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"AND HE LIVED"
(Weekly Reading>>Genesis 47:28-50:26, 1 Kings 2:1-12, Hebrews 11:21-22)
Joseph’s Life: Part Four
(Genesis 47:28 to 48:2)
Joseph’s obedience to Yahweh and the prominent position he held in the land of Egypt ensured that his father Jacob/Israel and his family were protected in the area of Goshen from the severe famine sweeping the nations. At this time, Jacob had been in the land of Egypt for seventeen years. Knowing his death was close at hand; he made burial arrangements with Joseph his firstborn son, “to be buried in the land of his anointing.” Why was it important for Jacob to return to the promised land of Israel and not be buried elsewhere? Jacob represented all twelve tribes of Israel. Returning home to the land of Jacob/Israel for burial was in agreement with the Covenant and would signify a time in the future when all twelve would return back to the land. On oath Joseph promised to carry his father’s body back to the land for burial. His assurance demonstrated to Jacob that Joseph indeed understood the Gospel and that their family’s future was sustained through Yahweh’s Covenant which included a land, a people and a blessing (Genesis 47:30).
As Jacob approached the end of his life, Joseph was summoned to his bedside. It was the Hebrew custom at the deathbed that a father would speak his blessing and birthright over his offspring. Joseph took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him for he understood that the time had come for the promise of the covenant and anointing to be passed on.
When Jacob saw Joseph he said,
This same promise and everlasting Covenant given to Abraham in Genesis 13, was passed on to his son Isaac (the son of promise) and to his grandson Jacob. It was now being passed on to Jacob’s son Joseph and his family, the fourth and fifth generations of the Covenant of promise.
Full Sonship
(Genesis 48:5-6)
After confirming Yahweh’s Covenant to Joseph, Jacob talked to him regarding the two sons born to Joseph in Egypt [non-natives, strangers] by making this unusual statement,
From this time forward, Jacob was announcing that Ephraim and Manasseh were to be his full BLOOD sons. They were not to be referred as his half Hebrew/half Egyptian grandsons. Even though their mother Asenath was an Egyptian they were to be considered full Hebrew sons, as it was the father’s bloodline, not the mother’s that carried the Covenant. In doing this, Jacob was also pronouncing a prophecy over Joseph’s future descendants, those who are returning to the land to take up their full inheritance in the Messianic era. This is important information for the returning House of Israel today as they are considered full BLOOD sons of Jacob’s[Israel] family, not adopted, orphaned or gentile/pagans. Not "Spiritual" Israel, but physical Israel. The returning remnant is one hundred percent, legitimately part of Israel.
To make sure Joseph understood this statement, Jacob added this clause: “as Reuben and Simeon are [mine].” Reuben and Simeon were Jacob’s full blood sons by Leah. These two sons were the first and second born of the twelve sons of Israel. With the above statement, Jacob had effectively elevated Ephraim and Manasseh, his grandsons, to first and second born status above Reuben and Simeon, and transferred the Covenant name Israel to Ephraim along with the firstborn prominence (Jeremiah 31:9).
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"AND HE LIVED"
(Weekly Reading>>Genesis 47:28-50:26, 1 Kings 2:1-12, Hebrews 11:21-22)
Joseph’s Life: Part Four
(Genesis 47:28 to 48:2)
Joseph’s obedience to Yahweh and the prominent position he held in the land of Egypt ensured that his father Jacob/Israel and his family were protected in the area of Goshen from the severe famine sweeping the nations. At this time, Jacob had been in the land of Egypt for seventeen years. Knowing his death was close at hand; he made burial arrangements with Joseph his firstborn son, “to be buried in the land of his anointing.” Why was it important for Jacob to return to the promised land of Israel and not be buried elsewhere? Jacob represented all twelve tribes of Israel. Returning home to the land of Jacob/Israel for burial was in agreement with the Covenant and would signify a time in the future when all twelve would return back to the land. On oath Joseph promised to carry his father’s body back to the land for burial. His assurance demonstrated to Jacob that Joseph indeed understood the Gospel and that their family’s future was sustained through Yahweh’s Covenant which included a land, a people and a blessing (Genesis 47:30).
As Jacob approached the end of his life, Joseph was summoned to his bedside. It was the Hebrew custom at the deathbed that a father would speak his blessing and birthright over his offspring. Joseph took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him for he understood that the time had come for the promise of the covenant and anointing to be passed on.
When Jacob saw Joseph he said,
“El-Shaddai appeared to me at Luz [Bethel] in the land of Canaan, and there he blessed me and said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and will increase your numbers. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you’” (Genesis 48:3-4).
This same promise and everlasting Covenant given to Abraham in Genesis 13, was passed on to his son Isaac (the son of promise) and to his grandson Jacob. It was now being passed on to Jacob’s son Joseph and his family, the fourth and fifth generations of the Covenant of promise.
Full Sonship
(Genesis 48:5-6)
After confirming Yahweh’s Covenant to Joseph, Jacob talked to him regarding the two sons born to Joseph in Egypt [non-natives, strangers] by making this unusual statement,
“And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are[mine]” (Genesis 48:5).
From this time forward, Jacob was announcing that Ephraim and Manasseh were to be his full BLOOD sons. They were not to be referred as his half Hebrew/half Egyptian grandsons. Even though their mother Asenath was an Egyptian they were to be considered full Hebrew sons, as it was the father’s bloodline, not the mother’s that carried the Covenant. In doing this, Jacob was also pronouncing a prophecy over Joseph’s future descendants, those who are returning to the land to take up their full inheritance in the Messianic era. This is important information for the returning House of Israel today as they are considered full BLOOD sons of Jacob’s[Israel] family, not adopted, orphaned or gentile/pagans. Not "Spiritual" Israel, but physical Israel. The returning remnant is one hundred percent, legitimately part of Israel.
To make sure Joseph understood this statement, Jacob added this clause: “as Reuben and Simeon are [mine].” Reuben and Simeon were Jacob’s full blood sons by Leah. These two sons were the first and second born of the twelve sons of Israel. With the above statement, Jacob had effectively elevated Ephraim and Manasseh, his grandsons, to first and second born status above Reuben and Simeon, and transferred the Covenant name Israel to Ephraim along with the firstborn prominence (Jeremiah 31:9).
continues tomorrow...
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