{"id":155853,"date":"2022-10-10T07:26:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T12:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/?p=155853"},"modified":"2022-10-10T07:24:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T12:24:05","slug":"39-h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/10\/39-h\/","title":{"rendered":"39.h. \u201cJoseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Genesis 45:21 \u00a0 <\/span>The sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the command of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey. To each and all of them he gave a change of clothes, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five changes of clothes. To his father he sent as follows: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and provision for his father on the journey. Then he sent his brothers away, and as they departed, he said to them, \u201cDo not quarrel on the way.\u201d So they went up out of Egypt and came to the land of Canaan to their father Jacob. And they told him, \u201cJoseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.\u201d And his heart became numb, for he did not believe them. But when they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived. And Israel said, \u201cIt is enough; Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pharaoh was kind to Joseph, and to his relations for his sake. Egypt would make up the losses of their removal. Thus those for whom Christ intends his heavenly glory, ought not to regard the things of this world. The best of its enjoyments are but lumber; we cannot make sure of them while here, much less can we carry them away with us. Let us not set our eyes or hearts upon the world; there are better things for us in that blessed land, whither Christ, our Joseph, is gone to prepare a place. Joseph dismissed his brethren with a seasonable caution, See that ye fall not out by the way. He knew they were too apt to be quarrelsome; and having forgiven them all, he lays this charge upon them, not to upbraid one another. This command our Lord Jesus has given to us, that we love one another, and that whatever happens, or has happened, we fall not out. For we are brethren, we have all one Father. We are all guilty, and instead of quarrelling with one another, have reason to fall out with ourselves. We are, or hope to be, forgiven of God, whom we have all offended, and, therefore, should be ready to forgive one another. We are by the way, a way through the land of Egypt, where we have many eyes upon us, that seek advantage against us; a way that leads to the heavenly Canaan, where we hope to be for ever in perfect peace. (Henry)<\/p>\n

I like how Henry communicates the correlation to Jesus who:<\/p>\n

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  1. Who is still alive<\/li>\n
  2. Who goes before us to make a way for us.<\/li>\n
  3. Who will forgive us if we confess our sin<\/li>\n
  4. Who is waiting for us<\/li>\n
  5. Who give us instruction<\/li>\n
  6. Who is happy to see us come to Him<\/li>\n
  7. Who followed God’s will for His life so that we might live<\/li>\n
  8. Who is able to overcome worldly trials<\/li>\n
  9. Who makes all things work together for good to them who are called by Him<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Genesis 45:21 \u00a0 The sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the command of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey. To each and all of them he gave a change of clothes, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five changes of … Continue reading “39.h. \u201cJoseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.\u201d”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155853"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156087,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155853\/revisions\/156087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}