Devotion 42
DEVOTION 42: “Joseph, a Type of Christ” coming out of Gen. 42
Israel will come and bow down to Jesus Christ, the One whom they rejected and crucified.
Isaiah 60:14 “The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.”
Joseph, a type of Christ meets his brothers, those who rejected and sold him, bowing down to him.
God through His Word has pointed all things to Christ, even from the genesis (the beginning).
Let’s read:
Genesis 42:1-2 “Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? [2] And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.”
Why was there corn in Egypt?
Because of Joseph (the Word of God wrapped with the Coat of Many Colors —the Holy Spirit).
The Coat of Many Colors brings Bread (the Word).
The dream of Pharaoh began with God (His Word) coming to Pharaoh, and through that Word, bread was stored in Egypt, but nowhere else.
The only thing that brings sustenance is the Word of God.
Jacob, though the father of Joseph, was not the one with the Coat of Many Colors. It was Joseph who wore the Coat of Many Colors, and was through Joseph that the bread was preserved in Egypt.
The Word and the Holy Spirit must be received to bring total spiritual and physical sustenance.
We continue our reading:
Genesis 42:3-6 “And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. [4] But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him. [5] And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. [6] And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.”
The brothers of Joseph sold their brother to avoid this outcome but it was through their selling of their brother that contributed to the outcome.
Nothing changes the plan of God. No man, no woman, no demon, no devil.
Israel had rejected Christ but will come to Him in the end because He is the only one that has grain (the Bread or Word of Life). Or else is death. The brothers of Joseph would have died if they remained in Canaan. Israel likewise will have nowhere to turn but to Christ when they go under the hot rod of the AntiChrist.
We continue our reading:
Genesis 42:7-8 “And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. [8] And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.”
Israel will stand in the presence of Jesus Christ the Messiah. He knows them but they will not recognize Him at First.
Zechariah 13:6 “And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.”
But He will soon reveal Himself to them.
We continue our reading:
Genesis 42:9-22 “And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. [10] And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. [11] We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies. [12] And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. [13] And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not. [14] And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies: [15] Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. [16] Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. [17] And he put them all together into ward three days. [18] And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God: [19] If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses: [20] But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. [21] 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. [22] 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.”
Israel will remember their sin against their Messiah. They will remember their request for His blood to be on their children.
Matthew 27:24-25 “When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. [25] Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.”
You cannot wash your hands off Jesus Christ.
His blood has been on Israel and their children this many years but a day comes when He will reveal Himself and receive them.
His blood is on anyone who hears the Word and rejects Him.
We continue our reading:
Genesis 42:23-24 “And they knew not that Joseph understood them ; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. [24] And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.”
Likewise, the Messiah will weep when Israel ultimately returns to Him.
We conclude our reading:
Genesis 42:25-38 “Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them. [26] And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. [27] And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth. [28] And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us? [29] And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying, [30] The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. [31] And we said unto him, We are true men ; we are no spies: [32] We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. [33] And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men ; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone: [34] And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land. [35] And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. [36] And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children : Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away : all these things are against me. [37] And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. [38] And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.”
The Word of God cannot fail. The Word will accomplish exactly what it intended to.
Let the Word and the Spirit bring you sustenance. Believe and confess Christ as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. The Word and the Coat with Many Colors, is our sustenance, in Christ!
Israel will come and bow down to Jesus Christ, the One whom they rejected and crucified.
Isaiah 60:14 “The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.”
Joseph, a type of Christ meets his brothers, those who rejected and sold him, bowing down to him.
God through His Word has pointed all things to Christ, even from the genesis (the beginning).
Let’s read:
Genesis 42:1-2 “Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? [2] And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.”
Why was there corn in Egypt?
Because of Joseph (the Word of God wrapped with the Coat of Many Colors —the Holy Spirit).
The Coat of Many Colors brings Bread (the Word).
The dream of Pharaoh began with God (His Word) coming to Pharaoh, and through that Word, bread was stored in Egypt, but nowhere else.
The only thing that brings sustenance is the Word of God.
Jacob, though the father of Joseph, was not the one with the Coat of Many Colors. It was Joseph who wore the Coat of Many Colors, and was through Joseph that the bread was preserved in Egypt.
The Word and the Holy Spirit must be received to bring total spiritual and physical sustenance.
We continue our reading:
Genesis 42:3-6 “And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. [4] But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him. [5] And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. [6] And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.”
The brothers of Joseph sold their brother to avoid this outcome but it was through their selling of their brother that contributed to the outcome.
Nothing changes the plan of God. No man, no woman, no demon, no devil.
Israel had rejected Christ but will come to Him in the end because He is the only one that has grain (the Bread or Word of Life). Or else is death. The brothers of Joseph would have died if they remained in Canaan. Israel likewise will have nowhere to turn but to Christ when they go under the hot rod of the AntiChrist.
We continue our reading:
Genesis 42:7-8 “And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. [8] And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.”
Israel will stand in the presence of Jesus Christ the Messiah. He knows them but they will not recognize Him at First.
Zechariah 13:6 “And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.”
But He will soon reveal Himself to them.
We continue our reading:
Genesis 42:9-22 “And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. [10] And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. [11] We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies. [12] And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. [13] And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not. [14] And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies: [15] Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. [16] Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. [17] And he put them all together into ward three days. [18] And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God: [19] If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses: [20] But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. [21] 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. [22] 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.”
Israel will remember their sin against their Messiah. They will remember their request for His blood to be on their children.
Matthew 27:24-25 “When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. [25] Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.”
You cannot wash your hands off Jesus Christ.
His blood has been on Israel and their children this many years but a day comes when He will reveal Himself and receive them.
His blood is on anyone who hears the Word and rejects Him.
We continue our reading:
Genesis 42:23-24 “And they knew not that Joseph understood them ; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. [24] And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.”
Likewise, the Messiah will weep when Israel ultimately returns to Him.
We conclude our reading:
Genesis 42:25-38 “Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them. [26] And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. [27] And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth. [28] And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us? [29] And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying, [30] The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. [31] And we said unto him, We are true men ; we are no spies: [32] We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. [33] And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men ; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone: [34] And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land. [35] And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. [36] And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children : Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away : all these things are against me. [37] And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. [38] And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.”
The Word of God cannot fail. The Word will accomplish exactly what it intended to.
Let the Word and the Spirit bring you sustenance. Believe and confess Christ as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. The Word and the Coat with Many Colors, is our sustenance, in Christ!
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