Hello, I'm Jill Morikone
and you're watching 3ABN Sabbath
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School Panel. I can't believe
that we are at the end of our
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quarter on the book of Genesis,
Lesson number 13, Israel in
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Egypt. If you don't have
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We are at the end of our journey
together through the book of
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Genesis. I cannot believe it.
It's been an incredible study
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and we're so grateful that you
have joined us week by week as
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we journeyed through these
stories and the lessons that we
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can learn for us today. On the
panel with me is my family, your
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family at home as well. To
my left Pastor John Dinzey.
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Delighted to have you here.
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It's a blessing to be here.
Depending on God's grace I'm
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going to cover Monday:
Jacob Settles in Egypt.
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Amen. Shelley Quinn, the lady in
the middle. So glad you're here.
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I'm pleased. I love this lesson
because it's all about the
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prophetic insight of Jacob
when he blesses Joseph's two
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children.
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Oh wonderful To your left Pastor
Ryan Day. So glad you're here.
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I am excited to be here
and I have Wednesday's lesson,
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Jacob Blesses His Sons.
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Amen. Last but not least Pastor
James Rafferty on Thursday's
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lesson. Delighted you're here.
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So good to be here and I do have
Thursday's lesson, The Hope of
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the Promised Land.
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Amen. Pastor James would
you pray for us as we up.
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Let's pray. Father in heaven,
thank you again for this great
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quarter in the book of Genesis
and all the amazing insights
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you've given us that show
us what practical Christianity
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looks like and how our hearts
are touched by your heart, your
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grace, your mercy, and then that
flows out from us to others.
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Sometimes it takes time
and we've seen that in the
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experiences of your people
through the book of Genesis.
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And now as we finish it up
with Joseph, we recognize that
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there's reconciliation in our
own lives that can bring us joy
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and happiness and peace and that
can bring joy and happiness and
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peace to your own hearts. So
speak to us through these last
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chapters we pray and
those who are viewing and
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we pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
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We're at the end of the quarter.
This is lesson number 13 and
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it seems like every time I read
a book of the Bible, God shows
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me something different. And I
believe as I've been studying,
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we've been studying together
this time I've really been
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impressed with the love of
God through the book of Genesis.
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We see God's love in creating
man and woman and this earth for
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us to enjoy. We see God's love
in extending free will to us.
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We can choose to follow Him
or we can choose to reject Him.
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We see God's love in the promise
of redemption, that Messianic
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promise, Genesis 3:15, in
the Seed (capital S) the Messiah
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who would come and redeem us
from this world of sin that we
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are in. We see God's love in
preserving a remnant from the
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flood and the rainbow of promise
that covenant of preservation.
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We see God's love in entering
into covenant with Abraham, in
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extending promises of land
and descendants the coming Seed,
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the Messiah to Abraham and his
descendants. We see God's love
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in spite of humanity's mistakes
and the mess-ups that we have
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discovered through this journey,
this saga. We see God's love and
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how He works redemptively in
each person's heart and life.
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I think specifically of Abraham
and how he transformed the man
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who was afraid to trust God
with the promise of a son became
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willing to sacrifice that son
at the express command of God.
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I think of the transformation
in Jacob's life, the man who by
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trickery and treachery, by
cunning and deceit sought to
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obtain spiritual
blessings through carnal means.
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He wrestled with God
and prevailed learning utter
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dependence on God. I think last
lesson we studied Judah and the
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transformation in his life,
how he was a greedy man who sold
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his brother. He became willing
to become a slave himself so
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that his other brother Benjamin
could go free. The man who lived
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a sensual pleasure centered life
became willing to deny himself
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pleasure, be willing to
deny himself rights and personal
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freedom in exchange for his
brother's freedom. You know what
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I see in the book of Genesis
is a God who wants to work in
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humanity's life, reconcile us
back to the Father. That's what
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He wants to do with my life and
in your life as well. This is
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part three of Joseph. We're
looking specifically at Genesis
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chapters 46 through 50, the
very end of the book of Genesis.
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And we pick it up our memory
text Genesis 47 verse 17, 27,
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I'm sorry, Genesis 47 verse 27.
So Israel dwelt in the land of
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Egypt in the country of Goshen
and they had possessions there
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and grew and
multiplied exceedingly.
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On Sunday's lesson, we have
Jacob Goes to Joseph. Now I have
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renamed this lesson Answers
to Prayer at 130. Have you ever
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waited a very long time for God
to Answer a Prayer. Think about
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Jacob. We discussed, Shelley
brought out, separated 22 years
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from his son Joseph. Twenty-two
years thinking his son was dead.
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Twenty-two years mourning that
loss and then discovering at the
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end, this was the end of
Shelley's lesson last week, this
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is the end of Genesis 45 verse
28. Israel said, It is enough!
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He discoveries all of a sudden
Joseph my son is alive. I will
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go and see him before I die. Are
you waiting for God to answer a
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prayer in your life. The
children of Israel waited and
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groaned under Egyptian bondage
and they prayed for deliverance.
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Hannah waited and prayed for
a child and she received Samuel.
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Elijah prayed and waited for
rain and it came with a deluge.
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Esther fasted and waited and
prayed for three days for the
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king. The woman with the issue
of blood, she waited 12 years
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for healing. The blind man from
John 9, he waited from birth
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for healing. The disciples, they
waited 120 days in the upper
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room for the outpouring of
the Holy Spirit. What are you
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waiting on? Psalm 27:14: Wait on
the Lord, be of good courage, He
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will strengthen your heart.
We wait on God for strength.
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Psalm 145:15-16 The eyes of
all look expectantly to you. You
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give them food in due season.
We wait on God for provision.
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1 Corinthians 4 verse 5:
Therefore judge nothing before
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the time until the Lord comes
who will bring to light the
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hidden things of darkness and
reveal the counsels of the heart
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We wait on God to reveal hidden
things and situations and what
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is happening. Titus 2:13:
Looking for that blessed hope
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and the glorious appearing or
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
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We wait on the second coming of
Christ. Psalm 33 verse 20: Our
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soul waits for the Lord. He is
our help and shield. We wait on
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God to help us and protect us.
Jacob waited 22 years and the
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answer to his prayer arrived
when he was 130 years old.
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Joseph his son was alive.
Looking at Genesis chapter 46
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specifically today. I've divided
it up into three sections. God's
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promise, God's children, and
God's reunion. So let's look at
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God's promise from Genesis 46
verse 1. Israel took his journey
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with all they had and came to
Beersheba and offered sacrifices
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to the God of his father Isaac.
So Israel, Jacob, is leaving the
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land of promise, the land given
to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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He's going down to Egypt and
all of a sudden God shows up and
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offers reassurance to him. We're
in verse 2. God spoke to Israel
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in the visions of the night and
said Jacob, Jacob and he said
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Here I am. So he said, I am God,
the God of your fathers. Do not
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fear to go down to Egypt for I
will make of you a great nation
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there. I will go down with you
to Egypt. I will surely bring
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you up again and Joseph
will put his hands on your eyes.
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God reiterates the promise
that He had made to Abraham. You
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actually, see a couple parallels
that the lesson brought out
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which I love between Abraham's
call and Jacob's call when he's
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leaving the land of promise
going into the land of Egypt.
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God told Abraham in Genesis
12 I will make of you a great
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nation. God's telling Jacob or
Israel here right now don't be
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afraid to go down to Egypt. I
will make of you a great nation.
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God told Abraham in Genesis
chapter 15 Do not fear. God told
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Israel right here Do not fear.
So God is making a promise. He's
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leaving the land of promise,
going into Egypt and God's
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saying, I will be with you.
Do not be afraid to go to Egypt.
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Now we look at God's children.
Now there's a whole bunch of
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genealogy going on here. We
won't read that. Of those who
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went down to Egypt it starts
first with the children and
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grandchildren by Leah and the
Bible says there were 33 in all.
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Then it has the children
and grandchildren by Zilpah, the
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concubine. There are 16. Then
the children by Rachel. There
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are 14 in all. Interestingly
I guess I never processed or
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remembered it before, Benjamin
had 10 sons. So that's a great
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deal of children. Then we
have Bilhah and the children or
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descendants would be seven.
Now the persons of the house of
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Jacob were 70. Seventy indicates
totality, all of Jacobs family,
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went down to Egypt. Seventy
indicates all nations. The
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destiny of all nations is really
at stake in this journey. Now
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interestingly if you read Acts
chapter seven, Stephen's defense
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he actually said 75 people
went down to Egypt. So that's
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interesting because when I read
it, it says 70, and Stephen said
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there were 75. He was a Greek
believer, he would have studied
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the Greek Septuagint and
the Greek Septuagint mentions 75
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names instead of 70. So
regardless of that Jacob and his
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entire household went down
to Egypt. Because the seed of
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Abraham it's important for
all of us what happens with the
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children of Israel because
through them will come the
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the Messiah or came the Messiah
because that would be past tense
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now. Now let's look at
God's reunion. This is the last
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section from Genesis 46 verses
28 through 34. And this is very
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interesting to me. If you pick
it up in verse 28, I'm sorry,
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Genesis 46:28. Then he, that's
Jacob or Israel, send Judah
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before him to Joseph. Now we
see Judah almost taking on some
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of those firstborn rights. You
see that. We studied last lesson
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about the repentance of Judah
and now he's taking on what the
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firstborn, he's going ahead
of them. He's going to Joseph to
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point out beforehand the way to
Goshen, the best land of Egypt.
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And they came to the land of
Goshen. So Joseph made ready his
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chariot and went up to Goshen
to meet his father Israel. Can
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you imagine 22 years not knowing
if your father was alive.
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We often focus on Jacob's grief
do we not? He thought his son
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was dead and he's grieving also
the son for 22 years. But Joseph
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has been in exile. Joseph has
been a slave and now elevated to
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one of the second in command
position there in Egypt. But
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Joseph missed his father and
after 22 years he's going to see
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his father again. He made
ready his chariot and went up to
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Goshen to meet his father Israel
and he presented himself to him
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and fell on his neck and wept
a good while. And Israel said to
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Joseph, now let me die since I
have seen your face because you
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are still alive. We see the
answers to prayer for both the
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father and the son. After
22 years of separation they are
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brought back together. They are
reunited. Answers to prayer at
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130. What was lost is restored.
So know what you are praying for
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today. Have you waited a long
time for the answers to those
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prayers? Are you wondering where
is God? Why isn't He hearing me?
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Do not lose heart. Do not give
up. Because your God, our God,
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loves to hear and answer prayers
and our God wants to work
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redemptively in each person's
heart and in their lives.
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Amen, amen, amen.
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Well we now move to Mondays
portion of the lesson. My name
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is John Dinzey and the title of
the lesson is Jacob Settles in
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Egypt. And Monday's portion
takes us into chapter 47 of the
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book of Genesis. But I need
to make reference to chapter 46
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verse 34 because this sets up
the stage for chapter 47. Notice
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that it says: Then ye shall say
thy servants are men, they have
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been occupied with cattle from
our youth even until now both we
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and our fathers in order that
you may dwell in the land of
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Goshen for every shepherd is
an abomination to the Egyptians.
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And this is what Joseph told his
brothers that he would present
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before the Pharaoh to say.
Now there's a reason why this
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counsel is given by Joseph to
his brothers and we're going to
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look at that in a moment.
But here in Genesis chapter 47
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verses one through six,
let's read that quickly.
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Then Joseph and told Pharaoh,
my father and my brothers, their
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flocks and their herds and all
that they possess have come from
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the land of Canaan and indeed
they are in the land of Goshen.
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They could not survive if they
stayed in that land of Canaan.
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And he took five men from among
his brothers and presented them
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the Pharaoh. These brothers are
not named. Then Pharaoh said to
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his brothers, what is your
occupation? They were ready to
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according to what Joseph told
them. And they said to Pharaoh,
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Your servants are shepherds both
we and also our fathers. Notice
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the respect they present to
the Pharaoh. Your servants are
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shepherds. And they said to
Pharaoh, We have come to dwell
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in the land because your
servants have no pasture for
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their flocks for the famine
is severe in the land of Canaan.
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Now therefore please let your
servants dwell in the land of
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Goshen. Then Pharaoh spoke to
Joseph saying, Your father and
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your brothers have come to you.
The land of Egypt is before you.
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Have your father and your
brothers dwell in the best of
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the land. Let them dwell in the
land of Goshen and if you know
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any competent men among them,
make them overseers or chief
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herdsmen over my livestock. So
here we have that this Pharaoh
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is wise. Wise because he's
asking take the cream of the
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crop from among your brothers
and set them as herdsmen, chief
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herdsmen, of my livestock.
And so you know he's looking for
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talent. And if he sees talent in
them, he puts Joseph in charge.
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Very interesting concerning the
dreams that God gave to Joseph
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concerning his brothers. Joseph
at this stage, he is over his
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father and his brethren just as
he had dreamed. Now the lesson
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brings out a quote from Ellen
G. White's writings, Patriarchs
00:16:46.37\00:16:47.80
and Prophets that is recommended
for our reading. The whole book
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actually, but let's look at
p. 232, 233 actually. The lesson
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brings out: Joseph took five
of his brothers to present to
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Pharaoh and receive from his the
grant of land for their future
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home. Gratitude to his prime
minister, which was Joseph,
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would have led the monarch
to honor them with appointments
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to offices of state, but Joseph,
true to the worship of Jehovah
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sought to save his brothers from
the temptations to which they
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would be exposed at a heathen
court. So this was the wisdom
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that God gave Joseph to say, say
you are shepherds. Therefore he
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counseled them when questioned
by the king to tell him frankly
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occupation. The sons of Jacob
followed this counsel being
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careful also to state that they
had come to sojourn in the land,
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not to become permanent dwellers
there, they reserving the right
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to depart if they chose.
The king assigned them a home as
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offered in the best of the land
the country of Goshen. So we see
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here that God prepared a place
for His children in the land of
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Goshen. There they would be
separated from the rest of the
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population where they could
avoid the evil influences that
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all of Egypt had. They
were pagans. So there they could
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thrive and have success.
Now let's go here into Genesis
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chapter 47 verses seven through
ten. This is the time when
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Joseph brings his father
Jacob before the Pharaoh.
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An interesting conversation
takes place, very short, but
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this is what happened beginning
in verse seven. Then Joseph
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brought his father Jacob and
set him before Pharaoh and Jacob
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blessed Pharaoh. Hmm. Very
interesting. And Jacob said to
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Pharaoh the day...I'm sorry
verse eight. Pharaoh said to
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Jacob, how old are you? I'm not
sure what appearance Jacob had
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but that prompted the question.
And Jacob said to Pharaoh, the
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days of years of my pilgrimage
are 130 years, few and evil have
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been the days of the years of my
life and they have not attained
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to the days of the years of the
life of my fathers in the days
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of their pilgrimage. So Jacob
blessed Pharaoh, notice that,
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and went out from before Pharaoh
Very interesting situation
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because you see the Pharaoh is
supposed to be the high priest
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of his country so he's the
one that's supposed to give the
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blessings. But here we have
Jacob blessing the Pharaoh. And
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notice that Jacob didn't say
as other people would probably
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before the Pharaoh, Long live
the king or live forever thou
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Pharaoh. No, he recognized...
This is very interesting.
00:19:35.17\00:19:38.27
There's this quote from Ellen
G. White's writings I'd like to
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bring out to you which is very
interesting. Page 233: Not long
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after their arrival Joseph
brought his father also to be
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presented to the king. The
patriarch was a stranger in
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royal courts, but amid the
sublime things of nature he had
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communed with a mightier monarch
and now in conscious superiority
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he raised his hand
and blessed the Pharaoh.
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That's in
Patriarchs and Prophets.
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Patriarchs and Prophets,
page 233. Thank you. So Jacob
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recognized his position
as a prophet and blessing the
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Pharaoh. And remember the title
of the lesson is Jacob in the
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Land of Egypt. But other things
take place there and you have a
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description of how Joseph
managed some of the time of the
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years of famine. Remember some
time had passed even before his
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brothers had come. Now the Bible
gives you a few details of how
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difficult this was. Beginning
here in Genesis chapter 47 verse
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13, it says: Now there was no
bread in the land for the famine
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was very severe so that the land
of Egypt and the land of Canaan
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languished because of the famine
And detail is given that as time
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passed the people would come to
Joseph and Joseph says Okay we
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will sell you for the money you
have. After the money was gone
00:21:04.99\00:21:08.80
then they said, Well we don't
have any more money. Well let's
00:21:08.83\00:21:13.37
talk about the cattle you
have. So the cattle were sold to
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Joseph for the benefit of the
King. And then they said well we
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don't have any more money,
we don't have any cattle. All we
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have is our lives and the land.
Okay, that's fine. Let's take
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possession of your land. Now
this is very interesting because
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back in those days, as you know,
as kingdoms were forming people
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would just come upon a spot.
Hey, this looks like a good
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spot. Why don't we settle here?
And they would grow their crops
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and you know raise their animals
and they, first come first
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serve, this is my spot and
so Egypt did not necessarily own
00:21:46.20\00:21:52.37
all the land at this period
of time, so Joseph very wisely,
00:21:52.41\00:21:56.95
purchases the land so that the
kingdom or Pharaoh could be in
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control of the land. So what
happens next? They had no money,
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they had no cattle, they have
no land. They said well the only
00:22:05.92\00:22:10.03
thing we have is our lives. And
so he said okay we'll take that
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too and so at this particular
time the kingdom of Egypt owned
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every thing. But notice that
after a period of time Joseph,
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after he has all this, he brings
seed to the people and says you
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grow it and you keep four
parts and give one part to the
00:22:30.85\00:22:37.05
Pharaoh. Now secures of course
for the kingdom the things they
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need. and so it was very wise.
Now you look at that and you say
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it was like a fifth portion.
You look at that and you say wow
00:22:45.93\00:22:48.36
that seems like 20 percent,
that's a lot! But back in those
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days other kingdoms were
charging 33 percent. So it's a
00:22:51.13\00:22:55.87
reasonable offer and you know
what the people said? You have
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saved our lives. They were
grateful. They were grateful
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because now he's also
providing things for them.
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The time is rushing so I have to
go. I'm just going to skip down
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to verse 27. When you get to
verse 27 and onward you see that
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Jacob asks or makes a request
to Joseph and says Please do not
00:23:15.49\00:23:22.46
bury me in Egypt. Take me out
of this place. He wanted to be
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buried along with his fathers.
So Jacob the last 17 years of
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his life he faced much toil,
I didn't cover that part because
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he had few days. I mean he
experienced a lot of trouble
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The deceiver was deceived many
times. Learned a valuable lesson
00:23:41.05\00:23:45.69
which is a lesson for us. If you
practice deception, as you sow
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you will reap. So I encourage
you, follow the Lord, be
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faithful and, you know, Jacob
repented and the Lord blessed
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his latter years with peace.
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Amen. We see redemption again
in that story. Don't go away.
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We will be right back.
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13 Israel in Egypt and we'll
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lesson and my sister Shelley.
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Thank you so much for the
foundation that you have laid.
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And I am Shelley Quinn and
this is Tuesday's lesson, Jacob
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Blesses Joseph's Sons. So what
happens, Joseph comes, this is
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at the end of Jacob's life.
Joseph comes to the bedside of
00:25:01.30\00:25:05.20
his ailing father and I mean his
lights are going out fast. His
00:25:05.23\00:25:09.04
eyes are growing dim. He's
losing his strength. But Joseph
00:25:09.07\00:25:14.64
brings his two oldest sons, and
that's Manasseh and Ephraim to
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see their grandfather. And
you know it's interesting as
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grandparents often do or
somebody when they're about to
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die, Jacob summons the strength
to sit up in bed and here's the
00:25:27.86\00:25:36.36
interesting part. You read
in Genesis 47:9 the pessimistic
00:25:36.40\00:25:42.90
report that Jacob made to
Pharaoh when he said how old are
00:25:42.94\00:25:47.91
you and he say Aw few and evil
have been the days of my 130
00:25:47.94\00:25:56.25
years of my life's pilgrimage.
But now as he approaches death
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Genesis 48, let's look at verse
15. Hey, he's got a different
00:26:00.86\00:26:04.79
evaluation of his life. He
recognizes that every day was
00:26:04.83\00:26:09.60
under God's control. So Genesis
48:15: And he blessed Joseph
00:26:09.63\00:26:15.20
and said, God before whom my
fathers Abraham and Isaac walked
00:26:15.24\00:26:19.74
the God who has fed me all my
lifelong to this day, the angel
00:26:19.77\00:26:29.05
who is redeeming...Now here he's
talking about the angel of the
00:26:29.08\00:26:31.32
Lord with whom he wrestled and
said Oh I'm not going to let you
00:26:31.35\00:26:34.89
go until you bless me. This
was the pre-incarnate Christ who
00:26:34.92\00:26:39.89
changed Jacob's name, that
was his biological name but He
00:26:39.93\00:26:45.63
changed it to the spiritual name
Israel, one who has contended
00:26:45.67\00:26:50.87
with God and won. And he says
So this angel who has redeemed
00:26:50.91\00:26:55.94
me. You know this is the first
mention of God as Redeemer.
00:26:55.98\00:27:00.58
Amen. Isn't that interesting?
You go back and of course we
00:27:00.62\00:27:04.62
think of Genesis 3:15 we use
the word redeemer but in the Old
00:27:04.65\00:27:09.26
Testament this is the first
mention...Who has redeemed me
00:27:09.29\00:27:13.76
from all evil. He said, Bless
the lads, his grandsons. Let my
00:27:13.80\00:27:20.64
name be named upon them and the
name of my father's Abraham and
00:27:20.67\00:27:23.20
Isaac, and let them go into
a multitude in the midst of the
00:27:23.24\00:27:30.95
earth. This is a covenant
blessing. God made his covenant
00:27:30.98\00:27:34.18
with Abraham, He renewed it with
Isaac, He renewed it with Jacob,
00:27:34.22\00:27:38.65
and so that's why He's called
the God of Abraham, Isaac and
00:27:38.69\00:27:42.79
Jacob, but you also here And
the God of Israel. Israel can
00:27:42.82\00:27:48.30
refer to Jacob but it is also
the nation that God renews His
00:27:48.33\00:27:56.77
covenant with them at the Mount
of Sinai. So verse 5. I'm going
00:27:56.81\00:28:04.58
to back up. In verse five, the
dying Jacob says to Joseph, Now
00:28:04.61\00:28:09.75
your two sons Ephraim and
Manasseh who were born to you in
00:28:09.78\00:28:14.16
the land of Egypt before I came
to you in Egypt are mine. As
00:28:14.19\00:28:20.33
_they shall be mine He
adopts his grandsons. Ephraim
00:28:20.36\00:28:29.07
and Manasseh who are now
adopted are going to receive the
00:28:29.10\00:28:33.88
of the first and second born
in place of Jacob's first and
00:28:33.91\00:28:40.48
second-born sons who were by
Leah. And that would be Reuben.
00:28:40.52\00:28:45.85
Reuben has been displaced if you
will because of his sexual sin
00:28:45.89\00:28:51.26
with his father's concubine
and then Simeon brought disgrace
00:28:51.29\00:28:55.03
upon his father when he and his
brother Levi, when their sister
00:28:55.06\00:29:02.70
Dinah was raped they talked
their father, they conned him
00:29:02.74\00:29:06.91
and told Jacob to have
all the men of this village be
00:29:06.94\00:29:11.61
circumcised and that should have
been a sign of covenant unity
00:29:11.65\00:29:16.08
and what they did was when
all the men were circumcised and
00:29:16.12\00:29:19.49
laying around, then Simeon and
Levi went in slaughtered every
00:29:19.52\00:29:24.39
man. They massacred and this
brought disgrace on Jacob. So
00:29:24.43\00:29:30.57
Joseph... This is what I
love. Joseph has his oldest son
00:29:30.60\00:29:36.10
Manasseh, he positions him
at Jacob's right hand because he
00:29:36.14\00:29:42.44
wants him, he's the oldest, he
wants him to get the firstborn
00:29:42.48\00:29:45.81
blessing. Then he takes Ephraim
and he positions him at Jacob's
00:29:45.85\00:29:53.62
left hand. But Jacob calls
the boys near to him and before
00:29:53.66\00:29:59.46
blessing them he embraces them
and he kisses them Now I'm
wondering...At this
00:29:59.49\00:30:03.73
point don't you think Jacob
was thinking yeah I went through
00:30:03.77\00:30:07.04
this with my dad and I deceived
him and I took the firstborn
00:30:07.07\00:30:11.61
blessing even when dad, you know
I had the fur on my arms and all
00:30:11.64\00:30:15.41
of this stuff and my brother's
clothes. But now what happens?
00:30:15.44\00:30:21.48
Jacob is going to do something
really unique in a surprising
00:30:21.52\00:30:27.02
way. Jacob takes his right hand
and puts it on Ephraim's head
00:30:27.06\00:30:32.39
He takes his left hand and puts
it on Manasseh's. He's got them
00:30:32.43\00:30:38.47
crossed. And Joseph didn't like
this. He tries to correct his
00:30:38.50\00:30:42.47
father. It's like no, no, no,
no Manasseh's the oldest. Your
00:30:42.50\00:30:45.64
right-hand goes on him, dad.
You know you're getting old and
00:30:45.67\00:30:48.88
senile. But Jacob refuses and
here's what I believe. I believe
00:30:48.91\00:30:53.55
it was prophetic insight because
Manasseh was going to become a
00:30:53.58\00:31:00.92
leader of the tribe but God's
hand was on Ephraim to be a
00:31:00.96\00:31:07.16
leader of the nation. Actually
the 10 northern kingdoms became
00:31:07.20\00:31:15.37
known as Ephraim. And
his position in history is so
00:31:15.40\00:31:20.88
important that his name Ephraim
became a substitute for Israel's
00:31:20.91\00:31:26.45
northern kingdom. Let me give
you an example. Jeremiah 31:20:
00:31:26.48\00:31:31.05
This is the Lord speaking and
He said, Is Ephraim my dear son?
00:31:31.09\00:31:38.76
Now he's not speaking of
the boy, the son of Joseph. He's
00:31:38.79\00:31:49.00
speaking of the nation, the
Northern Kingdom. See when God
00:31:49.04\00:31:54.14
calls someone His son this is
a covenant term So God says, Is
00:31:54.18\00:32:01.08
Ephraim my dear son. He's
talking about covenant son ship.
00:32:01.12\00:32:07.12
Is he a pleasant child for
though I spoke against him,
00:32:07.16\00:32:10.26
against the northern kingdom
I earnestly remember him still.
00:32:10.29\00:32:14.83
Therefore my heart yearns for
him. I will surely mercy on him
00:32:14.86\00:32:19.93
says the Lord. So what we see
here as Joseph brings his sons
00:32:19.97\00:32:25.97
to Jacob to be blessed Jacob has
the insight...See I believe all
00:32:26.01\00:32:32.35
along Jacob was meant to get the
firstborn blessing because Esau
00:32:32.38\00:32:37.45
was a rough character who didn't
put any value on God's blessings
00:32:37.49\00:32:43.32
So Jacob got the...He was
the younger of the two, but God
00:32:43.36\00:32:48.50
chose him for firstborn
blessings and I believe God
00:32:48.53\00:32:52.47
chose Ephraim for firstborn
blessings. So we've got now
00:32:52.50\00:32:57.41
Jacob; he's adopted these
two boys and Joseph gets blessed
00:32:57.44\00:33:01.81
because of this, right? It's
increasing a portion to Joseph.
00:33:01.84\00:33:06.11
But he's now praying for
the Creator God, the God of the
00:33:06.15\00:33:11.52
covenant to identify with these
children and for his new sons to
00:33:11.55\00:33:18.19
identify with God that they
would not get into the Egyptian
00:33:18.23\00:33:24.63
culture and their pagan
religions. And Jacob promises
00:33:24.67\00:33:30.91
Joseph that God would be with
him, that he would bring him
00:33:30.94\00:33:34.48
back to the land of his
fathers in Canaan. And here's an
00:33:34.51\00:33:38.98
interesting point that the
quarterly makes. By referring...
00:33:39.01\00:33:44.49
as Jacob is giving all of
this...by referring to the
00:33:44.52\00:33:49.49
experiences where God turns evil
into good Jacob expresses his
00:33:49.52\00:33:55.50
hope that not only will God take
care of the present lives of his
00:33:55.53\00:34:00.30
grandsons just as he did for
him and for Joseph, but he also
00:34:00.34\00:34:06.04
thinks of the future when
his descendants will return to
00:34:06.07\00:34:11.38
Canaan. Jacob kept in mind the
promises of God who said that
00:34:11.41\00:34:17.35
through his family all the
nations of the earth would be
00:34:17.39\00:34:22.62
blessed.
00:34:22.66\00:34:24.13
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:34:24.16\00:34:26.26
Thank you Shelley for setting it
up nicely for me because as she
00:34:26.29\00:34:31.43
had Joseph's sons that
were blessed by Jacob and I have
00:34:31.47\00:34:33.84
Wednesday's lesson
entitled Jacob Blesses His Sons.
00:34:33.87\00:34:38.01
(Ryan Day) And you know I heard
someone say years ago that the
00:34:38.04\00:34:41.61
most important words are
the words of a dying man. And in
00:34:41.64\00:34:44.98
this particular instance
the lesson brings out pertaining
00:34:45.01\00:34:54.22
to the verses that we're about
to go through, this is Genesis
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chapter 49 verses 1 through 28.
So we're going to take on almost
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the entire chapter. But the
49th chapter is all Jacob. He is
00:35:00.10\00:35:04.60
going through each one of his
sons and he's declaring a truth
00:35:04.63\00:35:10.17
about them and their character
and of course ultimately ends up
00:35:10.21\00:35:12.97
blessing them all. But the
lesson brings this out and I
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think it's important for us
to understand because when we go
00:35:15.78\00:35:18.08
through this, it's almost...
Jacob's almost like a poet when
00:35:18.11\00:35:21.95
he's declaring these different
truths pertaining to the
00:35:23.72\00:35:26.12
character and the future of,
you know, of his sons and their
00:35:26.15\00:35:29.39
descendants. It's quite
interesting that you know you
00:35:29.42\00:35:32.29
could take this literal and
think oh he's declaring a truth
00:35:32.33\00:35:35.16
about what these guys are going
to do but in this case, we have
00:35:35.20\00:35:39.47
to understand that the lesson
brings out, it says: The text
00:35:39.50\00:35:41.17
goes through the future line of
each of these men, speaking of
00:35:41.20\00:35:44.04
the sons of Jacob. These are not
predestinated fate, so get that
00:35:44.07\00:35:48.14
in your head, these are not
predestinated fate as if God
00:35:48.18\00:35:52.21
willed that each of these would
face what they faced. Rather
00:35:52.25\00:35:56.89
they are expressions of
what their characters and the
00:35:56.92\00:35:59.65
character of their children
would bring about. God's knowing
00:35:59.69\00:36:02.99
for instance and it gives an
example here that someone will
00:36:03.02\00:36:05.93
kill an innocent man is a
radically different thing than
00:36:05.96\00:36:08.63
God having willed that
the killer do it. So it's just
00:36:08.66\00:36:11.97
bringing about that this is not
necessarily their fate or their
00:36:12.00\00:36:15.14
future but rather the character
behind these individuals.
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So we're going to start in
Genesis chapter 49 verse 1 and
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he addresses his firstborn.
Reuben first. And so notice what
00:36:22.34\00:36:26.41
he says here in verse...let's
start with verse 1, yeah.
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It says And Jacob called his
sons and said gather together
00:36:29.95\00:36:31.85
that I may tell you what shall
befall you in the last days.
00:36:31.89\00:36:36.42
Gather together and hear
you sons of Jacob and listen to
00:36:36.46\00:36:40.70
Israel your father. You
can imagine they're gathered
00:36:40.73\00:36:43.77
together and listening because
they know these are probably the
00:36:43.80\00:36:47.27
last words of their father.
And he addresses Reuben first.
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Reuben, you are my firstborn,
my might and the beginning of my
00:36:49.94\00:36:54.61
strength. The excellency of
dignity and the excellency of
00:36:54.64\00:36:59.18
power. But then he says:
Unstable as water you shall not
00:36:59.21\00:37:03.45
excel because you went up
to your father's bed, then you
00:37:03.49\00:37:07.52
defiled it. He went up to my
couch. And he moves on to Simeon
00:37:07.56\00:37:11.66
Actually, I should say Simeon
and Levi. Notice how he brought
00:37:11.69\00:37:16.87
those two together. He didn't
address them individually but
00:37:16.90\00:37:19.33
you know those two they kind of
sealed up their history together
00:37:19.37\00:37:22.17
when what they did in the Dinah
situation. So he addresses them
00:37:22.20\00:37:27.08
together. He says Simeon and
Levi are brothers, instruments
00:37:27.11\00:37:31.05
of cruelty are in their dwelling
place. Let not my soul enter
00:37:31.08\00:37:35.22
their counsel. Let not my honor
be united in their assembly for
00:37:35.25\00:37:38.75
in their anger, they slew a
man and in their self will they
00:37:38.79\00:37:43.86
hamstrung an ox. Cursed be
their anger for it is fierce and
00:37:43.89\00:37:47.90
their wrath for it is cruel.
I will divide them in Jacob and
00:37:47.93\00:37:52.40
scatter them in Israel. So far
it doesn't sound like we're off
00:37:52.43\00:37:54.17
to a positive start here.
It doesn't sound like much of a
00:37:54.20\00:37:58.07
blessing. But once we get
down to the end of this chapter,
00:37:58.11\00:38:00.18
we'll see that he does end
up blessing all of his sons.
00:38:00.21\00:38:02.84
Because you know Jacob's a
parent even though he's
addressing the truth
00:38:02.88\00:38:06.28
behind the characters of these
individuals. This is somewhat of
00:38:06.31\00:38:09.08
a rebuke and a reminder of what
they have done. Of course the
00:38:09.12\00:38:12.95
blessing that he's going to
give later on is going to be a
00:38:12.99\00:38:15.66
reminder of the man he wants
them to become, he wants them
00:38:15.69\00:38:18.73
to be. In this case, I think any
parent no matter what the faults
00:38:18.76\00:38:22.33
or the previous past issues were
with the children all parents I
00:38:22.36\00:38:27.27
believe, or goodhearted parents,
want their children to be
00:38:27.30\00:38:29.87
Jacob's heart is in the right
place. But nonetheless, he's not
00:38:32.47\00:38:34.98
holding back. He's telling the
truth about what these young men
00:38:35.01\00:38:38.35
have done. Now he goes on to
Judah. And Judah, only second to
00:38:38.38\00:38:42.22
Joseph has the longest address
and Judah's address when we
00:38:42.25\00:38:45.92
start reading through this tell
me...I'm can just almost see you
00:38:45.95\00:38:49.49
nodding, nodding your head
because as you read through this
00:38:49.52\00:38:51.96
this is very prophetic. This
is a Messianic prophecy, to be
00:38:51.99\00:38:55.90
honest. Because through Judah we
know would come to Christ, you
00:38:55.93\00:39:00.84
know through the tribe of Judah.
So it's interesting. Notice what
00:39:00.87\00:39:02.70
it says in the beginning of
verse 8 It says: Judah you are
00:39:02.74\00:39:05.97
he whom your brothers shall
praise. Your hand shall be on
00:39:06.01\00:39:10.35
the neck of your enemies. Your
father's children shall bow down
00:39:10.38\00:39:13.45
before you. And you'll notice
here Judah is a lion's whelp, a
00:39:13.48\00:39:18.92
prey my son. You have gone up.
He bows down, he lies down as a
00:39:18.95\00:39:21.62
lion and as a lion who shall
rouse him? A scepter shall not
00:39:21.66\00:39:25.96
depart from Judah nor a lawgiver
from between his feet until
00:39:25.99\00:39:30.07
Shiloh comes. This is another
word for Shalom or peace until
00:39:30.10\00:39:35.47
peace comes. And to him shall
all the obedience of the people
00:39:35.50\00:39:38.17
binding his donkey to the vine
and his donkey's colt to the
00:39:38.21\00:39:42.28
choice vine. He washed his
garments in the wine and his
00:39:42.31\00:39:46.61
clothes in the blood of
the grapes. His eyes are darker
00:39:46.65\00:39:49.92
than wine and his teeth whiter
than milk. All of this is very
00:39:49.95\00:39:54.76
Messianic in the very words and
the very expressions that he's
00:39:54.79\00:39:58.09
using. This is speaking of
Christ. This is speaking of the
00:39:58.13\00:40:00.36
peace that would be brought
through the lineage of Judah you
00:40:00.40\00:40:04.53
know from Jesus Christ himself.
As I was reading this Isaiah
00:40:04.57\00:40:07.04
nine and six, and I think
the lesson even brings this out
00:40:07.07\00:40:09.80
Isaiah 9:6,7 speaking of Christ
that great Messianic passage
00:40:09.84\00:40:13.68
For unto us a child is born and
to us, a Son is given and the
00:40:13.71\00:40:17.65
government shall be upon His
shoulders and His name shall be
00:40:17.68\00:40:20.55
called Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
00:40:20.58\00:40:23.69
Prince of, there it is, Shalom
or Shiloh, prince of peace. It
00:40:23.72\00:40:29.16
goes on to say in verse
7: And of the increase of His
00:40:29.19\00:40:31.79
government and peace, there it
is again, and peace there shall
00:40:31.83\00:40:35.56
be no end. Upon the throne
of David and over His kingdom
00:40:35.60\00:40:38.00
to order it and to establish
it with judgment and justice and
00:40:38.03\00:40:41.07
from that time forward even
forever the zeal of the Lord of
00:40:41.10\00:40:44.17
hosts will perform this. And
in the Spirit of Prophecy just
00:40:44.21\00:40:48.74
again making a simple point
to what we just read about Judah
00:40:48.78\00:40:52.78
she says this in Patriarchs and
Prophets, p. 236. This is the
00:40:52.81\00:40:56.72
lion, king of the forest, it is
a fitting symbol of this tribe
00:40:56.75\00:41:00.56
which, again, came from David
and the Son of David, Shiloh,
00:41:00.59\00:41:05.26
the true Lion of the tribe
of Judah to whom all power shall
00:41:05.29\00:41:08.46
finally, bow and all nations
render homage. So this is very
00:41:08.50\00:41:12.40
prophetic and Jacob is calling
this out to Judah we're back
00:41:12.43\00:41:17.04
here looking...we're forward
looking back going Aw. This was
00:41:17.07\00:41:20.08
very prophetic and now he
was actually giving a Messianic
00:41:20.11\00:41:23.68
prophecy speaking of Jesus
Christ coming. Now he goes on to
00:41:23.71\00:41:27.52
Zebulun shall dwell in the haven
of the sea. He shall become a
00:41:27.55\00:41:33.82
haven for ships and his border
shall adjoin Sidon. Issachar
00:41:33.86\00:41:38.96
is a strong donkey lying down
between two burdens. He saw the
00:41:38.99\00:41:43.57
rest was good and that the
land was pleasant. He bowed his
00:41:43.60\00:41:47.54
shoulder to bear a burden and
became a band of slaves. Then he
00:41:47.57\00:41:52.77
moves on to Dan. Dan, you'll
see in a few minutes when we get
00:41:52.81\00:41:58.15
to Revelation as I reference
Revelation, Dan is removed from
00:41:58.18\00:42:00.65
the list because Dan didn't go
on to do what Dan was supposed
00:42:00.68\00:42:02.88
to do. And so it goes on to
say though, Dan shall judge his
00:42:02.92\00:42:06.35
people and one of the tribes of
Israel. Dan shall be a serpent
00:42:06.39\00:42:09.06
by the way, a viper by the path
that bites the horses heals so
00:42:09.09\00:42:13.26
that its rider shall fall
backward. I have waited for your
00:42:13.29\00:42:17.40
salvation O Lord. And then of
course on to Gad. Gad, a troop
00:42:17.43\00:42:20.77
shall tramp upon him and he
shall triumph at last. Bread
00:42:20.80\00:42:25.14
from Asher shall be rich and
he shall yield royal dainties.
00:42:25.17\00:42:30.35
It goes on to Naphtali. It says:
Naphtali is a dear let loose and
00:42:30.38\00:42:36.35
uses beautiful words. This
is very poetic as you're going
00:42:36.38\00:42:39.72
through them. I mean, he had a
sharp mind in his latter moments
00:42:39.75\00:42:43.22
of life to be able to come up
with these beautiful words. And
00:42:43.26\00:42:46.03
then he moves on to Joseph.
Joseph is a fruitful bough, a
00:42:46.06\00:42:48.90
fruitful bough by a well. His
branches run over the wall. The
00:42:48.93\00:42:54.50
archers have bitterly grieved
him shot at him and hated him
00:42:54.54\00:42:57.94
but his bow remained in strength
and the arms of his hands were
00:42:57.97\00:43:02.38
made strong by the hands of the
mighty God of Jacob. (From there
00:43:02.41\00:43:05.05
is the Shepherd, the Stone
of Israel), by the God of your
00:43:05.08\00:43:08.65
father who will help you and the
Almighty who will bless you with
00:43:08.68\00:43:12.32
blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that lies
00:43:12.35\00:43:15.49
beneath, blessings of the breast
of the womb, blessing of your
00:43:15.52\00:43:19.89
father have excelled in
blessings of my ancestors up to
00:43:19.93\00:43:23.26
the utmost bough of the
everlasting hills. They shall
00:43:23.30\00:43:26.43
on the head of Joseph and on the
crown of the head of him who was
00:43:26.47\00:43:30.61
separated from his brothers.
Joseph went through some stuff
00:43:30.64\00:43:34.01
as we have clearly stated
but now you know in his time of
00:43:34.04\00:43:37.78
trouble now in his father's
latter days as he's now coming
00:43:37.81\00:43:41.32
out of all of that trouble
and he is seeing his family
00:43:41.35\00:43:43.25
reunited. He gets perhaps the
biggest blessing of all as you
00:43:43.28\00:43:47.26
see the word blessed, blessings,
blessings, blessings being
00:43:47.29\00:43:50.99
repeated because Jacob wanted
to bless his son of which he was
00:43:51.03\00:43:53.43
separated from for more than
20 years. And so in this case he
00:43:53.46\00:43:56.67
moves on to his youngest
son Benjamin and it's quite
00:43:56.70\00:43:59.33
interesting because Benjamin's
as interesting. Benjamin is a
00:43:59.37\00:44:02.94
ravenous wolf. In the morning
he shall devour the prey and at
00:44:02.97\00:44:06.37
night he shall divide the spoil.
I couldn't help it but my mind
00:44:06.41\00:44:09.41
went to 1 Peter chapter 5
verse 8 where he's talking about
00:44:09.44\00:44:13.31
Lucifer, right, who is like a
roaring lion seeking whom he may
00:44:13.35\00:44:15.75
devour. In this case, I don't
think that necessarily applies
00:44:15.78\00:44:18.62
to Benjamin. But it's talking
about the strength, the power of
00:44:18.65\00:44:21.82
Benjamin and the tribe of
Benjamin was certainly that.
00:44:21.86\00:44:24.49
But then verse 28, and I'm
running out of time here. In
00:44:24.53\00:44:27.70
closing it says: All these are
the 12 tribes of Israel and this
00:44:27.73\00:44:31.83
is what their father spoke
to them. And even thought he had
00:44:31.87\00:44:35.10
some negative things to say
about some of his sons, here
00:44:35.14\00:44:38.14
comes the blessing. It says: And
he blessed them. He blessed each
00:44:38.17\00:44:42.48
one according to his own
blessing. Praise the Lord for
00:44:42.51\00:44:46.65
that blessing while those men
had their own faults their names
00:44:46.68\00:44:50.12
would reach far and beyond all
the scriptures, even into the
00:44:50.15\00:44:52.85
very last days where the 144,000
shall be spiritually coming out
00:44:52.89\00:44:57.49
of those tribes, my brother.
00:44:57.53\00:44:59.53
Amen. Amen, thank you Ryan.
I am James Rafferty and I have
00:44:59.56\00:45:03.53
Thursday's lesson, The Hope
of the Promised Land. And I'm
00:45:03.57\00:45:05.97
picking up right where Ryan
left off. We're in verse 29 of
00:45:06.00\00:45:09.87
chapter 49. We're going to take
if from verse 29 all the way
00:45:09.90\00:45:13.78
through chapter 50. I love it
what you were saying there. You
00:45:13.81\00:45:16.11
know, God predicts but
God doesn't necessitate us
00:45:16.14\00:45:20.42
fulfilling these descriptions.
For example, Levi was scattered
00:45:20.45\00:45:25.09
among the tribes. That was
the curse that Levi and Simeon
00:45:25.12\00:45:28.09
received. God turned that into a
blessing when the Levites stood
00:45:28.12\00:45:31.63
faithfully for the 10
commandments, for Moses there at
00:45:31.66\00:45:36.73
Mt. Sinai and they were
scattered still but they were
00:45:36.77\00:45:38.87
scattered as priests. So
we don't need to see this as a
00:45:38.90\00:45:44.77
negative. Got many times reveals
to us our character so that we
00:45:44.81\00:45:48.74
can make changes through His
grace. So we can improve through
00:45:48.78\00:45:51.61
His grace. And then basically
Jacob says you know, He charged
00:45:51.65\00:45:55.28
them, verse 29, he said to them
I'm going to be gathered to my
00:45:55.32\00:45:59.25
fathers in the cave. I want
to be buried in the cave in the
00:45:59.29\00:46:02.96
field of Ephron the Hittite.
And this cave is in the land of
00:46:02.99\00:46:07.50
Canaan. This is a powerful last
wish. You know you were talking
00:46:07.53\00:46:11.47
Ryan about these last wishes
you know that we ask when we're
00:46:11.50\00:46:15.54
dying and the most important
things to us. Well the most
00:46:15.57\00:46:17.47
important thing to Jacob is that
he would be buried in the land
00:46:17.51\00:46:21.14
of Canaan, not in the land of
Egypt, that he would be buried
00:46:21.18\00:46:24.71
with Leah in the cave that he
purchased, verse 32. And this is
00:46:24.75\00:46:30.59
really speaking to us in a sense
of the promised land. You see
00:46:30.62\00:46:34.36
the literal land of Canaan was
a symbol of the promised land.
00:46:34.39\00:46:37.93
of the eternal inheritance
that we are given through Jesus
00:46:37.96\00:46:42.63
Christ. And so basically what
Jacob is saying to his sons is
00:46:42.66\00:46:46.53
listen, Egypt is providing for
us right now and this is where
00:46:46.57\00:46:50.01
we kind of have to hang out.
This is where we have to be you
00:46:50.04\00:46:52.34
know. We have to kind of...but
this isn't really our future.
00:46:52.37\00:46:55.44
This earth isn't really
our future and this earth is
00:46:55.48\00:47:00.42
temporary and so we need to be
thinking about Canaan. We need
00:47:00.45\00:47:03.25
to be thinking about where we're
going to end up and what God has
00:47:03.28\00:47:06.35
promised to us and I want our
minds and our hearts to be there
00:47:06.39\00:47:09.42
God is going to bless us
while we're here, but we need to
00:47:09.46\00:47:11.73
be there. In fact, I love
that because you know in the New
00:47:11.76\00:47:14.23
Testament in Ephesians chapter
2 it says we're sitting in
00:47:14.26\00:47:16.30
heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
And in Hebrews 11 it says, We're
00:47:16.33\00:47:20.64
strangers and sojourners on this
earth. You know and when you
00:47:20.67\00:47:23.20
think about even Jesus talking
in Luke 16:8 He talked about how
00:47:23.24\00:47:27.24
the people of this world are
wiser than us, you know. When
00:47:27.28\00:47:32.61
you think about, you know john
you were sharing this whole idea
00:47:32.65\00:47:35.18
of the Egyptians you know, first
of all their money and then they
00:47:35.22\00:47:40.16
gave all their animals and then
they gave all their land and
00:47:40.19\00:47:43.12
then they gave themselves and
they were happy to do it because
00:47:43.16\00:47:46.49
you saved our lives. And here
Jesus Christ has saved our lives
00:47:46.53\00:47:50.13
and not only for this but
for eternity. And we kind of
00:47:50.17\00:47:53.10
sometimes are kind of unhappy
to do it. You know. We should be
00:47:53.13\00:47:56.77
giving Him everything we have
and everything we are, ourselves
00:47:56.81\00:48:01.14
our land or everything and be
happy about it because he saved
00:48:01.18\00:48:05.15
our lives for eternity. And this
was what Jacob wanted to close
00:48:05.18\00:48:09.25
out with. As he's ending these
blessings he wants to remind
00:48:09.28\00:48:12.75
them of the promises of
God. The promised land, Canaan,
00:48:12.79\00:48:16.32
that's where I want to
be. That's where my heart is.
00:48:16.36\00:48:18.99
That's where I want to be
buried. And then it goes on.
00:48:19.03\00:48:22.10
There are three points in this
lesson that are really powerful.
00:48:22.13\00:48:24.73
That's the first one the lesson
brings out this idea of being
00:48:24.77\00:48:29.17
buried in Canaan which is a type
of the heavenly. And then it
00:48:29.20\00:48:32.71
talks about what happens when
Jacob dies. What happens when
00:48:32.74\00:48:36.64
Jacob dies basically is that the
brothers fear that Joseph hasn't
00:48:36.68\00:48:44.09
forgiven them. And this is what
happens you know when you carry
00:48:44.12\00:48:48.56
guilt year after year after year
You don't confess your sins, you
00:48:48.59\00:48:51.99
don't give your sins to the Lord
You don't just let Him have them
00:48:52.03\00:48:53.63
and you carry that. You have a
hard time believing that you're
00:48:53.66\00:48:58.97
forgiven, right? So you
know. I mean Joseph forgive them
00:48:59.00\00:49:02.64
before they even came, really
he did. But he still tested them
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right? But he...God had helped
him forgive. But they, they had
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a hard time with that, you know.
And so Joseph has to speak to
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them and he has to just
encourage them. Listen I have
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forgiven you. I don't hold
anything against you. Verse 17
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of chapter 50 So forgive I pray
thee now the trespass of thy
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brethren and their sin for they
did unto thee evil and now we
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pray thee forgive the trespass
of the servants of the God of
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thy father. And Joseph wept when
they spake unto him. Why do you
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think he wept? He wept and he
said I'm not...verse 19: I'm not
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in the place of God. I'm not in
the place of God. You did evil
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against me but God...verse 20...
God meant it unto good to bring
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to pass as it is this day to
save much people alive. This is
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a whole type of the plan
of salvation. Friends, God is
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calling us to forgive. Jacob had
to forgive. Now think about that
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Jacob realizes after 22 years of
carrying this burden it probably
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shortened his life because you
know Abraham lived for 175 and
00:50:06.67\00:50:10.01
Isaac lived for 180. He said and
I didn't live as long as them.
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I'm about ready to die and
I'm 130. So all that weight of
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sorrow that he carried and when
he realized his children had
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done this to him, he had
to forgive them. Jacob had to
00:50:20.68\00:50:26.32
forgive them. And of course
Joseph had to forgive and of
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course Joseph's brothers had to
forgive. But the most difficult
00:50:29.66\00:50:30.99
forgiveness that they found was
to forgive themselves. And that
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is the hardest thing for us to
do sometimes, isn't it? You know
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to actually know that we have
been forgiven and to accept that
00:50:42.27\00:50:44.61
forgiveness. And this is
such a powerful lesson that it's
00:50:44.64\00:50:48.64
brought out when you contrast
Genesis 49, just going back a
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little bit to Dan, right, who's
missing in Revelation 7. God is
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sealing us into His forgiveness.
The Holy Spirit is sealing us
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into this forgiveness, into
the everlasting gospel and the
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forgiveness that we find in
Jesus Christ. And those people
00:51:02.66\00:51:05.79
who hang on to unforgiveness
become critical, they become
00:51:05.83\00:51:10.27
judgmental. The word Dan means
to judge. Daniel means God is
00:51:10.30\00:51:14.74
judge. God is judge. So the Dan
is one who judges. He can't let
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go of that judgmental spirit.
He's like a serpent in the way
00:51:19.91\00:51:22.98
an adder in the path that bites
the horse heels so the rider
00:51:23.01\00:51:25.65
falls backwards. So in spiritual
reality and experience Dan is
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not in Revelation 7 because that
character can't be sealed. It's
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not that people in the tribe of
Dan aren't going to be in heaven
00:51:33.96\00:51:36.19
that's not the point. The point
God is making is the character
00:51:36.22\00:51:38.93
of those who are going to
be sealed. Manasseh is there.
00:51:38.96\00:51:42.00
Manasseh replaces Dan because
the word means to remit or to
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forgive or to forget. Let it go.
And so God is saying, let that
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stuff go. I'm going to let it go
you let it go and therefore when
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we see Revelation, we compare
it to Genesis chapter 49, we see
00:51:54.61\00:51:59.01
that correlation we realize wow
God is speak...we want to argue
00:51:59.05\00:52:03.05
is the 144,000 literal or is it
symbolic, you know. Well let's
00:52:03.08\00:52:07.19
get a little deeper than
that. You now that's just on the
00:52:07.22\00:52:10.16
surface. Let's get deep into
the characteristics because all
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through Revelation
we're talking about character
00:52:12.39\00:52:14.46
development, the character of
the dragon and the character of
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the Lamb. That's what we're
talking about ultimately, right?
00:52:15.86\00:52:18.27
And that's what Jacob wants
to impress upon his children and
00:52:18.30\00:52:22.40
that is also what Joseph wants
to bring to the front. In fact,
00:52:22.44\00:52:25.94
Joseph really is revealing
Christ in a sense. Because he's
00:52:25.97\00:52:30.68
saying, please, you've got
to know, I've forgiven you. I've
00:52:30.71\00:52:33.88
forgiven you. This is what Jesus
wants us to know through Joseph
00:52:33.92\00:52:36.15
I've forgiven you. Please don't,
please believe that. Please
00:52:36.18\00:52:40.79
don't experience unbelief in the
fact that I've forgiven you. And
00:52:42.82\00:52:44.16
here's the last lesson and
this lesson is in verse 24: And
00:52:44.19\00:52:47.66
then Joseph said unto his
brethren, I die and surely God
00:52:47.70\00:52:50.97
will visit you and he will bring
you out of this land unto the
00:52:51.00\00:52:54.67
which he swore to Abraham and
Isaac and Jacob. And Joseph took
00:52:54.70\00:52:59.34
an oath...verse 25...of
the children of Israel God will
00:52:59.37\00:53:02.24
surely visit you and you shall
carry up my bones from the land
00:53:02.28\00:53:06.41
from hence. Can you imagine that
I mean when we think about a
00:53:06.45\00:53:09.22
skeleton, when we really want to
get scary and down you know we
00:53:09.25\00:53:12.22
put the skull up, you know
people have the skull and the
00:53:12.25\00:53:14.62
skeleton and the bones, we're
like yeah! you know. And Joseph
00:53:14.66\00:53:18.16
was saying I want you to take
my bones out of here. My bones
00:53:18.19\00:53:20.83
don't belong in Egypt. Right?
This reminds us of 1 Corinthians
00:53:20.86\00:53:25.53
chapter 15, you know. 1
Corinthians chapter 15 God
00:53:25.57\00:53:29.07
says that the last enemy that is
going to be destroyed is death.
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I love this. Death is an enemy
and God's going to destroy it.
00:53:33.81\00:53:36.38
Verse 26 of 1 Corinthians 15:
Then he says...verse 51...Behold
00:53:36.41\00:53:40.08
I show you a mystery. We shall
not all sleep but we shall all
00:53:40.12\00:53:42.98
be changed, in a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye at the last
00:53:43.02\00:53:47.12
trump, for the trumpet, shall
sound and the dead shall be
00:53:47.16\00:53:49.99
raised incorruptible and shall
be changed. For this corruption
00:53:50.03\00:53:53.26
must put on incorruption
and this mortal must put on
00:53:53.29\00:53:57.37
immortality. So when
this corruptible shall put on
00:53:57.40\00:54:00.00
incorruption, this mortal shall
put on immortality, then shall
00:54:00.04\00:54:02.90
be brought to pass the same
that is written that death is
00:54:02.94\00:54:06.71
swallowed in victory. O death
where is thy sting, oh grave
00:54:06.74\00:54:09.11
where is thy victory? The sting
of death is sin and the strength
00:54:09.14\00:54:12.18
of sin is the law but thanks
be to God which gives us the
00:54:12.21\00:54:15.58
victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ. We've got to love this
00:54:15.62\00:54:20.12
because basically, this is what
Joseph is talking about. Say my
00:54:20.16\00:54:24.39
bones are going to be reunited
with me someday and I want them
00:54:24.43\00:54:30.20
to be taken to the promised land
because my heart and my hope
00:54:30.23\00:54:36.00
are set on Canaan which again is
a type, a representation of the
00:54:36.04\00:54:42.24
new heavens and the new earth.
This lesson study closes out
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with Revelation chapter
21 verses 1-4 and points us,
00:54:46.21\00:54:50.39
directs us to the hope that
we have. The hope that is so
00:54:50.42\00:54:53.69
glorious that of course it
demands our hearts. It demands
00:54:53.72\00:54:57.73
our goods, it demands everything
we have and everything we are,
00:54:57.76\00:55:02.16
our soul, our might, our
strength. Everything is calling
00:55:02.20\00:55:06.40
us to serve the
Lord Jesus Christ.
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Amen, Praise God. Thank you so
much. What an incredible lesson.
00:55:08.74\00:55:12.31
What an amazing quarterly
as we've studied the book of
00:55:12.34\00:55:16.04
Genesis. I think you all so much
Give you each a moment to share
00:55:16.08\00:55:18.81
something about
this week. Pastor Dinzey.
00:55:18.85\00:55:21.88
Yes. You know Genesis chapter
47 verse 9 Jacob said that the
00:55:21.92\00:55:26.35
days of his pilgrimage are 130,
few and evil days, he said. But
00:55:26.39\00:55:30.83
like us we should as well do
as he did and trust in the Lord
00:55:30.86\00:55:36.20
because we are also pilgrims
in this world. And 2 Corinthians
00:55:36.23\00:55:41.04
4:17 says this light affliction
is working for us a far more
00:55:41.07\00:55:45.87
eternal weight of glory. We
should not look at the temporal
00:55:45.91\00:55:48.64
things. We should look at
the things that are eternal.
00:55:48.68\00:55:51.65
You know it's interesting
because that scripture is when
00:55:51.68\00:55:53.68
he first came down to meet
Pharaoh, rather pessimistic.
00:55:53.72\00:55:57.05
Aw, few and evil are my
days. And a totally different
00:55:57.09\00:56:01.62
evaluation in Genesis 48
verse 15 when he's dying he's
00:56:01.66\00:56:06.86
recognizing God's been in
control all along. He says, Oh
00:56:06.90\00:56:09.76
the God who has fed me all my
lifelong to this day. The angel
00:56:09.80\00:56:13.80
who has redeemed me from
all evil. So remember that our
00:56:13.84\00:56:20.21
perspective needs to be based
on faith in God and what He's
00:56:20.24\00:56:27.98
done in our lives.
00:56:28.02\00:56:29.35
Amen. The answer to sin in the
book of Genesis is the Lamb and
00:56:29.38\00:56:32.89
the answer to sin in the book
of Revelation is the Lamb. And I
00:56:32.92\00:56:37.53
just want to be one of those
as it says in Revelation 14:4:
00:56:37.56\00:56:40.33
About midways there it talks
about these are they or these
00:56:40.36\00:56:42.93
are the ones who follow the Lamb
wherever He goes. Let us be that
00:56:42.96\00:56:46.84
Amen. Genesis chapter 50 verse
21 says: Now, therefore, fear ye
00:56:46.87\00:56:54.18
not. I will nourish you and your
little ones and he comforted
00:56:54.21\00:56:58.51
them and he spake kindly unto
them. This is Joseph talking to
00:56:58.55\00:57:01.45
his brothers who are afraid that
they haven't been forgiven. God
00:57:01.48\00:57:04.12
wants to nourish us. God wants
to speak kindly to us and He
00:57:04.15\00:57:07.26
wants us to nourish others and
to speak kindly to others. The
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gospel is
practical and it's powerful.
00:57:09.99\00:57:11.83
Amen. Thank you so much, Pastor
James, Pastor Ryan, Shelley and
00:57:11.86\00:57:15.50
Pastor John. What an incredible
lesson. What a joy it's been to
00:57:15.53\00:57:18.33
journey together through the
book of Genesis. I'm reminded of
00:57:18.37\00:57:23.20
the hall of faith. Hebrews
chapter 11 and so many of the
00:57:23.24\00:57:27.34
characters that we have studied
in the book of Genesis show up
00:57:27.38\00:57:31.28
here in Hebrews chapter 11.
And we see that they died in
00:57:31.31\00:57:35.98
faith not having received the
promise but having obtained afar
00:57:36.02\00:57:39.79
off. So the beautiful thing
is that they looked forward with
00:57:39.82\00:57:44.46
eager expectation for a better
country, to a better land,
00:57:44.49\00:57:48.66
knowing that Jesus will right
this world and we can spend an
00:57:48.70\00:57:52.90
eternity with Him. Join us
next quarter. This is our third
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quarter where we study
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