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28 Now the days of Isaac were 180 years.
Revival Series Pt. 13
“The Timing of Revival: The Time is Now”
Haggai 1:1 - 11
What happens when your place of comfort becomes your place of compromise.
What you think maybe good for you may not be God for you.
God comes first. We need to prioritize God’s needs first
If a child continues to downgrade their parents they will never fulfill their purpose for which they were created.
God called them “This people” They had excuses and told the prophet Haggai that he didn’t hear from God
Introduction: Coming off of chapter 35 where appeared to be the most transformed in his demeanor based on the wrong that had been done to him, and was able to lay his father to rest with his twin brother, Jacob, the very one who had taken what was rightfully his. But now was able to be at peace with his past, and the sibling who betrayed him.
We now get into the lineage of Esau. He settled in the mountainous country to the south between Canaan and Sinai Desert. He intermarried with the native population and adopted the religion of the locals. Chapter 36, is the record of his descendants.
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[NOTE: As we open our lesson for tonight in chapter 36, let me pose the question I gave you yesterday]
Opening Question: Which would you choose from among the following: many friends, a lot of money, or numerous descendants? Why?
Genesis 36:1 - 43
1 This is the account of the descendants of Esau (also known as Edom). 2 Esau married two young women from Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite. 3 He also married his cousin Basemath, who was the daughter of Ishmael and the sister of Nebaioth. 4 Adah gave birth to a son named Eliphaz for Esau. Basemath gave birth to a son named Reuel. 5 Oholibamah gave birth to sons named Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. All these sons were born to Esau in the land of Canaan. 6 Esau took his wives, his children, and his entire household, along with his livestock and cattle—all the wealth he had acquired in the land of Canaan—and moved away from his brother, Jacob. 7 There was not enough land to support them both because of all the livestock and possessions they had acquired. 8 So Esau (also known as Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir. 9 This is the account of Esau’s descendants, the Edomites, who lived in the hill country of Seir. 10 These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz, the son of Esau’s wife Adah; and Reuel, the son of Esau’s wife Basemath. 11 The descendants of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. 12 Timna, the concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to a son named Amalek. These are the descendants of Esau’s wife Adah. 13 The descendants of Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the descendants of Esau’s wife Basemath. 14 Esau also had sons through Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon. Their names were Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. 15 These are the descendants of Esau who became the leaders of various clans: The descendants of Esau’s oldest son, Eliphaz, became the leaders of the clans of Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, 16 Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These are the clan leaders in the land of Edom who descended from Eliphaz. All these were descendants of Esau’s wife Adah. 17 The descendants of Esau’s son Reuel became the leaders of the clans of Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the clan leaders in the land of Edom who descended from Reuel. All these were descendants of Esau’s wife Basemath. 18 The descendants of Esau and his wife Oholibamah became the leaders of the clans of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the clan leaders who descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah. 19 These are the clans descended from Esau (also known as Edom), identified by their clan leaders. 20 These are the names of the tribes that descended from Seir the Horite. They lived in the land of Edom: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, 21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These were the Horite clan leaders, the descendants of Seir, who lived in the land of Edom. 22 The descendants of Lotan were Hori and Hemam. Lotan’s sister was named Timna. 23 The descendants of Shobal were Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 24 The descendants of Zibeon were Aiah and Anah. (This is the Anah who discovered the hot springs in the wilderness while he was grazing his father’s donkeys.) 25 The descendants of Anah were his son, Dishon, and his daughter, Oholibamah. 26 The descendants of Dishon were Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran. 27 The descendants of Ezer were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. 28 The descendants of Dishan were Uz and Aran. 29 So these were the leaders of the Horite clans: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, 30 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. The Horite clans are named after their clan leaders, who lived in the land of Seir. 31 These are the kings who ruled in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites: 32 Bela son of Beor, who ruled in Edom from his city of Dinhabah. 33 When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah became king in his place. 34 When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites became king in his place. 35 When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad became king in his place and ruled from the city of Avith. He was the one who defeated the Midianites in the land of Moab. 36 When Hadad died, Samlah from the city of Masrekah became king in his place. 37 When Samlah died, Shaul from the city of Rehoboth-on-the-River became king in his place. 38 When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Acbor became king in his place. 39 When Baal-hanan son of Acbor died, Hadad became king in his place and ruled from the city of Pau. His wife was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Me-zahab. 40 These are the names of the leaders of the clans descended from Esau, who lived in the places named for them: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, 41 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, 42 Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, 43 Magdiel, and Iram. These are the leaders of the clans of Edom, listed according to their settlements in the land they occupied. They all descended from Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites.
The author gives the genealogical record of Esau seemingly as a way of closing the book on Esau and his family, just as he has done for Cain in chapter 4, Noah’s sons in chapter 10, Lot in chapter 19, and Ishmael in chapter 25. As God had promised, Esau’s descendants would grow into a nation of his own - the Edomites in the mountains of Seir (36:9). This, however, was a nation forged after the flesh, with a series of kings (36:31-43) who promoted their own agendas.
Introduction: This chapter begins the epic story of Joseph, the eleventh son of Jacob (Israel). His mother was Rachel, the favorite wife of Jacob - a reality that caused some problems for Joseph early in life.
Genesis 37:1 - 4
1 Jacob lived in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan. 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors. 4 But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him.
Question #1: Why should Jacob (Israel) have been aware of the dangers of playing favorites?
Lesson: Jacob’s family dysfunction continued into the next generation. This is no surprise, the cause of the problem is a familiar one - favoritism. “Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons...” because he was the son the son of his favorite wife, Rachel (37:3). What made the favoritism sting all the more to his brothers was the fact that their father made Joseph a multicolored robe (37:3), which was a garment symbolizing the privilege of the firstborn, the sibling rivalry erupted. His brothers hated him and could not bring themselves to speak peaceably to him (37:4).
Genesis 37:5 - 9
5 Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more. 6 He said to them, “Hear this dream that I have dreamed: 7 Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.” 8 His brothers said to him, “Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to rule over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words. 9 Then he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said, “Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
Question #2: How would you describe Joseph to someone who had never heard about him?
Lesson: To make matters worse, Joseph had a chip on his own shoulder because he had received some notable dreams. He being an immature seventeen-year-old, was foolish enough to brag about these dreams to his brothers, who hated him even more because of his dream (37:8).
Genesis 37:10 - 11
10 But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves to the ground before you?” 11 And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.
Question #3: Where do you see favoritism causing damage in your life? What steps can we take to stop it?
Lesson: We do not know at this point that Joseph’s dreams are prophetic. Yes, Jacob you will bow down to the ground before him. God had given Joseph these dreams, and He wanted to lead Joseph to a grand destiny. Bus Joseph would have a lot of unexpected detours in his life before he got to that point.
Without detours, Joseph would never have been prepared to walk in his God-given destiny. (Keep that in mind the next time God brings an unexpected detour into you life).
Genesis 37:12 - 20
12 Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem. 13 And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “Here I am.” 14 So he said to him, “Go now, see if it is well with your brothers and with the flock, and bring me word.” So he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 15 And a man found him wandering in the fields. And the man asked him, “What are you seeking?” 16 “I am seeking my brothers,” he said. “Tell me, please, where they are pasturing the flock.” 17 And the man said, “They have gone away, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’ ” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan. 18 They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him. 19 They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer. 20 Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. Then we will say that a fierce animal has devoured him, and we will see what will become of his dreams.”
Question #4: Try and put yourself in the brothers’ shoes. What would motivate them to take such drastic action? Does any of this family drama compare to yours now? (Hope not.)
Lesson: You may thing you have family drama; but it does not get much worst than your own siblings plotting to end your life. Joseph’s brothers could not stand his dreams, so they wanted to ensure that they would never come true.
Genesis 37:21 - 24
21 But when Reuben heard it, he rescued him out of their hands, saying, “Let us not take his life.” 22 And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him”—that he might rescue him out of their hand to restore him to his father. 23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the robe of many colors that he wore. 24 And they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.
Lesson: Fortunately, Joseph’s life was spared by his eldest brother, but when he arrived they stripped him and threw him in a pit. This is a reminder that God will sometimes allow us to be stripped of our pride, position, perceptions and opinions. Whatever we love the most, because He knows that things have to get worse for us before we can walk into our true destiny.
Genesis 37:25 - 28
25 Then they sat down to eat. And looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt. 26 Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? 27 Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers listened to him. 28 Then Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt.
Joseph’s fortunes changed in an instant. He was living large, like royalty until his brothers sold him, literally trafficked him into slavery, selling him to Ishmaelites. [12 Years a Slave] Just like that, he becomes a slave. Little did he know that God was orchestrating something much bigger than he could ever imagine.
Question #5: Have you ever looked back on what was a terrible experience at the time, and realized that God may have used that very thing to get you to a place you would not have been otherwise?
Genesis 37:29 - 36
29 When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he tore his clothes 30 and returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is gone, and I, where shall I go?” 31 Then they took Joseph’s robe and slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. 32 And they sent the robe of many colors and brought it to their father and said, “This we have found; please identify whether it is your son’s robe or not.” 33 And he identified it and said, “It is my son’s robe. A fierce animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces.” 34 Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days. 35 All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him. 36 Meanwhile the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard.
Question: #6: How do respond when others treat you poorly? How would you like to respond?
Lesson: There is a certain level of irony here, since Jacob had used goat skins to deceive his father, Issac, and steal his brother’s birthright years before; now Jacob is deceived by animal evidence. Jacob’s deceptive character had been transferred to his sons.
Question #7: What do you think of the sons allowing their father to think his son was dead?
Closing Queries: What aspects of Joseph’s life can you relate to most? The betrayal? The fear? The anger? Something else?
What is God setting the stage of your life for? What are you doing to prepare your heart to be more sensitive to the Lord’s leading. Do you trust God in the bottom of a pit, or when in an illegitimate situation?