Daily Bible Portion (Monday)
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"AT THE END"
(Weekly Reading>>Genesis 41:1-44:17, Zechariah 2:10-4:7, John 6:1-71)
Letting go of self (Olam Hazeh/earthly realm) until only Yahweh existed (Olam Haba/heavenly realm) was the ultimate challenge for Joseph as it will be for us today. The way to faith is holiness - the corresponding action to the Gospel. This in turn prepares believers for the priesthood and the white linen priestly wedding garments of the Bride of Yeshua (Genesis 37:4, 8; John 15:25; Psalm 35:19, 69:5; Isaiah 49:7).
Pharaoh’s Dreams
(Genesis 41)
Yahweh continued to prepare Joseph’s life and when two full years had passed, Pharaoh had two dreams that no one in his courts could interpret. It was at this time that the cupbearer remembered Joseph, the one who was able to interpret dreams. Joseph was released from prison, bathed, given fresh clothes and prepared to stand before the king. This process was likened to a Hebrew mikvah/baptism, where one passes through water. Water purification constitutes a change of status from one season to the next. In Joseph’s case this brought a change of status from the position of slave to overseer of a Nation.
When Joseph stood before Pharaoh, he was thirty years old. In Torah, a priest begins his duties in the temple at the age of thirty. This was the same age Yeshua began His earthly ministry (Numbers 4:3; Luke 3:23).
When we are chosen and called by the King of kings and the Lord of lords, Yeshua Ha Mashiach, we prepare ourselves (set ourselves apart from the unclean realm - mikvah) to walk with Him. When we choose to leave the Olam Hazeh (the common earthly nature) and away from improper behaviors that bring dysfunction and rise to the functioning Olam Haba (heavenly nature), we will stand before kings. Responding to the Gospel delivers us from any self-imposed enslavement making us ready to respond in kind to serve with Yeshua in His Kingdom.
Joseph had been in Egypt thirteen years. Imagine a man who had been a shepherd and lived in prison now standing before the king of the land. We should not be surprised at this. If we have truly walked in Torah and surrendered our life to Yahweh by emptying our hearts of idols such as bitterness, self-reliance, self-centeredness and pride and all that brings corruption, we too will stand before kings. We will be elevated to positions by Yeshua’s power and authority because we are not standing before men in our righteousness but in HIS, Yeshua Ha Mashiach’s, right ways - nothing of ourselves but everything of HIM. This is why Joseph stood before Pharaoh.
Only Yahweh Can Interpret Dreams
(Genesis 41:16)
Pharaoh said, “I have heard it said that you can interpret dreams.” “No!” said Joseph emphatically. “Yahweh will give Pharaoh the answer he desires” (Genesis 41:16). With this, Pharaoh told Joseph about his two dreams. Joseph shared that Yahweh gave Pharaoh the dream with the same message in two forms because it was already established. Yahweh was bequeathing to Pharaoh a revelation of what was soon to happen in Egypt and the surrounding lands. Joseph then offered suggestions to Pharaoh, so that he could handle the extreme drought conditions that would soon come upon Egypt.
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"AT THE END"
(Weekly Reading>>Genesis 41:1-44:17, Zechariah 2:10-4:7, John 6:1-71)
Letting go of self (Olam Hazeh/earthly realm) until only Yahweh existed (Olam Haba/heavenly realm) was the ultimate challenge for Joseph as it will be for us today. The way to faith is holiness - the corresponding action to the Gospel. This in turn prepares believers for the priesthood and the white linen priestly wedding garments of the Bride of Yeshua (Genesis 37:4, 8; John 15:25; Psalm 35:19, 69:5; Isaiah 49:7).
Pharaoh’s Dreams
(Genesis 41)
Yahweh continued to prepare Joseph’s life and when two full years had passed, Pharaoh had two dreams that no one in his courts could interpret. It was at this time that the cupbearer remembered Joseph, the one who was able to interpret dreams. Joseph was released from prison, bathed, given fresh clothes and prepared to stand before the king. This process was likened to a Hebrew mikvah/baptism, where one passes through water. Water purification constitutes a change of status from one season to the next. In Joseph’s case this brought a change of status from the position of slave to overseer of a Nation.
When Joseph stood before Pharaoh, he was thirty years old. In Torah, a priest begins his duties in the temple at the age of thirty. This was the same age Yeshua began His earthly ministry (Numbers 4:3; Luke 3:23).
When we are chosen and called by the King of kings and the Lord of lords, Yeshua Ha Mashiach, we prepare ourselves (set ourselves apart from the unclean realm - mikvah) to walk with Him. When we choose to leave the Olam Hazeh (the common earthly nature) and away from improper behaviors that bring dysfunction and rise to the functioning Olam Haba (heavenly nature), we will stand before kings. Responding to the Gospel delivers us from any self-imposed enslavement making us ready to respond in kind to serve with Yeshua in His Kingdom.
Joseph had been in Egypt thirteen years. Imagine a man who had been a shepherd and lived in prison now standing before the king of the land. We should not be surprised at this. If we have truly walked in Torah and surrendered our life to Yahweh by emptying our hearts of idols such as bitterness, self-reliance, self-centeredness and pride and all that brings corruption, we too will stand before kings. We will be elevated to positions by Yeshua’s power and authority because we are not standing before men in our righteousness but in HIS, Yeshua Ha Mashiach’s, right ways - nothing of ourselves but everything of HIM. This is why Joseph stood before Pharaoh.
Only Yahweh Can Interpret Dreams
(Genesis 41:16)
Pharaoh said, “I have heard it said that you can interpret dreams.” “No!” said Joseph emphatically. “Yahweh will give Pharaoh the answer he desires” (Genesis 41:16). With this, Pharaoh told Joseph about his two dreams. Joseph shared that Yahweh gave Pharaoh the dream with the same message in two forms because it was already established. Yahweh was bequeathing to Pharaoh a revelation of what was soon to happen in Egypt and the surrounding lands. Joseph then offered suggestions to Pharaoh, so that he could handle the extreme drought conditions that would soon come upon Egypt.
continues tomorrow...