Reading:
And
when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren,
they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it
his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have
dreamed: For, behold, we were
binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright;
and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my
sheaf. And his brethren said to him,
Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us?
And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. And he dreamed yet another dream, and told
it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold,
the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. And he told it to his father, and to
his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is
this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren
indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? And his brethren envied him; but his father
observed the saying.
Commentary:
Joseph's
two dreams given by the Lord, not only prove the Lord knows our future, but He
governs and rules what lies in our future, to the glory of His True Church on
Earth, which ultimately triumphs and enters heaven. Yet we shall through much tribulation enter
into the Kingdom of God. Joseph suffered
greatly at the hands of his jealous brothers before God exalted him before
Pharaoh. Once exalted we remember Joseph
was able to preserve the lives of many people, by the storage of food during
the seven years of plenty. We should not
overlook the parallel between Joseph and Christ, namely Joseph is an Old Testament
type of Christ. Jesus too was betrayed
by His brothers, and Jesus too was exalted.
Even now He rules at the "right hand" of God, which is a
position of all power and authority.
Moreover, Jesus rules ALL THINGS, as both God and Man, hence this Man
who is our Brother, saves and preserves our lives in a far greater way than
Joseph concerning his brothers. Christ
our eternal Brother is the Savior of our souls.
Whatever evil He allows in our life (as He did with Joseph) is for our
good, and to His glory. "If any man
will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me."
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