Title: Joseph sold to Egypt / Genesis 37
Genesis 37 - Joseph is sold to Egypt
It is only now, in chapter 37, that Jacob's father has died, and his time has come when he
Be heir, he becomes ruler, his age. in the true sense
Since it expresses the beginning of Jacob's work, it is said, 'This is the book of Jacob'.
do. However, the pharmacopoeia of Jacob is mentioned and the story of Joseph comes out. after
Although the matter is directly related to Joseph, the writer of Genesis
Treats the minutes as Jacob's history. And does Genesis end with the death of Jacob?
All.
* Joseph (beginning in Genesis 37): It begins with the pharmacopoeia of Jacob. father is alive
The history of the children when they were there belongs to the father's pharmacopoeia. Jacob's History
The history of Israel as heirs of the kingdom. In fact, it was the role of one individual Joseph.
It starts with sa. But the meaning revealed in that individual's success is God's plan
is the realization of The beginning of the history of Joseph was expressed as the history of Jacob.
It tells us from what perspective we should look at the history of Joseph. Jacob's
History is already mirrored in the name of Israel. Thus, the history of Joseph is
Israel's history. The history of Jacob is the history of Jacob and his sons.
All. So this is the history of God's people. The history of the people of Israel
However, it proceeds as an individual's history, and especially Joseph's dream is very similar to Joseph's individual.
have a close relationship. In other words, what position did Joseph hold among his brothers in the future?
It seems to be a very personal thing about whether to occupy the So one individual
It seems to be about the godliness and prosperity of Joseph, so he pays tribute to Joseph's personal history to God.
It can be seen that when we obey, it ends with personal achievement. But
Joseph's personal success is not mere meaning. First, the history of Joseph.
It is my history. What kind of plan does God have and it is a dream
Revelation, and God be with you and help you make that plan come true.
is. God's help does not guarantee more than an individual's history.
is. However, the history up to chapter 36 has no interest in who will be the heir.
about who will inherit the kingdom of God
It ends with 'Israel'. Therefore, the history of Joseph is not a personal history.
And it is deeply connected with the history of the kingdom of God. this is God's plan
It is a history that was accomplished through love, help, and guidance. Joseph's personal history has one purpose
This is not a human achievement, but a history deeply related to the history of the kingdom of God.
The significance of that history can be seen from Joseph's later words to his brothers:
I did. 'May you be blessed by God for your sake and for the remnant.
To fulfill your purpose, to make you into a great people,
He sent you first,' says Joseph. 'It's not what you sent.
And God sent me' (45:6). The history of Joseph is the story of Joseph's individual obedience and
There is no meaning in the new moon, but Israel, who is determined to be the heir of God.
to preserve, to preserve the kingdom of God, and to preserve the life of the kingdom of God.
The great purpose is in the history of Joseph. Therefore, this story of Joseph or the Old Testament
When you moralize the Bible, you lose this real great purpose. Joseph
The true meaning of one's life was revealed to God in order to protect Israel.
was first sent to Egypt. Is this an important point of view from the redemptive history perspective
All. Do you see the history of the Bible as the history of Israel, not as a personal history?
All. Of course, in this biblical history, we can also find instructive meaning of personal life.
But you should always know what the true true meaning of that person's life is.
All. Is the meaning of Joseph's life really meaningful in fulfilling God's work?
All. Joseph was used as an instrument of God (sending a remnant to save).
The salvation of Jacob's family depends on God's promise. That is, the kingdom of God
Salvation related to existence. Egypt and the Gentiles benefited through Joseph.
All. Joseph writes his history in the history of Israel, which was decided to inherit the kingdom of God.
I see it as history.
Chapter 46 Jacob hesitates to leave Beersheba and makes sacrifices to God.
Jacob remembered his father's words, that he should not leave this promised land, and
It seems that he hesitated even though there was Cheong. But Jacob's whole family
go down to God appears from Beersheba and promises.
46:3-4 It is Abraham's promise to go down to Egypt and is part of that promise.
Says. He speaks of God's plan and kingdom building related to the migration to Egypt.
The promise made to Abraham is confirmed and fulfilled. to Egypt through Joseph
Descending is the history of the realization of the kingdom promised to Abraham. the nation of israel
This is God's plan to make them into a great nation in the fertile land of Egypt.
The Joseph case is about how the Jacob family, chosen as the people of God's kingdom, came to Egypt.
It shows that you have gone and that you will become a great nation (prepared for great salvation)
history). The Egyptian migration incident was not just a family trying to escape a famine.
Realization of God's plan to make Israel into a great nation in Egypt in the future
(realization of the kingdom God promised to Abraham). This chieftain
It becomes the background of the Exodus. The history that God planned and led, God gave
A history that has been criticized and used.
We do not view the personal history of the Bible in a mere sense, but rather the Kingdom of God.
We have to see the history of those who are used as participants in the sermon. history of each part
Another part of the connection for the channel. Therefore, the individual in the Bible
The history should be viewed as follows. The history of redemption participating in the realization of the kingdom
A part, the life and history used for the realization of the kingdom, the preparation station for the history of redemption
four. Personal history is a channel that connects the next stage of the history of redemption.
Joseph is the history (longitudinal) linking the patriarch and the Exodus event, and
It is the history (horizontal) that connects (salvation) the nations. This will apply to us.
However, have a view of the history unfolding for the realization of the kingdom of God and His will.
You can't find this meaning without it. Israel as a messenger of blessing
The meaning is the connection of the salvation history of the next generation vertically and horizontally to the neighbors.
You are the messenger of God's blessings.
The statement in verse 1 introducing Jacob's history, that is, "Jacob was in the land of Canaan,
He dwelt in the land where his father lived.??Jacob now seals his father?셲 inheritance.
It means that he lived as a prisoner, and the patriarch's sojourn in Canaan was surprising to Joseph.
It implies that it has been decided as a bigger development by luck. Yo
This rare and turbulent career of Sheb began when he was 17 years old.
All. Keep an eye on his age at the beginning of the story that follows.
According to God's wonderful providence, he is concerned about the future history of his descendants (15:13ff).
was to prepare the way for the completion of the divine revelation given to Abraham.
It is introduced in connection with the sold article of Joseph.
When Joseph and his brother were tending the sheep, he was older than Leah's sons,
with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, who were like them, who
I told my father the thread. This fact and the fact that Joseph was the son of his old age,
Jacob loved him more than his sons, and this favoritism made Joseph his brother
It made them hate them.
This hatred only increased when Joseph told his brothers about his two dreams.
is. These dreams clearly point to Joseph's superiority. The first dream is his older brother
Superiority over the disciples, and the second dream is to gain superiority over the entire family of Israel.
is. It seems that the dream was repeated in an attempt to confirm it (comp.;
41:32).
In an instant, the hatred of Joseph's brothers reached the point of sin. which
When they were near Shechem, that is, far from Hebron, their flocks
and Jacob was watching Joseph to see if their brothers and their flocks were all well.
I sent it to find out, but Joseph was in the north of Samaria toward the plain of Jezreel.
When they pursued them to Dothan in
tossed into the pit and told his father that he had been killed by a wild beast.
So he devises a malicious plan to negate his dream.
Not killed by the efforts of the eldest Reuben, but not rescued, Judas his brother
He proposes to his disciples to sell Joseph to the children of Ishmael. Judas' proposal
accepted, and as the Arabs passed by, the brothers took Joseph out of the puddle
I sold him to the children of Ishmael, and they took him to Egypt. That
The work was done in the absence of Reuben.
The brothers soaked Joseph's robe in the blood of a goat and gave it to his father.
and said, "We have obtained these, and are they not the garments of the father's son?
Behold," and Jacob said, "This is my son's robe, and the evil beast is upon him.
ate it, and Joseph is certainly torn." He tore his clothes and tied his waist with sackcloth.
And for a long time we mourn for his son.
But Joseph was brought to Pharaoh by the Midianites while his father was mourning.
It was sold to the commander of the guard, and at first, according to God's amazing providence,
The ruler of Egypt, who was in a position of honor, but whose brethren would later bow down,
Exalted as the savior of the house of Israel.