Gen 50:24-25: Then Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob." And Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath and said, "God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place."
Joseph was a man of faith throughout his entire life.The dreams he had as a child shaped his future.Joseph overcame the world and ruled the world through his faith. Joseph is the fruit of Genesis. He was a man who lived in a fallen world. He lived as a slave on the bottom of society--with no friends, no family and was imprisoned for his faith in God. He was forgotten, but ended up saving generations by his unwavering faith in God.He believed God's mighty power and he never doubted God's unfailing love towards him.He knew that For with God all things are possible (Luke 1:37).God was with Joseph in his father's house; He was with Joseph in the house of Potiphar; He was with Joseph in the dungeon; and He was with Joseph when he ruled all Egypt. Joseph never forgot that God was with him. With this kind of faith, and with the help of almighty God, Joseph could overcome the world and every obstacle.
By faith, he could rule over and subdue his environs--he even ruled the mighty world power, Egypt. He became Pharaoh's shepherd and spiritual father. And God used him to preserve a remnant of God's people alive on the earth. God used Joseph to bring the people of Israel to a place where they could grow into a great nation. Joseph was not the covenant son--Judah was. But God used Joseph to change Judah into a man of faith and love. That unfaithful man became a very faithful man. Joseph is not the covenant son, but his life points to Jesus more clearly. His faith in God's sovereignty is like Jesus' faith. His participation in God's redemptive love to bring men to repentance is like that of Jesus. His life of suffering reminds us of Jesus and his life of victory also reminds us of Jesus (John 16:33). Indeed, he bears the image of Jesus more closely than many others in the Bible.
By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions about his bones( Heb 11:22), "Then Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob." And Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath and said, "God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place."After 400 years later Moses remembered Joseph's request, and when the Israelites were leaving Egypt, they took the bones of Joseph with them. (Ex 13:19) Thus Joseph planted in the hearts of the Israelites a sure hope, and firm and confident faith in God who keeps his promises over several generations.May his Holy name be praised! Even Moses couldnt get to the promised Land but Joseph's bones did,what a faith!, "And Joseph's bones, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the tract of land that Jacob bought for a hundred pieces of silver from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. This became the inheritance of Joseph's descendants"-Joshua 24:32.
Faith in the Unseen God will always give you a visible inheritance among the saints! May your faith stand firm and unshakable like that of Joseph,in these end times, and remember our faith in God overcomes the world!
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