Closing Genesis

2/19/25 Big Picture Pt. 16 – Closing Genesis

Recap: God’s Special Family Pt. 2

STORY of JOSEPH

FAVORITE SON—LEAST FAVORITE BROTHER

SOLD & IMPRISONED

Last Time:

INTERPRETING DREAMS

ELEVATED from PRISON to PALACE

JOSEPH’S BROTHERS COME to EGYPT —BOWING—FULFILLING DREAMS

JOSEPH REVEALS HIMSELF

Main Theological Idea: GOD SENT JOSEPH to EGYPT—TO SPARE LIFE

Left Off: INVITING JACOB & CO to MOVE to EGYPT!

**TODAY’S TEXT APPLICATION/ RELEVANCE HOLDS OUT to the END**

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Ch. 45:21— Family Plans to Move

READ (V21-28) 21 The sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the command of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey. 22 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. 23 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. 24 Then he sent his brothers away, and as they departed, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way.”

25 So they went up out of Egypt and came to the land of Canaan to their father Jacob. 26 And they told him, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” And his heart became numb, for he did not believe them. 27 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. 28 And Israel said, “It is enough; Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”

BROTHERS PACK UP— HEAD HOME

JACOB CAN’T BELIEVE IT!

22 YEARS HAVE PASSED!

30 (YEAR OLD JOSEPH)

+ 7 (YEARS of PLENTY)

+ 2 (YEARS of FAMINE)

FINALLY DECISION—MOVE to EGYPT

(T) Is God cool with this??

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Ch. 46: God’s Reassurance of Jacob/Family Move

READ (46:1-4) So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.” 3 Then he said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation. 4 I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again, and Joseph’s hand shall close your eyes.”

BEERSHEBA = SOUTHERN BOUNDARY of PROMISED LAND

**WHERE ISAAC DWELT**

OFFERING SACRIFICES to ISAAC’S GOD

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GOD SPEAKS—GO to EGYPT.

ABRAHAM SOJOURNING in EGYPT = NOT SO GOOD!

ISAAC COMMANDED to STAY DURING FAMINE

ISRAEL GOING to EGYPT—FULFILLS PROPHECY

Genesis 15:12–16 (ESV)

12 As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him.

13 Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years.

14 But I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions.

15 As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.

16 And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

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GOD SPARES CHOSEN FAMILY

GOD SENDS THEM ACCORDING to HIS PURPOSE

(V4)...MOST IMPORTANT: GOD PROMISES to GO WITH… I MYSELF....

ULTIMATELY—PROMISE THEY’LL COME BACK!

JACOB’S BURIAL

EXODUS

(T) They’re going to head out:

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READ (V5-7) 5 Then Jacob set out from Beersheba. The sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 They also took their livestock and their goods, which they had gained in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him, 7 his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters. All his offspring he brought with him into Egypt.

ALL ARRIVE in EGYPT W/ THEIR STUFF (NOT NECESSARY BUT THEY WENT)

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**Summarize: CH. 46:8-25**

· Descendents through Leah: 33

· Descendants through Zilpah: 16

· Descendants through Rachel: 14

· Descendants through Bilhah: 7

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ME, READ (V26-27) 26 All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own descendants, not including Jacob’s sons’ wives, were sixty-six persons in all. 27 And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two. All the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy.

(Q) Why is this a big deal? GOD’S PROMISE to ABRAHAM of MULTIPLYING DESCENDANTS…

70 PEOPLE GO to EGYPT

(T) Going to see the grand reuniting:

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Jacob and Joseph Reunited

READ (V28- 34) 28 He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to show the way before him in Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. 29 Then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while. 30 Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.” 31 Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh and will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. 32 And the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’ 33 When Pharaoh calls you and says, ‘What is your occupation?’ 34 you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”

GREAT REUNION

PLAN to SETTLE in LAND of GOSHEN

**SEE MAP**

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Ch. 47: Jacob’s Family Settles in Goshen

(V1-5, SUMMARIZE) THEY TELL PHAROAH— REQUEST LAND of GOSHEN...

ME, READ (47:6, 11-12) 6 The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. Let them settle in the land of Goshen, and if you know any able men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”

Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. 12 And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their dependents.

THEY GET the LAND THEY WANTED!

THEY GET GOOD LAND

PROVISIONS

FOOD

WORK

Summarize (v7-10): Jacob goes before Pharoah and blesses him!

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***Summarize: V13-26***

JOSEPH SAVES THEM from STARVATION— ALLOCATES WEALTH for PHARAOH

MONEY

LIVESTOCK

PROPERTY

IT’S a GOOD TIME to BE in GOD’S CHOSEN FAMILY

(T) THEY GET SETTLED IN:

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READ (V27-31) 27 Thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. And they gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly. 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were 147 years.

29 And when the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and promise to deal kindly and truly with me. Do not bury me in Egypt, 30 but let me lie with my fathers. Carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burying place.” He answered, “I will do as you have said.” 31 And he said, “Swear to me”; and he swore to him. Then Israel bowed himself upon the head of his bed.

GREAT—GREAT— PROSPERITY.

JACOB = ENDING HIS COURSE…REQUESTS BURIAL in CANAAN

CAVE of MACHPELAH

(T) Jacob’s blessing— next two chapters

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Ch. 48: Jacob Blesses Ephraim & Manasseh

READ (48:1-7) After this, Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is ill.” So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 2 And it was told to Jacob, “Your son Joseph has come to you.” Then Israel summoned his strength and sat up in bed. 3 And Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, 4 and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples and will give this land to your offspring after you for an everlasting possession.’ 5 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. 6 And the children that you fathered after them shall be yours. They shall be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance. 7 As for me, when I came from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”

JACOB RECOUNTS GOD’S BLESSING & PROMISE

**CONSIDER the BLESSEDNESS of HIM MEETING EPHRAIM & MANASSEH!**

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NOW—ISRAEL EFFECTIVELY ADOPTS MANASSEH & EPHRAIM as HIS OWN

—LATER SIGNIFICANT W/ LAND DIVISIONS

(T) WE’LL See HIS blessing:

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8 When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he said, “Who are these?” 9 Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” And he said, “Bring them to me, please, that I may bless them.” 10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. So Joseph brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced them. 11 And Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face; and behold, God has let me see your offspring also.” 12 Then Joseph removed them from his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near him. 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands (for Manasseh was the firstborn). 15 And he blessed Joseph and said,

“The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,

the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,

16 the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the boys;

and in them let my name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;

and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”

17 When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. 18 And Joseph said to his father, “Not this way, my father; since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head.” 19 But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.” 20 So he blessed them that day, saying,

“By you Israel will pronounce blessings, saying,

‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.’ ”

Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh. 21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you again to the land of your fathers. 22 Moreover, I have given to you rather than to your brothers one mountain slope that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.”

GREAT SWITCHEROO!

ELDEST PASSED OVER—THIS TIME INTENTIONALLY...

—>> NOTE that the PROMISE = MOVING ON!

GOD BLESSED ABRAHAM

GOD BLESSED ISAAC

GOD BLESSED JACOB

NOW GOD = BLESSING JACOB’S GRANDSONS!!

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(V21) SIGNIFICANT PROMISE in FAITH...

**GOD SAID THEY’D GO BACK,, JACOB ECHOES THIS in FAITH!**

EVEN in DEATH— GOD’S PROMISE WON’T BE NULLIFIED!

(T) CH. 49.... JACOB’S BLESSING— FROM GRANDSONS to SONS:

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Ch. 49: Jacob Blesses His Sons

READ (49:1-7) 49 Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come.

2 “Assemble and listen, O sons of Jacob,

listen to Israel your father.

3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn,

my might, and the firstfruits of my strength,

preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.

4 Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence,

because you went up to your father’s bed;

then you defiled it—he went up to my couch!

5 “Simeon and Levi are brothers;

weapons of violence are their swords.

6 Let my soul come not into their council;

O my glory, be not joined to their company.

For in their anger they killed men,

and in their willfulness they hamstrung oxen.

7 Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce,

and their wrath, for it is cruel!

I will divide them in Jacob

and scatter them in Israel.

BLESSING on 3 ELDEST SONS = CURSES!

(Q) ANYONE REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED?

REUBEN LAY W/ BILHAH— RACHEL’S SERVANT/JACOB’S CONCUBINE

SIMEON & LEVI WIPED OUT SHECHEM

NOW PASSED OVER in POSITION of INHERITANCE.

(T) first three cursed—but it gets better for Judah...

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READ (V8-12) 8 “Judah, your brothers shall praise you;

your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;

your father’s sons shall bow down before you.

9 Judah is a lion’s cub;

from the prey, my son, you have gone up.

He stooped down; he crouched as a lion

and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?

10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah,

nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,

until tribute comes to him;

and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

11 Binding his foal to the vine

and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,

he has washed his garments in wine

and his vesture in the blood of grapes.

12 His eyes are darker than wine,

and his teeth whiter than milk.

JUDAH = GIVEN PREEMINENCE...

“LEGAL TRANSFER of CLAN LEADERSHIP” TAKES PLACE HERE...

(Q) WHY is JUDAH SIGNIFICANT?

DAVID

MESSIAH

(V10)— SCEPTER WON’T DEPART from JUDAH!

(T) REST of the BROTHERS:

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READ (V13-27) 13 “Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea;

he shall become a haven for ships,

and his border shall be at Sidon.

14 “Issachar is a strong donkey,

crouching between the sheepfolds.

15 He saw that a resting place was good,

and that the land was pleasant,

so he bowed his shoulder to bear,

and became a servant at forced labor.

16 “Dan shall judge his people

as one of the tribes of Israel.

17 Dan shall be a serpent in the way,

a viper by the path,

that bites the horse’s heels

so that his rider falls backward.

18 I wait for your salvation, O Lord.

19 “Raiders shall raid Gad,

but he shall raid at their heels.

20 “Asher’s food shall be rich,

and he shall yield royal delicacies.

21 “Naphtali is a doe let loose

that bears beautiful fawns.

22 “Joseph is a fruitful bough,

a fruitful bough by a spring;

his branches run over the wall.

23 The archers bitterly attacked him,

shot at him, and harassed him severely,

24 yet his bow remained unmoved;

his arms were made agile

by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob

(from there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel),

25 by the God of your father who will help you,

by the Almighty who will bless you

with blessings of heaven above,

blessings of the deep that crouches beneath,

blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

26 The blessings of your father

are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents,

up to the bounties of the everlasting hills.

May they be on the head of Joseph,

and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.

27 “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf,

in the morning devouring the prey

and at evening dividing the spoil.”

(T) JACOB’S FAREWELL = COMPLETE…AND SO is HIS JOURNEY:

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Jacob’s Death and Burial

READ (V28-33) 28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him. 29 Then he commanded them and said to them, “I am to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30 in the cave that is in the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place. 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah— 32 the field and the cave that is in it were bought from the Hittites.” 33 When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed and breathed his last and was gathered to his people.

THESE = 12 TRIBES of ISRAEL—FOUND THROUGHOUT the O.T...

JACOB DIES— BATON = PASSED FINALLY...

FINAL REQUEST: BURY ME @ MACHPELAH

ABRAHAM & SARAH

ISAAC

LEAH

(T) We’re going to see them do this:

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Ch. 50— Jacob’s Burial & Family Forgiveness

READ (50:1-14) Then Joseph fell on his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him. 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. 3 Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

4 And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 5 ‘My father made me swear, saying, “I am about to die: in my tomb that I hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me.” Now therefore, let me please go up and bury my father. Then I will return.’ ” 6 And Pharaoh answered, “Go up, and bury your father, as he made you swear.” 7 So Joseph went up to bury his father. With him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his household, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 8 as well as all the household of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children, their flocks, and their herds were left in the land of Goshen. 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen. It was a very great company. 10 When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they lamented there with a very great and grievous lamentation, and he made a mourning for his father seven days. 11 When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning on the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians.” Therefore the place was named Abel-mizraim; it is beyond the Jordan. 12 Thus his sons did for him as he had commanded them, 13 for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place. 14 After he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone up with him to bury his father.

GREATEST FUNERAL PROCESSION in ALL SCRIPTURE

BURIED WHERE COMMANDED

(T) NOW,, JACOB = GONE— HOW WILL the BROTHERS FARE???

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God’s Good Purposes

READ (V15-21) 15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.” 16 So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this command before he died: 17 ‘Say to Joseph, “Please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, because they did evil to you.” ’ And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him. 18 His brothers also came and fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.” 19 But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? 20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. 21 So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.” Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.

SUDDENLY—JACOB ISN’T THERE to SAVE THEM

HONEST QUESTION: WAS JOSEPH’S KINDNESS JUST for HIS FATHER’S SAKE???

BROTHERS APOLOGIZE

FALL DOWN BEFORE HIM—FULFILLING DREAM

(Q) DID JACOB ACTUALLY KNOW??? WE DON’T KNOW

HARD to IMAGINE HE WOULDN’T HAVE MENTIONED THAT in BLESSINGS/CURSINGS of CH. 49...

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JOSEPH HONESTLY FORGIVES....

THIS WAS GOD.

GOD WAS @ WORK in HIS PROVIDENCE....

JOSEPH STORY SUMMARY: YOU MEANT EVIL… GOD MEANT GOOD.

KEEPING PEOPLE ALIVE

(Q) why’s this essential??

WITHOUT THIS— PROMISE WOULD’VE BEEN MADE VOID BY EVERYONE DYING!

(T) GENESIS WILL CLOSE...

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The Death of Joseph

READ (V22-26) 22 So Joseph remained in Egypt, he and his father’s house. Joseph lived 110 years. 23 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. 24 And Joseph said to his brothers, “I 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.” 25 Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.” 26 So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

CONSIDER JOSEPH’S LIFE:

AGE 17-30 = BAD

AGE 30-110 = WONDERFUL.

13 BAD YEARS

80 YEARS of BLESSING

TRUST GOD in SEASONS of LIFE...

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***HERE’S the THING: GENESIS DEMANDS a SEQUEL…***

Recapping Genesis

ORIGINS:

(Q) WHAT ORIGINS HAVE WE SEEN??

UNIVERSE/CREATION

SIN/EVIL/DEATH

BEGINNING W/ “VERY GOOD” ENDING W/ COFFIN!!!

NATIONS—BABEL

ISRAEL (GOD’S PLAN of REDEMPTION)

ABRAHAMIC COVENANT...

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Abrahamic Covenant:

1. Innumerable descendants

a. 70 = GOOD START…NOT ENOUGH.

2. Land of Canaan

a. Owned a BURIAL PLOT—cave of Machpelah + LAND NEAR SHECHEM

b. But now they’re all living in Egypt!

3. Blessing to all the nations/peoples of the earth

a. HELPED EGYPT THROUGH FAMINE

i. But certainly not every family has been blessed.

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Genesis demands a sequel.

GENESIS ENDS W/ PARTIALLY FULFILLED PROMISES....

GOD’S a COVENANT-KEEPING, FAITHFUL GOD...

**NONE of THEM SAW IT FULLY**

BUT THEY SAW IT…BY FAITH.

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GOD TOLD JACOB: YOU’LL COME BACK (NATION)

Genesis 48:21 (ESV)

21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you again to the land of your fathers.

Genesis 50:25 (ESV)

25 Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”

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Hebrews 11:22 (ESV)

22 By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones.

THERE’S MORE to the STORY

—>> what a blessing we live @ the time we know the full picture!!

CAN WE LEARN to WALK BY FAITH— BASED OFF GOD’S FAITHFULNESS to OTHERS?????

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CONSIDER HOW THIS = PICTURE of OUR LIVES...

WALKING BY FAITH in PROMISE— HEAVENLY LAND

WAITING for GOD to VISIT— 2ND COMING

FINAL DAY of EXODUS & POSSESSION of LAND WILL TAKE PLACE...

OUR LIVES,, DEMAND a SEQUEL.

HAVE HOLY SPIRIT (DOWN PAYMENT) BUT MUCH MORE to COME...

WILL WE WALK in CONFIDENT FAITH in GOD’S PROMISE?? TRUSTING HE’LL BRING IT ABOUT??

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Takeaways

1. GOD TURNING EVIL AROUND FOR GOOD...

— FULFILLING HIS SOVEREIGN PURPOSE

Romans 8:28 (ESV)

28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

2. NOT RETURNING EVIL for EVIL—TRUSTING JUSTICE in GOD’S HAND.

3. TRUST HIS PROMISE— HE’S a FAITHFUL GOD...

HIS PROMISE WON’T BE NULLIFIED BY the GRAVE

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