Genesis 37-50

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Genesis 37-50

• The Life of Joseph

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Joseph - Introduction

• Unconfirmed as a type
• Lived over 1700 years before Christ
• Parallels Christ in over 100 aspects
• Takes up more chapter space than any other single
  person in Genesis
• A patriarch and an excellent example to us with
  his incredible character

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• In studying Scripture there is not only the
  literal application, which is always important,
  but every part of the Word of God has a
  spiritual, typical, and dispensational
  application as well, and in Joseph's character
  and experience we have a wonderful type of our
  Lord Jesus Christ. Ordinarily when we speak of
  any individual in the Old Testament being a type
  of Christ, we refer to what he is officially, and
  not to his personal character. David, for
  instance, in his official capacity is a striking
  type of our Savior Solomon, too, as the king of
  peace typifies Him who is yet to reign as King of
  kings and Lord of lords but neither of these men
  could be said to typify Christ in their personal
  characters. With Joseph it is otherwise. His life
  shines forth from the pages of Holy Scripture as
  practically flawless. It is not indeed that he
  was actually sinless, for he had in himself the
  same corrupt nature that any other child of Adam
  has, but it has not pleased God to speak of any
  flaws or blemishes which His holy eye may have
  discerned in this devoted servant, but He has
  rather emphasized his faithfulness and practical
  godliness.

- Henry Allen Ironside
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Joseph A Type?

• Types in the New Testament
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• The other disciples therefore said to him, We
  have seen the Lord. But he said to them, Unless I
  see in his hands the print of the nails, and put
  my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my
  hand into his side, I will not believe. Jn.
  2025
• Clear, direct, one-to-one relationship

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Genesis 37

• Josephs Early Life in Caanan

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Joseph The Shepherd

• Gen 372
• These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph,
  being seventeen years old, fed the flock with his
  brethren and he was doing service with the sons
  of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his
  father's wives. And Joseph brought to his father
  an evil report of them.
• A shepherd by occupation
• A shepherd by character
• patience
• tenderness
• sympathy
• faithfulness

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Jesus The Shepherd

• John 1011
• I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays
  down his life for the sheep.
• Hebrews 1320
• Our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep
• 1 Peter 54
• And when the chief shepherd is manifested ye
  shall receive the unfading crown of glory.

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Joseph Beloved By His Father

• Genesis 373a
• And Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons,
  because he was son of his old age and he made
  him a vest of many colors.
• The son of his old age (vs. 3)
• Jacob loved Joseph and showed partiality (vs. 3)
• The son of Rachel (Gen. 3023-25)
• She conceived, and bore a son, and said, God has
  taken away my reproach. And she called his name
  Joseph and said, Jehovah will add to me another
  son. And it came to pass when Rachel had borne
  Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away,
  that I may go to my place and to my country.

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Jesus Beloved By His Father

• Matthew 175
• Behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them and
  behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This
  is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased
• John 1723
• I in them and thou in me, that they may be
  perfected into one and that the world may know
  that thou hast sent me, and that thou hast loved
  them as thou hast loved me.
• Jesus was uniquely loved by His Father
• God the Father shows no partiality

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Joseph A Unique Robe Connected With Death

• Gen. 373b
• And Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons,
  because he was son of his old age and he made
  him a coat of many colors.
• Gen. 3731-32
• And they took Joseph's coat, and slaughtered a
  buck of the goats, and dipped the coat in the
  blood and they sent the coat of many colors and
  had it carried to their father, and said, This
  have we found discern now whether it is thy
  son's coat or not.

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Jesus A Unique Robe Connected With Death

• John 192-3
• And the soldiers having plaited a crown of
  thorns put it on his head, and put a purple robe
  on him, and came to him and said, Hail, king of
  the Jews! and gave him blows on the face.
• Jesus colored coat was not given out of love, but
  out of hate
• Jesus coat wasnt just associated with reported
  death but actual death.

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Joseph Hated With No Just Cause

• Genesis 374
• And his brethren saw that their father loved him
  more than all his brethren, and they hated him,
  and could not greet him with friendliness.
• Why did they hate him?
• Jealous envy of their fathers partial love
• His upright character may have brought conviction
• His dreams caused the hatred to grow more

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Jesus Hated With No Just Cause

• John 1518
• If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me
  before it hated you.
• Why did they hate him?
• Jealous envy of his authority which they wanted
  themselves
• His upright character may have brought conviction
• Despised and rejected by men, though innocent
• Jesus, unlike Joseph was without sin.

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Joseph A Premonition Of Coming Glory

• Genesis 375
• Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his
  brothers and they hated him even more. 6 So he
  said to them, Please hear this dream which I
  have dreamed 7 There we were, binding sheaves in
  the field. Then behold, my sheaf arose and also
  stood upright and indeed your sheaves stood all
  around and bowed down to my sheaf.
• He saw in a dream his brethren and all his
  father's house bowing down to him
• Revealed to his brothers by Gods plan
• He would be the means of blessing for all His
  brethren and His Father's house.

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Jesus A Premonition Of Coming Glory

• John 142-3
• In my Father's house there are many mansions
  were it not so, I would have told you for I go
  to prepare you a place and if I go and to
  prepare you a place, I am coming again and shall
  receive you to myself, that where I am there you
  may be also.
• Hebrews 210-12
• It became him, for whom are all things, and by
  whom are all things, in bringing many sons to
  glory, to make perfect the leader of their
  salvation through sufferings. For both he that
  sanctifies and those sanctified are all of one
  for which cause he is not ashamed to call them
  brethren
• He both was and is the means of blessing for all
  His brethren and His Father's house.
• More glory yet to come!

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Joseph Made His Parents Think

• Genesis 3710-11
• And he told it to his father, and to his
  brethren and his father rebuked him, and said
  unto him, What is this dream that thou hast
  dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren
  indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the
  earth? And his brethren envied him but his
  father observed the saying.
• Josephs dream was from God and it made Jacob
  think as he too had had dreams from God that had
  significant meaning.

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Jesus Made His Parents Think

• Luke 219
• But Mary kept these things and pondered them in
  her heart.
• Jesus made his parents think just as he did the
  shepherds and just about anyone he ever spoke
  with!

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Joseph Sent By His Father

• Genesis 3713-14
• And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren
  feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send
  thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
  And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether
  it be well with thy brethren, and well with the
  flocks and bring me word again. So he sent him
  out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to
  Shechem.
• Special mission
• First required obedience
• From the Valley of Hebron (a place of safety) to
  Shechem (a place of danger).

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Jesus Sent By His Father

• Over 40 times in John, Jesus mentions that His
  Father sent Him.
• 1 John 414
• And we have seen and do testify that the Father
  sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
• Hebrews 107
• Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the
  book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O
  God.
• Special mission
• First required obedience
• From the holy splendor of heaven to the moral
  darkness of this earth

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Joseph Seeking The Lost

• Genesis 3715-17
• Now a certain man found him, and there he was,
  wandering in the field. And the man asked him,
  saying, What are you seeking? So he said, I am
  seeking my brothers. Please tell me where they
  are feeding their flocks. And the man said,
  They have departed from here, for I heard them
  say, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after
  his brothers and found them in Dothan.
• Joseph sought long and hard
• His brothers had wandered far away.
• They received him with mockery and hate

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Jesus Seeking The Lost

• Luke 1910
• For the Son of man is come to seek and to save
  that which was lost.
• Jesus sought long and hard and was received even
  worse than Joseph was(Jn.111).
• Sinners had wandered even farther away, turning
  each one to his own way(Is.536).
• They treated him with more mockery and hate than
  any man ever received(Luke 2263).

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Joseph The Plot To Kill Him

• Genesis 3718-20
• And when they saw him afar off, even before he
  came near unto them, they conspired against him
  to slay him. And they said one to another,
  Behold, this dreamer cometh. Come now therefore,
  and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit,
  and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured
  him and we shall see what will become of his
  dreams.
• Premeditated planned murder
• They meant it for evil, God meant it for good
  (5020)

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Jesus The Plot To Kill Him

• Matthew 261-4
• And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all
  these sayings, he said unto his disciples, Ye
  know that after two days is the feast of the
  passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be
  crucified. Then assembled together the chief
  priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the
  people, unto the palace of the high priest, who
  was called Caiaphas, And consulted that they
  might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.
• Premeditated planned murder
• Acts 223-24
• Him being delivered by the determined purpose
  and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by
  lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death
  whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of
  death, for it was not possible that He should be
  held by it.
• They meant it for evil, God meant it for good

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Joseph Stripped And In A Pit

• Genesis 3723-25a
• And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto
  his brethren, that they stripped Joseph out of
  his coat, his coat of many colors that was on
  him And they took him, and cast him into a pit
  and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
  And they sat down to eat bread...
• Joseph stripped of his clothing by his brothers
  before they sat down to eat.
• Experienced things like thirst(no water),
  loneliness, cold at night, hot sun during the day
• Genesis 4221
• And they said one to another, We are verily
  guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the
  anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we
  would not hear therefore is this distress come
  upon us.
• Anguish in his soul

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Jesus Stripped And In A Pit

• Matthew 2728a 36
• And they stripped him...
• And sitting down they watched him there
• Jesus stripped naked.
• Experienced thirst, loneliness, mockery, cold at
  the hands of his own people.
• They sat down to keep watch, before going into
  the city to eat the passover
• Psalm 401-2
• I waited patiently for the LORD and he inclined
  unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also
  out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and
  set my feet upon a rock, and established my
  goings.
• Joseph died figuratively
• Jesus died literally

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Joseph Silent In His Trials

• No record of Joseph ever complaining
• Genesis 4221
• And they said one to another, We are verily
  guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the
  anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we
  would not hear therefore is this distress come
  upon us.
• He only pleaded for his life

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Jesus Silent In His Trials

• Isaiah 537
• He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he
  opened not his mouth he is brought as a lamb to
  the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers
  is silent, so he opened not his mouth.
• Matthew 2713-14
• Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how
  many things they witness against thee? And he
  answered him not a word insomuch that the
  governor marveled greatly.
• 1 Peter 223
• Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again
  when he suffered, he threatened not

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Joseph Forsaken

• Not just in the pit...
• Genesis 3726-27
• And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is
  it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
  Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and
  let not our hand be upon him for he is our
  brother and our flesh. And his brethren were
  content.
• Genesis 4221
• And they said one to another, We are verily
  guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the
  anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we
  would not hear therefore is this distress come
  upon us.
• Though he was their own brother, it meant little
  as they treated him with hatred and contempt.

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Jesus Forsaken

• Matthew 2746
• And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud
  voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that
  is to say, My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken
  me?
• Jesus was forsaken not only by His brethren, but
  by His Father God Almighty.
• What did God forsaking Jesus mean for us? (Heb.
  135)

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Joseph Betrayed for Silver

• Genesis 3727-28
• Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites,
  and let not our hand be upon him for he is our
  brother and our flesh. And his brethren were
  content. Then there passed by Midianites
  merchantmen and they drew and lifted up Joseph
  out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the
  Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver and they
  brought Joseph into Egypt.
• An action motivated by greed and hate
• An alibi that excused their sin as if it were a
  favor

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Jesus Betrayed for Silver

• Matthew 2615-16
• And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I
  will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted
  with him for thirty pieces of silver. And from
  that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
• An action motivated by greed (Judas) and hate
  (the Jews)
• Matthew 2648-50
• Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign,
  saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he
  hold him fast. And forthwith he came to Jesus,
  and said, Hail, master and kissed him. And Jesus
  said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come?
• A close friendship and a betrayal disguised with
  a kiss!

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Joseph Risen

• Genesis 3728
• Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen and
  they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit
• Genesis 3729
• And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold,
  Joseph was not in the pit
• God protected Joseph and brought great blessing
  to him
• Joseph was not forsaken by God and he did not die
• God didnt leave him in the pit, because He had
  plans for him!

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Jesus Risen

• Mark 166
• but he said to them, Be not alarmed. Ye seek
  Jesus, the Nazarene, the crucified one. He is
  risen, he is not here behold the place where
  they had put him.
• God did not spare Jesus, but He did spare us from
  death!
• Joseph was forsaken by God and He did die
• God didnt leave Jesus in the grave, because He
  had plans for him!

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Joseph Blood to Show His Death

• Genesis 3731-33
• And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of
  the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood And
  they sent the coat of many colors, and they
  brought it to their father and said, This have
  we found know now whether it be thy son's coat
  or no. And he knew it, and said, It is my son's
  coat an evil beast hath devoured him Joseph is
  without doubt rent in pieces.
• The trickster was tricked, thinking Joseph was
  dead

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Jesus Blood to Show His Death

• Hebrews 912
• Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by
  his own blood he entered in once into the holy
  place, having obtained eternal redemption for
  us.
• Christs blood has been presented to His Father
  and to all, to bear witness of His death.
• It is no deception. With Jesus it really
  happened.

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Genesis 39

• Joseph a Slave Prisoner
• in Egypt

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Joseph Brought To Egypt

• Genesis 391
• And Joseph was brought down to Egypt and
  Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the
  guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of
  the Ishmaelites, which had brought him down
  thither.
• A special trip to Egypt which saved his life.
• God had more than one reason to use Joseph in
  Egypt as part of His divine plan.

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Jesus Brought To Egypt

• Hosea 111
• Out of Egypt I called my Son.
• Matt. 213-15
• And when they were departed, behold, the angel
  of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream,
  saying, Arise, and take the young child and his
  mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there
  until I bring thee word for Herod will seek the
  young child to destroy him. When he arose, he
  took the young child and his mother by night, and
  departed into Egypt And was there until the
  death of Herod that it might be fulfilled which
  was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
  Out of Egypt have I called my son.
• A special trip to Egypt which saved his life.
• Jesus was to die by the hands of murderous
  sinners, but His time had not yet come.

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Joseph A Bondservant

• Genesis 391,4
• And Joseph was brought down to Egypt and
  Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the
  guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of
  the Ishmaelites, which had brought him down
  thither.
• And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he
  served him and he made him overseer over his
  house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
  
• Joseph became a servant of Potiphar, an officer
  of Pharoah.
• He was also a bondslave, because he was paid for
  and belonged to Potiphar but was not paid.

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Jesus A Bondservant

• Phil. 27
• But made himself of no reputation, taking the
  form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness
  of men.
• Matt. 2028
• as indeed the Son of man did not come to be
  served, but to serve, and to give his life a
  ransom for many.
• Jesus, the King of kings served better than any
  servant. But His greatest act of service was when
  he died for all.
• He is like the Hebrew slaves who could have had
  freedom but instead said, I love my master. I
  will not go out free. (Ex. 215)

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Joseph Treated Better by the Gentiles

• Gen. 13-4
• And his master saw that Jehovah was with him,
  and that Jehovah made all that he did to prosper
  in his hand. And Joseph found favor in his eyes,
  and attended on him and he set him over his
  house, and all that he had he gave into his
  hand.
• Josephs own brothers had hated him and sold him.
• In Egypt he was given a home by the Gentiles.
• Those his people despised were the ones to give
  Joseph a place to prosper.

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Jesus Treated Better by the Gentiles

• Lk. 79
• I say to you, I have not found such great faith,
  not even in Israel
• Lk. 1715-16
• And one of them, seeing that he was cured,
  turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice,
  and fell on his face at his feet giving him
  thanks and he was a Samaritan.
• Matt. 2754
• Truly this man was the Son of God
• Delivered to be crucified by the Jewish leaders
• It was Gentiles who were more receptive to Him,
  even than his own people!
• John 111 He came to His own, and His own
  received Him not.

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Joseph Power Prominence

• Gen. 392-5
• And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a
  prosperous man and he was in the house of his
  master the Egyptian. And his master saw that
  Jehovah was with him, and that Jehovah made all
  that he did to prosper in his hand. And Joseph
  found favor in his eyes, and attended on him and
  he set him over his house, and all that he had he
  gave into his hand. And it came to pass from the
  time that he had made him overseer in his house,
  and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed
  the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake and the
  blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in
  the house, and in the field.
• Joseph, despite his circumstances found success
  at all he did.
• The Lord made Him prosper.
• Even when Joseph was later imprisoned we learn
  that Joseph prospered even more (vs.21-23), and
  rose to be 2nd in the land of Egypt (4140).
• Verse 5 indicates that not only did God bless
  Joseph, but also those whose lives he touched!

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Jesus Power Prominence

• Phil. 29-11
• Therefore God also hath highly exalted him, and
  given him a name which is above every name That
  at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of
  things in heaven, and things in earth, and things
  under the earth And that every tongue should
  confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory
  of God the Father.
• Jesus also had much greater power and prominence
  than even Joseph, because in dwelt all the
  fullness of the Godhead! (Col. 29)
• Just as Pharoah realized the Spirit of God was in
  Joseph, (Gen. 4138) so also Nicodemus said No
  one can do these signs that you do unless God is
  with Him (Jn. 32).
• Jesus was the best blessing that ever happened to
  all those whose lives He touched.

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Joseph Faced Strong Temptation

• Gen. 397-12a
• And it came to pass after these things, that his
  master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph, and said,
  Lie with me! But he refused, and said to his
  master's wife, Behold, my master takes cognizance
  of nothing with me what is in the house, and all
  that he has, he has given into my hand. There is
  none greater in this house than I neither has he
  withheld anything from me but thee, because thou
  art his wife and how should I do this great
  wickedness, and sin against God? And it came to
  pass as she spoke to Joseph day by day and he
  hearkened not to her, to lie with her and to be
  with her, that on a certain day he went into the
  house to do his business, and there was none of
  the men of the house there in the house. Then she
  caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me!
  
• The lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and
  the pride of life.
• Not just once, but for days
• Faced circumstances where it may have seemed
  harmless
• The 2nd coat which caused him trouble, but
  through no fault of his own.

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Jesus Faced Strong Temptation

• Hebrews 415
• For we have not an high priest which cannot be
  touched with the feeling of our infirmities but
  was in all points tempted like as we are, yet
  without sin.
• Matthew 41-11 Jesus Temptation
• The lust of the eyes worship me and get the
  kingdoms of this world
• the lust of the flesh command these stones to
  become bread
• the pride of life tempt God by jumping from the
  temple pinnacle
• Jesus was tempted from without, but could not be
  tempted from within, because in Him there is no
  sin.

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Joseph A Man of Purity and Integrity

• Gen. 3912b
• ...and he left his garment in her hand, and
  fled, and got him out.
• Joseph had strong reasons to resist temptation
• His mater trusted him (vs. 8)
• He had an esteemed position (vs. 9a)
• The woman was married to his master (vs. 9b)
• It would be sin against not just Potiphar, but
  God! (vs. 9b)
• Paul reminds us in 1 Thess. 522 to flee every
  appearance of evil.

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Jesus A Man of Purity and Integrity

• 1 John 35
• And ye know that he was manifested to take away
  our sins and in him is no sin.
• Jesus had strong reasons to resist temptation
• His faithfulness and obedience to God required it
• To yield would be to sin, and would show him to
  be unholy, disqualifying Him from the very
  purpose for which He came into the world. To be
  the Savior of sinners.
• It would have discredited the Word of God and the
  prophecies concerning His sinless humanity.
• 2 Corinthians 521 For He made Him who knew no
  sin, to be sin for us that we might become the
  righteousness of God in Him.

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Joseph Suffered for Righteousness Sake

• Gen. 3913-20
• And it came to pass, when she saw that he had
  left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
  that she called unto the men of her house, and
  spoke unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in
  an Hebrew unto us to mock us he came in unto me
  to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice
  And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted
  up my voice and cried, that he left his garment
  with me, and fled, and got him out. And she laid
  up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
  And she spoke unto him according to these words,
  saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast
  brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me And
  it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and
  cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled
  out. And it came to pass, when his master heard
  the words of his wife, which she spoke unto him,
  saying, After this manner did thy servant to me
  that his wrath was kindled. And Joseph's master
  took him, and put him into the prison, a place
  where the king's prisoners were bound and he was
  there in the prison.
• Falsely accused
• Innocently punished

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Jesus Suffered for Righteousness Sake

• 1 Pet. 219-21
• For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience
  toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
  For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for
  your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if,
  when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it
  patiently, this is acceptable with God. For even
  hereunto were ye called because Christ also
  suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye
  should follow his steps.
• No one ever suffered more than our beloved Lord,
  let alone suffered righteously.
• He was falsely accused, and innocently punished a
  thousand times worse.

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Genesis 40

• Prisoners Dreams

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Joseph Numbered With Transgressors

• Gen. 401-4
• And it came to pass after these things, that the
  butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had
  offended their lord the king of Egypt. And
  Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers,
  against the chief of the butlers, and against the
  chief of the bakers. And he put them in ward in
  the house of the captain of the guard, into the
  prison, the place where Joseph was bound. And the
  captain of the life-guard appointed Joseph to
  them, that he should attend on them. And they
  were several days in custody.
• Punished with two criminals
• 1 was unjustly punished
• Treated unjustly though likely it was known he
  was innocent!

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Jesus Numbered With Transgressors

• Lk. 2332,40-41
• Now two others also, malefactors, were led with
  him to be put to death.
• Dost thou too not fear God, thou that art under
  the same judgment?
• ...and we indeed justly, for we receive the just
  recompense of what we have done but this man has
  done nothing wrong.
• Isaiah 5312
• ...because he hath poured out his soul unto
  death and he was numbered with the
  transgressors and he bare the sin of many, and
  made intercession for the transgressors.
• Punished with two criminals
• Only 1 was unjustly punished
• Treated unjustly though likely it was known he
  was innocent!

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Joseph Foretold The Future

• Gen. 408,12-13, 18-19
• And they said to him, We have dreamt a dream,
  and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph
  said to them, Do not interpretations belong to
  God? tell me your dreams , I pray you.
• And Joseph said to him, This is the
  interpretation of it the three branches are
  three days. In yet three days will Pharaoh lift
  up thy head and restore thee to thy place, and
  thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand,
  after the former manner when thou wast his
  cup-bearer...
• ...And Joseph answered and said, This is the
  interpretation of it the three baskets are three
  days. In yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy
  head from off thee, and hang thee on a tree and
  the birds will eat thy flesh from off thee.
• Received accurate interpreting power from God
• Gave credit to God
• God used him to reveal the future

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Jesus Foretold The Future

• Mark 831
• And he began to teach them, that the Son of man
  must suffer many things, and be rejected of the
  elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes,
  and be killed, and after three days rise again.
• Jn. 174
• I have glorified thee on the earth I have
  finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
• Received accurate interpreting power from God
• Gave credit to God
• God in flesh foretold the future

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Joseph Asked to be Remembered

• Gen. 4014
• But remember me when it is well with you, and
  please show kindness to me make mention of me to
  Pharaoh, and get me out of this house.
• A fair request, considering what he did for them
• To oblige would be the least they could do
• Occupations seem more than a coincidence
• Butler (wine taster)
• Baker (bread maker)

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Jesus Asked to be Remembered

• Luke 221719
• And having received a cup, when he had given
  thanks he said, Take this and divide it among
  yourselves. And having taken bread, when he had
  given thanks, he broke it , and gave it to them,
  saying, This is my body which is given for you
  this do in remembrance of me.
• A fair request, considering what He has done for
  us
• To oblige would be the least that we can do
• Taking the emblems isnt our occupation, but our
  expression of obedience and worship.
• Bread His body, broken and torn
• Cup His blood, flowed freely to cleanse all our
  sin

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Psalm 10517-24

• The Palmists Reflections on Joseph

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Joseph Hurt with Iron Fetters

• Psalm 10518
• Whose feet they hurt with fetters he was laid
  in iron
• Psalm 10519a
• Until the time that his word came...
• Psalm 10519b
• ... the word of the LORD tried him.

Joseph His Time Had Not Yet Come
Joseph Tested by the Word of the Lord
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Jesus Hurt with Iron Fetters

• John 2025
• Unless I see in his hands the print of the
  nails...
• (likely made of iron, but they were much more
  than fetters!)
• John 730
• Then they sought to take him but no man laid
  hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
• Hebrews 415b
• ...was in all points tempted like we are, yet
  without sin.

Jesus His Time Had Not Yet Come
Jesus Tested by the Word of the Lord
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Genesis 41

• Joseph Before Pharaoh
• and His Rise to Power

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Joseph A Wonderful Counselor

• Gen. 4116
• And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not
  in me God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
• Gen. 4133-39
• And now let Pharaoh look himself out a man
  discreet and wise, and set him over the land of
  Egypt. Let Pharaoh do this let him appoint
  overseers over the land, and take the fifth part
  of the land of Egypt during the seven years of
  plenty, and let them gather all the food of these
  coming good years, and lay up corn under the hand
  of Pharaoh, for food in the cities, and keep it .
  And let the food be as store for the land for the
  seven years of famine, which will be in the land
  of Egypt, that the land perish not through the
  famine. And the word was good in the eyes of
  Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his bondmen. And
  Pharaoh said to his bondmen, Shall we find one as
  this, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? And
  Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God has made all
  this known to thee, there is none so discreet and
  wise as thou.
• Gave discrete and wise counsel
• Gave honor to the Lord again

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Jesus A Wonderful Counselor

• Isaiah 96
• For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is
  given and the government shall be upon his
  shoulder and his name is called Wonderful,
  Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity,
  Prince of Peace.
• Romans 1134
• For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who
  has been his counsellor?
• Psalm 167-8
• I will bless Jehovah, who giveth me counsel
  even in the nights my reins instruct me. I have
  set Jehovah continually before me

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Joseph Had the Spirit of God

• Gen. 4138-39
• And Pharaoh said to his bondmen, Shall we find
  one as this, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
  And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God has made
  all this known to thee, there is none so discreet
  and wise as thou.
• Josephs life was clearly influenced by the
  Spirit of God
• Even the pagans could see his testimony as with
  Daniel

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Jesus Had the Spirit of God

• Luke 418
• The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he
  hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the
  poor he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted,
  to preach deliverance to the captives, and
  recovering of sight to the blind, to set at
  liberty them that are bruised
• Jesus as Gods Son when He took on humanity had
  always upon Himself the Spirit of God
• Here He quoted Isaiahs prophecy applying it to
  Himself as the Spirit of God personified.

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Joseph Up From the Depths

• Gen. 4140-45
• Thou shalt be over my house, and according to
  thy commandment shall all my people regulate
  themselves only concerning the throne will I be
  greater than thou. And Pharaoh said to Joseph,
  See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
  And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and
  put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in
  clothes of fine linen, and put a gold chain on
  his neck. And he caused him to ride in the second
  chariot that he had and they cried before him,
  Bow the knee! and he set him over all the land of
  Egypt. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh
  and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or
  his foot in all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh
  called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah, and gave
  him as wife Asnath the daughter of Potipherah the
  priest in On. And Joseph went out over the land
  of Egypt.
• From the pit to the palace
• Authority
• Royalty
• Distinguished Honor
• Lord over all Egypt!

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Jesus Up From the Depths

• Eph. 120-23
• In which he wrought in the Christ in raising him
  from among the dead, and he set him down at his
  right hand in the heavenlies, above every
  principality, and authority, and power, and
  dominion, and every name named, not only in this
  age, but also in that to come and has put all
  things under his feet, and gave him to be head
  over all things to the assembly, which is his
  body, the fullness of him who fills all in all
• From the tomb to the throne
• Times Noblest Name
• All glory, honor, power for all time
• Lord over all the universe!

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Joseph Bow the Knee

• Gen. 4143
• And he caused him to ride in the second chariot
  that he had and they cried before him, Bow the
  knee! and he set him over all the land of Egypt.

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Joseph Bow the Knee

• Gen. 4143
• And he caused him to ride in the second chariot
  that he had and they cried before him, Bow the
  knee! and he set him over all the land of Egypt.
• Phil. 210-11
• That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
  of things in heaven, and things in earth, and
  things under the earth
• Note of Application (Psalm 956)
• Come let us worship and bow down!

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Joseph Age 30

• Gen. 4146
• And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood
  before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out
  from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout
  all the land of Egypt.

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Joseph Age 30

• Gen. 4146
• And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood
  before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out
  from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout
  all the land of Egypt.
• Luke 323
• Jesus began His ministry at about 30 years of
  age.
• Note of application (Is. 464, 1 Tim. 412)
• Even to your old age and gray hairs...
• Let no one despise your youth...

Jesus Age 30
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Joseph Forget Be Fruitful

• Gen. 4151-52
• And Joseph called the name of the firstborn
  Manasseh For God, said he, hath made me forget
  all my toil, and all my father's house. And the
  name of the second called he Ephraim For God
  hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my
  affliction.
• Manasseh means forgetting
• Ephraim means fruitfulness
• The Lord blessed Joseph by helping him forget his
  troubles, sorrows and the wrongs done against
  him, causing him to be fruitful instead.

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Jesus Forget Be Fruitful

• Heb. 812
• For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness,
  and their sins and their iniquities will I
  remember no more.
• John 154
• Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot
  bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the
  vine no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
• Note of application (Jn. 1224)
• If it dies, it bringth forth much fruit!

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Josephs Time 7 Years of Famine

• Gen. 4154
• And the seven years of dearth began to come,
  according as Joseph had said and the dearth was
  in all lands but in all the land of Egypt there
  was bread.

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Josephs Time 7 Years of Famine

• Gen. 4154
• And the seven years of famine began to come,
  according as Joseph had said and the dearth was
  in all lands but in all the land of Egypt there
  was bread.
• Notice the comparison of the timelines!

Yet to come 7 Years of Tribulation
Josephs Time Yet to Come
7 Years Plenty (get ready) Church Age - get ready! (Rev. 197, Jn. 6)
Joseph gets Gentile Bride Pre-Trib. Rapture of Bride of Christ! (1 Thes. 417)
7 years of Famine 7 Years of Tribulation (Dan. 927)
Joseph made known to brethren Christ 2nd Advent (Lk. 2127)
Joseph cares for bros. in Goshen Messiah cares for His own for 1000 years (Rev. 20)
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Joseph Go to Him!

• Gen. 4155
• And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the
  people cried to Pharaoh for bread and Pharaoh
  said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph what
  he saith to you, do.

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Joseph Go to Him!

• Gen. 4155
• And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the
  people cried to Pharaoh for bread and Pharaoh
  said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph what
  he saith to you, do.
• John 32
• He came to Jesus at night...
• Note of application (John. 25)
• Whatever He says to you, do it!

Jesus Go to Him!
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Joseph Savior of the World

• Gen. 4155-57
• And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the
  people cried to Pharaoh for bread and Pharaoh
  said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph what
  he saith to you, do. And the famine was over all
  the face of the earth And Joseph opened all the
  storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians and the
  famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. And all
  countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy
  corn because that the famine was so sore in all
  lands.
• Joseph had the only life-sustaining bread!

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Jesus Savior of the World

• John 635
• And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of
  life he that cometh to me shall never hunger
  and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
• Note of application (Matt. 44)
• Man shall not live by bread alone,
• but by every word that proceedeth out of the
  mouth of God

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Genesis 42

• Josephs Brothers
• Come to Egypt

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Joseph Unrecognized

• Gen. 428
• And Joseph knew his brethren, but they did not
  know him.

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Joseph Unrecognized

• Gen. 428
• And Joseph knew his brethren, but they did not
  know him.
• Joh 214
• And early morn already breaking, Jesus stood on
  the shore the disciples however did not know
  that it was Jesus.
• Note of application (1 Cor. 22)
• For I determined not to know any thing among
  you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

Jesus Unrecognized
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Josephs Brethren Guilty for Blood

• Gen. 4222
• And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not
  unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child
  and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also
  his blood is required of us.

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Josephs Brethren Guilty for Blood

• Gen. 4222
• And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not
  unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child
  and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also
  his blood is required of us.
• Matt. 2725
• His blood be on us and on our children!
• Note of application (Zech. 1210)
• They will look on Him whom they pierced... and
  weep for Him.

Jesus People Guilty for Blood
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Joseph Understood Secrets

• Gen. 4222
• And they knew not that Joseph understood them
  for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

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Joseph Understood Secrets

• Gen. 4222
• And they knew not that Joseph understood them
  for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
• Mark 28
• And immediately when Jesus perceived in his
  spirit that they so reasoned within themselves,
  he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in
  your hearts?
• Note of application (Ps. 695)
• O God, thou knowest my foolishness
• and my sins are not hid from Thee.

Jesus Understood Secrets
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Joseph Gave a Feast

• Gen. 4315-16
• And the men took that present, and they took
  double money in their hand, and Benjamin and
  rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before
  Joseph. And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them,
  he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these
  men home, and slay, and make ready for these men
  shall dine with me at noon.

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Joseph Gave a Feast

• Gen. 4315-16
• And the men took that present, and they took
  double money in their hand, and Benjamin and
  rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before
  Joseph. And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them,
  he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these
  men home, and slay, and make ready for these men
  shall dine with me at noon.
• Rev. 199
• And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they
  which are called unto the marriage supper of the
  Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true
  sayings of God.
• Note of application (Rev. 197)
• Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to
  him for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and
  his wife hath made herself ready.

Jesus Gives a Feast
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Joseph Dreams Fulfilled

• Gen. 4326
• And when Joseph came home, they brought him the
  present which was in their hand into the house,
  and bowed themselves to him to the earth.

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Joseph Dreams Fulfilled

• Gen. 4326
• And when Joseph came home, they brought him the
  present which was in their hand into the house,
  and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
• 1/3 of Scripture!
• This event anticipates the time when a remnant of
  Israel will acknowledge the Lord Jesus to be
  their Messiah-Savior.
• Note of application (1 Thess. 520)
• Do not lightly esteem prophecies.

Jesus Prophecies Fulfilled
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Joseph Tears of Joy

• Gen. 4330
• Joseph hurried out for he was deeply stirred
  over his brother, and he sought a place to weep
  and he entered his chamber and wept there.

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Joseph Tears of Joy

• Gen. 4330
• Joseph hurried out for he was deeply stirred
  over his brother, and he sought a place to weep
  and he entered his chamber and wept there.
• Jn. 1135
• Jesus wept.
• Note of application (2 Tim. 14)
• ...earnestly desiring to see thee, remembering
  thy tears,
• that I may be filled with joy.

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• I am crucified with Christ nevertheless I live
  yet not I, but Christ lives in me and the life
  which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith
  of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself
  for me.
• Galatians 220