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\nGenesis 50:22\u00a0 <\/span>So Joseph remained in Egypt, he and his father’s house. Joseph lived 110 years. And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were counted as Joseph’s own. And Joseph said to his brothers, \u201cI am about to die, but God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.\u201d Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, \u201cGod will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.\u201d So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Joseph lived a life of dramatic faith. Yet in the end, this is how he was remembered in the\u00a0Hebrews 11<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Museum of Faith:\u00a0By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones\u00a0(Hebrews 11:22<\/span><\/a>). This was faith, because it trusted God\u2019s promise to His people, it knew where God\u2019s people belonged, because it looked to the future, and it proclaimed God\u2019s faithful promise in any way possible \u2013 even through a dead man\u2019s bones! This promise was fulfilled some 400 years later, when Israel left Egypt (Exodus 13:19<\/span><\/a>). This command showed that Joseph\u2019s heart was in the Promised Land. It also proved him to be a man of great faith, trusting in things not yet seen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Some promises of God take a long time to fulfill, and we must persevere in trusting God. George Mueller was a remarkable man of faith who ran orphanages in England. In a sermon preached when he was 75 years old, he said 30,000 times in his 54 years as a Christian he received the answer to prayer on the same day he prayed it. But not all his prayers were answered so quickly. He told of one prayer that he brought to God about 20,000 times over more than 11 years, and he still trusted God for the answer: \u201cI hope in God, I pray on, and look for the answer. Therefore, beloved brethren and sisters, go on waiting upon God, go on praying.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Joseph died looking forward to God\u2019s unfolding plan of redemption, and that is where the Book of Genesis \u2013 the Book of Beginnings \u2013 ends. It concludes looking forward to the continuation of God\u2019s eternal, loving, wise plan. (Guzik)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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