Title: The Glory of Joseph/Genesis 40-41
Chapter 18 The Glory of Joseph
Although Joseph was imprisoned, he was blessed by God
All the afflictions that came upon him were for his good.
Here, focusing on Genesis 41, how did his future prosper from now on?
I would like to tell you how he became the prime minister, the great ruler of Egypt.
In Genesis 40-41, there are two dream stories. One of the prisoners of Egypt
The dream that the two rulers saw, and the other dream that Pharaoh the king of Egypt had afterward.
First, it happened in prison. One morning in prison, the two ministers were troubled
immersed in the heart "Why do you have a light of sorrow?" Joseph asked.
“We have had a dream, and no one can interpret it.” Joseph said to them
"Isn't the interpretation from God, please tell me?"
As it was written in detail, Joseph interpreted the dream, and according to the dream, the chief steward of the bread
was killed, and the cupbearer was freed and returned to office.
According to Genesis 41, two years later, King Pharaoh had another dream.
As it is written in the text, in a dream he was standing by the banks of the Nile, saying, “I saw him beautiful and fat.
Seven cows came up from the river, and ate in the reeds, and after that, they were ferocious and flies
One and seven cows ate the beautiful and fat one... and Pharaoh awoke immediately.
He fell asleep and had a dream, and seven heads of ears were lush and faithful on one stalk.
Then seven heads of ears, thin and weak and withered, grew,
and swallowed up the faithful ears."
This dream had a great shock to Pharaoh. He killed all the wise men of Egypt.
He called in, but no one could interpret the dream. The meaning of that dream is 7 years in the whole world
God's revelation that there will be a great harvest and another great famine in the next seven years.
no one knew
Only then did he think of Joseph in prison, which the butler had forgotten. Joseph the dream
interpreted As a result, he was loved by the king and finally became the prime minister of Egypt.
All. In Genesis 41:38 and below, Pharaoh's words, "In the same way, a man moved by the Spirit of God
How can we get.... God has shown you all things.
There is no one so lucid and wise.” And the continuation is, “You must attack my house.
Li Hara. All my people will obey your commands, and the only thing I have set before you is the throne.
for I am making you ruler over all the land of Egypt."
and put it on Joseph's hand, and put a gold chain around his neck, and clothed him in linen, and put Pharaoh's
They put him on a cart and made all the people fall on their faces. This fact is that the king of Egypt
This shows that he has handed over his entire authority to Joseph. In this way, Joseph is unprecedented
I have ascended to a position of honor.
Here, rather than the incident itself, I want to tell you one Bible truth behind it
do. It can be said that God's sovereignty on earth and His providence revealed behind the text.
will be.
In Genesis 41:7,8, "Pharaoh woke up to a dream. In the morning his heart was troubled."
there is a saying Who was it that troubled Pharaoh's heart so much after he had dreamed?
Who was it that troubled his heart, where there is no fear in the world?
Proverbs 21:1 says, “The heart of a king is in the hand of the Lord, like waters of a river.
He leads you there."
The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord. As if God set the heart of the king
said to be in the hands of As if God ruled the king's heart,
They said that they could move freely together and they could pour. Why are people in Proverbs
Would you say "the king's heart" instead of saying that the heart is in the hands of the Lord? that is
To express the sovereignty of God who is higher than the sovereignty of kings, who is the King of kings.
to be. This phrase is found elsewhere in the Bible. Esther 6:1 says, “This night the king slept
He was not coming, so he commanded him to bring the chronicles of the book and read it before him.”
That is the word of God. This is the famous Persian king Ahasuerus, the Jew
He made a plan to slaughter all the Jews and his people, and now it is done.
Telling the motives of how you came to save them from a moment of ignorance
to be. If King Ahasuerus fell asleep at this time, Mordecai and all the Jews would be punished.
All would have been annihilated. But the strange thing is that the king fell asleep that night.
made it not The Bible refers to this as God's providence to save the Jews.
teaching that it was
In short, these kings who rule the world cannot sleep and fall asleep.
There is one who makes them dream, who troubles their hearts, and who makes them torment.
The Bible teaches that he is Jehovah God.
"The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, like water in a river, and he leads
you do."
God caused King Pharaoh to have a dream and to trouble him, so that he
I made him find Joseph, made him love him, and made him finally come to Egypt.
He opened the way for him to rise to the throne of God is the authority on earth
It wasn't just the heart of the king who captured the . An evil spirit that has taken over the power of the air (evil devil)
Today's text also tells us how he protected Joseph as he presided over them.
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Now consider this fact. First, the devil Satan sent Joseph through Potiphar's wife.
He tried to keep them away, and to make them sin so that they would not become the saviors of Israel.
Tried to knock Joseph down. But when his plans failed, Satan
made him go to jail It was to destroy Joseph.
But in Genesis 39:20, "Joseph was in prison, but the LORD was with him.
...." Satan did not overcome the Beloved Son of God.
But Satan's actions did not stop. Joseph, in prison, with the chief of bread
Joseph is more famous when he interprets the cupbearer's dream and it comes true.
lost. How happy the minister in charge was. But after the minister came out of prison
Then Satan made him forget Joseph. Clearly, Genesis 40:23 says, “At the drinker,
Chief Silver did not remember Joseph, he forgot."
How could the minister, who was so delighted, forget Joseph? If he
Had he been remembered and not forgotten, he would have made Joseph out of prison.
He had such power. Obviously, Joseph would do so, the minister
had petitioned for Genesis 40:14 Joseph asked the cupbearer, "You
When this man goes out and succeeds, he thinks of me and shows kindness to me and tells Pharaoh about my circumstances.
And deliver me from this prison. I am brought from the land of the Hebrews,
I have not done anything worthy of imprisonment in prison." This is what Joseph said in the commander's office.
It was a ferocious petition. But Satan worked in the mind of the minister, and he could not remember Joseph.
made me forget it. By doing so, Joseph was imprisoned forever.
did. This must have been a great misfortune for Joseph. but the latter
Looking back, how unfortunate was this. At that time, if the governor had
Had he remembered and brought him out of prison immediately, Joseph would not have been the prime minister of Egypt.
would have done Then, if he had come out into the world as a body of freedom,
Joseph would not have stayed in Egypt and would have left. transportation or geographical conditions at the time.
Judging from the facts, Pharaoh would not have been able to find Joseph again.
The fact is that Joseph remained in prison until Pharaoh had a dream.
I don't know how necessary or useful it was.
The very poem Satan intended to keep Joseph in prison with eternal chains tied to his feet.
Even at that time, Jehovah God was the way to control evil,
It was a way to ship. God, who has all authority in heaven and on earth,
He provides for all things to work together for the good of His children. do this
Finally, Joseph became the great chieftain of Egypt. ascended to the throne of glory
will be.