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THE STORY OF JOSEPH - lesson 7

GOD'S PARADIGM OF SALVATION OF THE WORLD

 

In this lesson Joseph is being seduced by Mrs. Potiphar.  I mentioned in the podcast that adultery in ancient Egypt can result in the death sentence for the married woman and the man who is not her husband.  On top of that rape is also a sever crime and the man would suffer death by burning.  Here’s a link to a scholarly source that goes into crime and punishment in ancient Egypt - https://www.egypttoursportal.com/en-us/blog/egyptian-civilization/crime-punishment-in-ancient-egypt/

Once again in this event of Joseph resisting Mrs. Potiphar’s advances, we see how this connects to Jesus.  Once again, as before, we see that the Lord is giving us NOW this amazing fact of Joseph being a paradigm of Jesus.  Joseph is a “Savior Prototype.”  As before here are resources to study this in more depth.

Once again we join the rabbis of old who recognized something truly amazing is going on.  The Lord is using PARADIGMS or another way of saying the same thing is the Lord uses patterns, templates, or models.  The rabbis have a saying for this ...

חיי האבות הם סימנים לבנים

Kahyay HaAvot Hem Seemaneem L’Bahneem

The lives of the fathers are signs for the sons

In this lesson we really begin to see that Joseph is a MODEL of what it means to be the savior of the world.  It is like Joseph is wearing a mask to make himself look like someone else; Joseph "looks like" Jesus the true savior of the world.  

For more resources to study this in more depth check the links below.

Link 1 - an article on at least 60 ways Joseph's life and the things he went through testify of Jesus or are connections to Jesus -  https://www.onepagebiblesummary.com/pad/pad_17.php

Link 2- a second article written by my lead teacher in my graduate program, Dr. Ron Mosely that discusses Joseph is a prototype of the the suffering Messiah just like David is a prototype of the conquering Messiah - https://www.academia.edu/3796976/Twice_Rejected_Mashiach_Ben_Joseph

Link 3 - a link to Netivyah ministries in Jerusalem.  This is a Messianic Jewish ministry founded by Joseph Shulam, an amazing Jewish scholar who helps us reconnect to our Jewish roots of our faith.  This link is to a book written by one of their resident scholars, Elhanan ben Avraham, "Moshiach ben Yosef" (Messiah the Son Of Joseph).  I highly recommend you get this book and all the books you can buy from this ministry - https://netivyah.org/product/mashiach-ben-yoseph/

Rev. Ferret - who is this guy?  What's his background?  Why should I listen to him?  Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0