Because Joseph suffered and denied himself, he gained the riches of the life-supply; in the seven years of rich crops, he gathered the grain in many barns, and in the years of famine, everyone came to him to buy food. Christ as the real Joseph has all the food, and there’s a famine on the […]
Living under the Rulership of the Spirit within and Recognizing God’s Sovereignty
October 24, 2014 by Leave a Comment
In Joseph we see a person who accepted everything from God’s hand, one who did not blame or accuse others but lived a life under the rulership of the Spirit. He had feelings and emotions, but he kept them in check, and he didn’t express his excitement or his sorrow. The rulership of the Spirit is […]
Christ Received Gifts in His Ascension and He Will Marry a Wife from the Gentiles
October 23, 2014 by Leave a Comment
No one else in the Old Testament is such a perfect type of Christ in the things he went through and in his perfectness and reigning. Just like Joseph, Christ came to His brothers to shepherd them, but He was rejected, hated, and sold (betrayed) to be put into prison (death). Just like Joseph, Christ […]
Speaking the Heavenly Vision even while in the “Dungeon” on the Way to the Throne
October 22, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Before Joseph entered into the fulfillment of his dreams, he had to go through a long period of time (12 years or more) of suffering, trials, and imprisonment. It seemed as if everything around him was not working together for his dreams to be fulfilled, but Joseph was still strong in faith and spoke his vision. […]
Living Always in the Presence of the Lord and Having Christ Constituted into us
October 20, 2014 by 1 Comment
Our God is the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the Triune God. But what about Joseph – where does he fit in this? If we have the glasses of God’s economy on while reading the last chapters of Genesis we will realize that Joseph and Jacob are a […]
As Kingdom People, We are Living as a Sheaf of Life and Shining as Stars of Light
October 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
In Genesis 37-39 we see that, while Joseph’s brothers were drowning in the water of human anger and lust, Joseph lived as a sheaf of life and shined as a star of light. The Bible doesn’t say anywhere that Joseph remembered the dreams and he “did his best to live according to what he dreamed”, but […]
Being Governed by the Way God Sees His People and No Longer Judging or Condemning
October 17, 2014 by 1 Comment
It makes a tremendous difference to the way we live our Christian life and church life if we see the way God sees His people, that is, as sheaves full of life and as heavenly bodies full of light. When he was young, Joseph saw these two dreams and they governed his entire life. He […]
