JOSEPH THE WORLD SAVIOUR
Pastor J. C. O’Hair
As we read the biography of Joseph in the 14 chapters of Genesis - chapters 37 to 50, we conclude that Joseph was a very noble character. Surely there is some Divine reason why the name “Joseph” is found 137 times in Genesis.
In Romans 5:14 we read that Adam was the figure of Christ. In Hebrews 11:17 to 19 we learn that Isaac on the altar and then restored to his father Abraham was a figure of God’s only begotten Son; not spared (Romans 8:32), but raised from the dead the third day. (Read Genesis 22:4 and Genesis 22:11 to 19).
There is a sense in which Joseph was a figure, or a type, of the Lord Jesus Christ; but we know that all types, figures and shadows of Christ and His redemptive work are imperfect.
Joseph was the eleventh son of Jacob, whose name was changed to Israel. Benjamin was Joseph’s brother by the same mother as well as by the same father. “God remembered Rachel and she conceived and bare a son ... and she called his name Joseph.” (Genesis 30:22 to 24). “Joseph” is from the Hebrew word meaning “to add.” Joseph was added; but Rachel seemed to have the assurance that God would add Benjamin. We read in Genesis 29:17 and 18 and 30: “Rachel was beautiful and well favored, and Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah.” Leah was Rachel’s sister, whom he also married.
Joseph was the son of Jacob’s old age and his father loved Joseph more than all his children. Jacob made Joseph a coat of many colors. (Genesis 37:3).
The Lord Jesus Christ was God’s eternal Son. He was crowned with glory and honor, anointed with the oil of gladness above His fellows. Christ was the effulgence of God’s glory. (Hebrews 2:9 - Hebrews 1:9 - Hebrews 1:3).
Joseph’s brethren hated him with cruel jealousy, and when they were told that they would have to bow in subjection to Joseph, they hated him with a vicious hatred. (Genesis 37:4 and 9 to 11). They put him in a pit and covered his coat with blood. Then they sold him to God’s enemies for 20 pieces of silver; and took the blood-stained garment back to the father that loved Joseph so much. (Genesis 37:12 to 36).
Israel envied and hated Christ (even without a cause - John 15:25). They said, “we will not have this man to reign over us.” (Luke 19:14). Christ was sold for 30 pieces of silver and delivered to God’s enemies to be disgraced and humiliated. His coat of many colors was really stained with blood. (Matthew 26:15 - Matthew 27:18 - Matthew 27:26). Christ took His blood into the presence of His Father, having obtained eternal redemption for us. (Hebrews 9:12 - Hebrews 1:1 to 4).
God exalted Joseph after he had suffered much, and gave him a name above every name in the world. (Genesis 41:42 to 45). Joseph was the ruler and Saviour and all bowed down before him. (Genesis 42:6). God overruled man’s treachery and crime in the case of Joseph.
After Christ suffered obedience unto death God highly exalted Him with a name above every name, “that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow.” (Philippians 2:5 to 11 ).
Then when Joseph’s brethren bowed before him and wept, confessing their sins, Joseph said some wonderful things to his brethren. (Read Genesis 45:1 to 7). Then read how God delivered Christ by His determinate counsel and foreknowledge. (Acts 2:22 and 4:25 to 29). Joseph’s father said, “My son is alive,” (Genesis 45:28). God wants every sinner and saint to know that His Son is alive. (Revelation 1:18 - Romans 6:9 - Hebrews 7:25).
The true JOSEPH is coming back and His brethren will weep as they look on Him Whom they pierced. (Zechariah 12:10 - Revelation 1:7). Then Christ will take His world throne and rule the whole earth and bring about the restitution of all things. (Isaiah 9:6 and 7 - Acts 3:19 to 21 - Isaiah 2:2 to 8).
The people of Joseph’s time would have starved to death, physically had he not provided bread for the world. See what Christ, the Bread of Life, said in John 6:48 to 51.
What is the Gospel?
Believing Christ died, that’s
HISTORY.
Believing Christ died for YOUR sins
and rose again, that’s SALVATION.
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel
which the preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you,
unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all
that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the
scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day
according to the scriptures. 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
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