph became a servant
00:41:46.00\00:41:48.94
and then he
became his brother's lord
00:41:49.07\00:41:51.64
so Jesus became a servant
00:41:51.87\00:41:54.88
so that He could become
the Lord of the human race.
00:41:55.01\00:41:58.65
And as I mentioned, as
Jesus forgave His brothers
00:41:58.88\00:42:03.05
Joseph also was
magnanimous and merciful
00:42:03.18\00:42:07.26
and he forgave what his
brothers had done to him.
00:42:07.39\00:42:12.39
By the way, we have a
tremendous lesson here
00:42:12.56\00:42:15.20
in the story of Joseph.
00:42:15.33\00:42:16.77
You know, many people
want to occupy high positions
00:42:17.77\00:42:21.00
before they learn to serve.
00:42:21.14\00:42:24.01
You know, the essence
of the teachings of Christ
00:42:24.34\00:42:27.04
is found succinctly summarized
00:42:27.48\00:42:31.05
in Matthew chapter 23:12
00:42:31.18\00:42:33.68
where Jesus says: "He who
00:42:33.92\00:42:37.05
humbles himself
00:42:37.09\00:42:39.59
will be exalted
00:42:40.02\00:42:41.66
and he who exalts
himself will be humbled. "
00:42:42.76\00:42:47.30
We find this illustration
in the life of Jesus.
00:42:47.56\00:42:50.87
Jesus humbled
Himself; He became a servant;
00:42:51.10\00:42:55.70
and therefore God
highly exalted Him.
00:42:55.84\00:42:58.91
The problem with Lucifer
is that Lucifer wanted to be
00:42:59.34\00:43:03.18
exalted without
becoming a servant.
00:43:03.31\00:43:06.25
By the way, as you
look at the Bible story
00:43:06.48\00:43:09.18
you have - for example -
the case of Nebuchadnezzar.
00:43:09.32\00:43:11.72
You know, he goes out
onto the balcony of his palace
00:43:11.95\00:43:15.72
and he says:
"Isn't this great Babylon
00:43:15.86\00:43:18.09
that I built with my power
and for my honor and my glory? "
00:43:18.23\00:43:22.86
And God looked at
Nebuchadnezzar and said:
00:43:24.03\00:43:27.14
"Oh is that right?
00:43:27.17\00:43:28.47
So you're lord?
You're the big guy? "
00:43:28.50\00:43:31.84
And so God in an instant
removes from Nebuchadnezzar
00:43:32.77\00:43:36.54
the pearl of reason.
00:43:36.68\00:43:39.75
In other words, he loses that
very aspect that distinguishes
00:43:41.65\00:43:46.22
human beings from animals.
00:43:46.35\00:43:47.79
And, of course, Nebuchadnezzar
begins to act like a beast
00:43:48.92\00:43:53.29
because the one aspect
that distinguishes animals from
00:43:53.73\00:43:58.37
humans has been removed.
00:43:58.50\00:44:00.27
In other words, Nebuchadnezzar
- who wanted to exalt himself -
00:44:01.40\00:44:04.87
was what? Was humbled.
00:44:05.01\00:44:07.51
And then, of course,
at the end of this episode
00:44:08.51\00:44:10.78
if you look at Daniel chapter 4
00:44:10.91\00:44:13.08
you find that
Nebuchadnezzar says:
00:44:13.21\00:44:15.62
"Now I exalt and
glorify the God of heaven
00:44:15.75\00:44:21.29
because He is able to humble
those who are proud at heart. "
00:44:21.52\00:44:27.50
By the way, the Bible
speaks about two mysteries:
00:44:28.06\00:44:30.80
the mystery of godliness
and the mystery of iniquity.
00:44:30.93\00:44:33.67
The mystery of
godliness is very simple.
00:44:33.90\00:44:36.50
God was manifest in human flesh.
00:44:36.74\00:44:39.61
God came down;
God humbled Himself.
00:44:39.74\00:44:42.41
But when Jesus came
down and humbled Himself
00:44:43.38\00:44:46.41
later on in this
passage - I Timothy chapter 3-
00:44:46.55\00:44:49.68
it says that
Jesus ascended on high
00:44:49.92\00:44:53.22
to His Father's
throne. He was exalted.
00:44:53.36\00:44:55.62
On the other hand,
in II Thessalonians 2
00:44:55.96\00:44:59.09
we have the mystery of iniquity.
00:44:59.23\00:45:01.03
In the mystery of iniquity
an individual who is down here
00:45:01.46\00:45:06.17
wants to sit in the
temple of God, showing himself
00:45:06.30\00:45:10.71
to be God... and therefore
he will go to perdition.
00:45:10.84\00:45:13.94
Do you notice the contrast
between the mystery of godliness
00:45:14.28\00:45:17.98
and the mystery of iniquity?
00:45:18.11\00:45:19.41
The mystery of godliness: God
is manifested in human flesh,
00:45:19.68\00:45:23.89
becomes a servant,
therefore God exalts Him.
00:45:24.12\00:45:27.49
In the case of the
mystery of iniquity
00:45:27.72\00:45:30.69
a being who is a
creature wants to exalt himself
00:45:30.86\00:45:33.76
to the position of God
and therefore he is humbled.
00:45:33.90\00:45:37.33
This is illustrated
in the story of Joseph.
00:45:37.67\00:45:40.87
Joseph became a humble
servant and he was exalted
00:45:41.10\00:45:47.14
at the end of his life
as lord over his brothers.
00:45:47.18\00:45:50.58
In the same way,
folks, it happened with Jesus.
00:45:50.91\00:45:54.65
Jesus lowered Himself to
the position of a servant
00:45:54.88\00:45:57.85
and was exalted by His Father
00:45:57.99\00:46:00.36
as Lord of Israel,
as Lord over His people.
00:46:00.49\00:46:05.39
Now I'd like to read a statement
00:46:06.39\00:46:08.63
that we find in the
book Patriarchs and Prophets.
00:46:08.76\00:46:12.10
It is a passage that
has many of the elements
00:46:13.20\00:46:19.21
that we have studied
here in our lecture today.
00:46:19.34\00:46:22.91
It's found in Patriarchs
and Prophets, page 239-240.
00:46:23.68\00:46:27.28
By the way, Patriarchs and
Prophets is a wonderful book
00:46:27.32\00:46:30.85
that describes the
history of the Old Testament.
00:46:31.09\00:46:33.79
Actually it goes even
before the Old Testament...
00:46:33.82\00:46:35.52
goes to the origin
of evil in heaven...
00:46:35.66\00:46:37.26
but mainly from the time of
creation all the way through
00:46:37.59\00:46:41.30
the time of David and
partially of Solomon...
00:46:41.33\00:46:44.83
the story of Solomon.
It's a tremendous history
00:46:44.97\00:46:49.24
of scripture
amplified in a beautiful way.
00:46:49.47\00:46:52.74
And by the way, as
I read that passage
00:46:53.41\00:46:55.58
that's where I got most of the
ideas that I've shared with you
00:46:55.71\00:46:58.78
in our lecture today about
Joseph as a symbol of Christ.
00:46:58.91\00:47:02.88
This is what the statement says:
00:47:03.92\00:47:05.85
"The life of Joseph
illustrates the life of Christ.
00:47:06.99\00:47:11.23
It was envy that
moved the brothers of Joseph
00:47:12.33\00:47:17.07
to sell him as a slave.
00:47:17.20\00:47:19.00
They hoped to prevent
him from becoming greater
00:47:19.33\00:47:23.41
than themselves. And
when he was carried to Egypt
00:47:23.54\00:47:27.48
they flattered themselves
that they were to be no more
00:47:27.71\00:47:31.38
troubled with his
dreams... that they had removed
00:47:31.41\00:47:34.95
all possibility
of their fulfillment.
00:47:34.98\00:47:37.32
But, their own
course was overruled by God
00:47:37.55\00:47:42.29
to bring about the very event
that they designed to hinder.
00:47:42.42\00:47:47.23
So the Jewish priests and
elders were jealous of Christ
00:47:47.60\00:47:51.00
fearing that He would attract
the attention of the people
00:47:51.43\00:47:54.40
from them. They put Him to death
00:47:54.44\00:47:57.44
to prevent Him
from becoming King
00:47:57.57\00:48:00.21
but they were thus
bringing about this very result.
00:48:00.44\00:48:04.08
Joseph, through his bondage
in Egypt, became a savior
00:48:04.41\00:48:09.12
to his father's family.
Yet this fact did not lessen
00:48:09.15\00:48:13.22
the guilt of his brothers.
00:48:13.25\00:48:14.79
So the crucifixion
of Christ by His enemies
00:48:14.92\00:48:17.99
made Him the Redeemer of
mankind, the Savior of the
00:48:18.13\00:48:21.60
fallen race and
Ruler over the whole world.
00:48:21.63\00:48:24.40
But the crime of His murderers
was just as heinous as though
00:48:25.13\00:48:29.74
God's providential hand
had not controlled events
00:48:29.87\00:48:33.34
for His own glory
and for the good of man.
00:48:33.48\00:48:37.11
As Joseph was sold to the
heathen by his own brothers
00:48:37.55\00:48:42.02
so Christ was sold to His
bitterest enemies by one of His
00:48:42.15\00:48:46.49
disciples. Joseph was falsely
accused and thrust into prison
00:48:46.52\00:48:51.06
because of his virtue. So
Christ was despised and rejected
00:48:51.09\00:48:54.83
because His righteous,
self-denying life was a rebuke
00:48:54.96\00:48:58.53
to sin. And though guilty
of no wrong, He was condemned
00:48:58.67\00:49:03.14
upon the testimony
of false witnesses.
00:49:03.27\00:49:06.07
And Joseph's patience
and meekness under injustice
00:49:06.41\00:49:09.81
and oppression, his ready for-
giveness and noble benevolence
00:49:09.94\00:49:13.58
towards his unnatural brothers
00:49:13.72\00:49:16.25
represents the Savior's
uncomplaining endurance of the
00:49:16.38\00:49:19.99
malice and abuse of wicked men
00:49:20.12\00:49:22.19
and His forgiveness -
not only of His murderers
00:49:22.42\00:49:26.03
but of all who have come
to Him confessing their sins
00:49:26.16\00:49:29.73
and seeking pardon. "
00:49:29.86\00:49:32.17
And so the life of Joseph
is a beautiful illustration
00:49:32.60\00:49:36.91
of the life of Jesus Christ.
00:49:37.04\00:49:38.77
As we began our study today
we noticed in Luke chapter 24
00:49:39.01\00:49:43.51
that Moses, the prophets,
the writings, the Psalms
00:49:43.65\00:49:48.58
all give
witness to Jesus Christ.
00:49:48.72\00:49:51.12
The story of Joseph is
a beautiful prefiguring
00:49:51.35\00:49:54.59
of the life of Jesus.
00:49:54.72\00:49:56.79
But there's one more point
which I would like to underline
00:49:57.13\00:50:00.36
which is
particularly significant,
00:50:00.50\00:50:02.50
and that is that
Joseph - through what he did -
00:50:02.73\00:50:07.97
actually made it possible
for the One greater than Joseph
00:50:08.10\00:50:13.88
to come to this
world to save His people.
00:50:14.01\00:50:16.98
Let me just go
through this very quickly.
00:50:17.41\00:50:19.71
You wonder why Joseph -
00:50:22.22\00:50:26.62
being such a good young man -
00:50:26.76\00:50:28.82
was taken as a slave to Egypt
00:50:28.96\00:50:32.36
and then he ended up in prison
because he was faithful to God
00:50:32.49\00:50:36.87
and obeyed God's law.
00:50:37.00\00:50:38.80
You wonder that is until
you see the full development
00:50:39.03\00:50:41.94
of the story. The fact is that
00:50:41.97\00:50:44.71
there was a prophecy in Genesis
00:50:44.84\00:50:46.27
chapter 15 and verses 13-15
00:50:46.31\00:50:48.71
that said that Israel
00:50:49.04\00:50:52.85
would be in a strange
land, a land not theirs,
00:50:52.98\00:50:57.22
for 400 years.
00:50:57.35\00:50:58.89
And then after 400 years
00:50:59.32\00:51:01.72
they would come out of
that strange land which would be
00:51:01.76\00:51:05.06
Egypt to go back
to the land of Canaan.
00:51:05.09\00:51:08.43
Do you know that the story
of Joseph actually made that
00:51:09.70\00:51:12.87
prophecy be fulfilled?
00:51:12.90\00:51:15.10
Because it was necessary
for Jacob and his family
00:51:16.00\00:51:19.07
to move to Egypt.
00:51:19.21\00:51:20.98
Because if God was going
to deliver them from Egypt
00:51:21.41\00:51:23.98
400 years after
God gave this prophecy
00:51:24.11\00:51:26.61
they would have
had to be in Egypt.
00:51:26.75\00:51:28.85
Now you say: "Why would
they have to come to Egypt?
00:51:29.18\00:51:31.55
Why not leave them in Canaan? "
00:51:31.79\00:51:33.69
There was a very special
purpose, and that is that
00:51:34.12\00:51:36.96
God needed to establish a
nation in the land of Canaan.
00:51:37.09\00:51:41.03
And He knew that if
Abraham and his descendants
00:51:41.36\00:51:45.43
stayed in Canaan, they would
be corrupted by the influences
00:51:45.47\00:51:49.10
of Canaan... totally corrupted
by the influences of Canaan.
00:51:49.14\00:51:53.24
And so God said: "I will
lead the people down to Egypt
00:51:54.01\00:51:57.55
to shield them from growing
as a nation in an environment
00:51:57.68\00:52:02.25
where wickedness is prevalent. "
00:52:02.38\00:52:04.49
But there's even more.
00:52:05.49\00:52:07.56
When they get down to
Egypt Pharaoh says to Joseph
00:52:07.72\00:52:12.39
"You know, your father
and your family can live
00:52:12.53\00:52:16.46
in the best part of
the land in Goshen. "
00:52:16.60\00:52:19.70
By the way, do you
know why Pharaoh did that?
00:52:20.04\00:52:22.27
He did that because -
we're told in Genesis -
00:52:22.50\00:52:25.57
that the Egyptians did not
live in the same environment
00:52:25.71\00:52:29.21
with farmers...
with agricultural people.
00:52:29.34\00:52:33.11
We'll deal with this a
little bit more when we have
00:52:33.15\00:52:34.88
our second study of Joseph.
00:52:34.92\00:52:36.48
And so what happened is
because the Egyptians did not
00:52:36.82\00:52:40.12
intermingle with
people who worked the land
00:52:40.26\00:52:43.73
Israel in the land of Goshen
- this very prosperous land -
00:52:43.86\00:52:48.06
was able to thrive and to grow
00:52:48.20\00:52:51.43
and to proliferate without
all of the evil influences
00:52:51.57\00:52:56.17
of the Egyptians
totally corrupting them
00:52:56.30\00:52:58.97
and making them
lose their identity.
00:52:59.11\00:53:01.58
In other words, they
could grow into a huge nation
00:53:01.81\00:53:04.75
without the evil
influences of Canaan,
00:53:04.78\00:53:07.35
without the evil influences
- although they were influenced
00:53:07.48\00:53:10.42
to a certain
point but not totally -
00:53:10.55\00:53:12.75
but without the evil
influences of the Egyptians.
00:53:12.89\00:53:17.03
And of course they grew
into a huge nation there.
00:53:17.16\00:53:22.03
And exactly on time God
delivered them from the land
00:53:22.26\00:53:26.90
of Egypt and took them
to Canaan... where the Seed
00:53:26.94\00:53:31.27
was going to be
born later on in history.
00:53:31.41\00:53:35.14
By the way, God's providence
is marvelous in this story.
00:53:35.38\00:53:39.98
You see, for example,
Joseph going down into Egypt,
00:53:40.98\00:53:46.25
being a slave,
being thrown into prison.
00:53:47.32\00:53:50.99
And you have the dreams
that the baker and the cupbearer
00:53:51.99\00:53:57.47
of Pharaoh have. To
make a long story short
00:53:57.60\00:54:01.44
the cupbearer goes out
and for two years he forgets
00:54:01.57\00:54:04.27
to mention Joseph's name
00:54:04.51\00:54:06.21
because it wasn't time.
00:54:06.34\00:54:07.41
And then of course two years
later Pharaoh has these dreams.
00:54:07.64\00:54:10.88
These dreams about 7 years
of plenty and 7 years of famine.
00:54:11.11\00:54:14.88
Actually God is revealing
to Pharaoh and to Joseph
00:54:15.02\00:54:19.82
that it's the devil's intention
to cause this famine to starve
00:54:19.95\00:54:23.93
Jacob and his family to death
00:54:24.06\00:54:25.63
because from Jacob and
his family will come the Seed.
00:54:25.86\00:54:28.76
You can find that in
Genesis 45 in verses 5-7.
00:54:29.00\00:54:32.40
See, God knows the
end from the beginning.
00:54:32.43\00:54:34.00
He knew what the devil was up
to and He allowed the devil to
00:54:34.24\00:54:36.84
cause the famine. But
God sent Joseph down to Egypt
00:54:36.87\00:54:42.48
so that Joseph could make
provision during the 7 years
00:54:42.71\00:54:46.95
of plenty so that
when the famine came
00:54:46.98\00:54:50.95
there would be enough provision
for Jacob and his family
00:54:51.19\00:54:55.09
to come down to Egypt
and to not lose their lives
00:54:55.22\00:54:59.49
so that the holy line
would continue and eventually
00:54:59.73\00:55:03.77
the Messiah could be born.
00:55:03.90\00:55:06.07
Isn't it marvelous the way
the providence of God works?
00:55:06.30\00:55:09.74
You know, Joseph could
have whined and he could have
00:55:09.97\00:55:12.54
complained. He could have said:
"All I do is get raw deals.
00:55:12.57\00:55:16.38
I'm faithful to God and my
brothers hate me without cause
00:55:16.61\00:55:19.88
and they're envious
of me with no reason.
00:55:20.02\00:55:22.42
And here they sell me
into slavery in Egypt.
00:55:22.65\00:55:26.99
And not only do they sell
me into slavery, but because
00:55:27.22\00:55:30.03
I'm obedient to God's
law I end up in prison.
00:55:30.16\00:55:33.03
What use is it to
be faithful to God? "
00:55:33.16\00:55:35.70
But Joseph knew
that God had a plan.
00:55:36.03\00:55:39.87
And Joseph did not
make plans for himself.
00:55:40.70\00:55:43.10
He allowed God to
unfold His plans for him.
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It was the same with Jesus.
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The Father had choreographed
the life of Christ, and each day
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the Father revealed to
Jesus His plans to Jesus.
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And Jesus walked in the steps
that His Father had traced.
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And so it can be with us.
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You know, if we trust the Lord
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no matter what tribulations
and trials and problems that
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we have in our lives, if we
learn from the life of Joseph
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and from the life of
Jesus... We might not understand
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everything that's
happening in our lives
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but we can say:
"Father, I trust You.
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I will walk in the path that
You have established for me.
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Some day I know
that I will understand
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and as I look back I
will say: 'Thank you, Lord,
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for doing things in Your way.
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I wouldn't have had it
happen any differently. ' "
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You know, we would
choose no path for ourselves
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different than the
path God chose for us
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if we, like God, could see
the end from the beginning.
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And so let's learn from Joseph
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and let's learn to be
humble and meek of heart.
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How about it?
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