Genesis 45:9-11
“Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph: “God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not tarry. 10 You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me, you and your children, your children’s children, your flocks and your herds, and all that you have. 11 There I will provide for you, lest you and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty; for there are still five years of famine.”’
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How our Heavenly Father loves and cares for us. He goes ahead, into our future, and prepares the way for us to preserve, protect and provide. That’s what He did for Jacob and his family. He used the evil that was done to Joseph by his own brothers which allowed him to go ahead of them in order to preserve and provide for them in the midst of the severe famine that was coming.
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Background.
Earlier in our story, Joseph’s “sending ahead ” didn’t seem like it was from God, did it? He was hated by his brothers. They turned around and sold him into slavery in Egypt then lied to his father about him being killed by an animal. God, however, used this great evil to bring about great blessing and provision for the very people who rejected him.
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We learned that when that famine hit, his brothers were sent by their father to Egypt to buy grain. They met Joseph on that first trip but they didn’t recognize him in all his royal garb and traditional Egyptian makeup, just as Israel did not recognize her Messiah at His first coming.
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Joseph Reveals Himself To His Brothers.
In the passage just prior to the one above, Joseph had just revealed himself to his brothers and was tearfully, joyfully reunited with them. He had a plan to take care of their every need. They would lack for nothing.
When Jesus returns to earth, all of Natural Israel will recognize Jesus as their Messiah, the One they rejected all those years ago. The entire nation will be saved in one day!
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Secrets In The Hebrew Language.
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That is so like our Heavenly Father, isn’t it? Just as you and I dearly love our children and want to be near them, so too Our Abba desires above all else to be near to His children……US!
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Why We Serve And Worship.
1 Thessalonians 4:15-18 15
“For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. AND THUS WE SHALL ALWAYS BE WITH THE LORD. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.”
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(For more on what is in store for us just before the rapture, you may follow the link below: https://emmausroadministries.international/2016/03/26/on-the-third-day-2/)
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One day, Jesus will come mid-sky and call us to Himself. We will be changed in the blink of an eye into our new, forever bodies, and ever after be “NEAR” our Lord Jesus, RAPTURED!
Because of Him, we can draw near to Our Father and dwell forever in the land of “Goshen.”
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Please follow the link below to Part 5 to learn why Joseph wept when his brothers came to him after their father died:
https://emmausroadministries.international/2020/05/03/joseph-wept-the-story-of-joseph-part-5/
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