Joseph And Jesus

Song: I Want To Be Like Jesus

Scripture: Genesis 41:1-57

The sovereignty of God is majestically seen in the book of Genesis. That God could take the free will choices of man and weave them into His own redemptive scheme is a marvel. What’s more astonishing is how He shaped the stream of time to be a shadow of the salvation He would accomplish in the fulness of time. He did it more than once. But the life of Joseph is one of the first examples:

Joseph, like Jesus of Nazareth, was despised, rejected of his own, sold for a few pieces of silver.

Joseph, like the Lamb of God, was a scapegoat for strangers, falsely accused by Potiphar’s wife.

In prison, Joseph, like the suffering Messiah, was held captive for other men’s sins.

But captivity could hold neither man captive. Both were victorious over their bonds.

Like the crucified Christ, Joseph was given up for dead. And like the resurrected Lord, he was found to be alive.

Joseph, like the King of Kings, was exalted to the right hand of a throne.

Finally, like Calvary’s Redeemer, Joseph became the savior of those who had rejected him.

Joseph, perhaps the best that the patriarchal age produced, was still a sinner. He needed as much as his brothers, the redemptive work of the Savior he foreshadowed. And Oh, what a Savior!

Jason Moore