Genesis #25 Ch. 46-48 & 50 Jacob's & Joseph's Faith — Chuck Missler

Welcome to the 25th study in the book of Genesis conducted by Chuck Missler. The subject of this tape Genesis chapters 46 47 48 and 50. Genesis chapter 49 is the subject of the next study.

Let's let's stand for a word of prayer. Heavenly Father we praise you we thank you for this fellowship. We thank you for the chance to the opportunity to Open your word. We ask you father to just open our hearts that we might hear you and understand what you have here for us.

We just praise you for the abundance in this book. And we just ask you father to show us forth those great and mighty things of which the world knows not. We ask you father to make this a supernatural experience to enlighten our understanding that we might Be pleasing to thy sight that we might Be effective in that particular ministry that unique Opportunity that you have for each and every one of us.

But in all these things father we ask it to the glory and in the authority of the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. Okay, we just by recap. We're in the last part of the book of Genesis. What's you know, the third if you want to write in three major divisions, you would certainly set Joe the story of Joseph apart from Abraham on part two and the pre Abraham stuff is part one going back and And But certainly the detail of Joseph and it's me.

Joseph’s Exaltation and His Ministry to His Brothers

It's really remarkable. We have more detail about Joseph than anyone and we notice it especially in these emotional portions. There's just detail That I know of it. I know not of it occurring anywhere else in the scripture.

It's subtly it's completely as we have the Joseph. It's very interesting. We also have so we're right in the middle of his exaltation brother sold him into slavery. Through the the providence of God he finds himself as prime minister of the world and Has this opportunity to Minister To his brethren now, he does it in several ways one of correction.

He hassles them a bit which at first you think is mischief perhaps or or getting even or something. But we begin in the scenario begin to realize there's something else going on. Somebody asked me a question.

You know, you always wonder some of you that leave early or slip right out the end of the hour wonder what all these Characters come up at the end and ask me questions, you know that's generally what they do is they they save up all week and and get those things that I don't have answers for and So I talked to them and pray for them and you can pray for them too that they get the answers because they usually don't Get it when they come up here, but they come anyway.

But One of the questions that somebody made read an observation that was so provocative. It's very very interesting that Joseph Having been sold into slavery and having risen to power never contacted his brothers.

I Had never thought about that before. I thought a lot about the story of Joseph, but that's not thought that had never occurred to me During the seven good years He was in power. He's on top of the heap right Running the world.

Well, I'll worry Egypt, you know and During those seven years. He apparently let no word get back to his family, which is interesting and It's out of character as you'll sense for Joseph to have done that out of neglect or lack of love.

It's clear. Deeply emotionally concerned over his family. In fact, one of the lessons will glean from Joseph. There's many one of them is the preeminence he places on family relationships. Really loved his family.

That cause well, gee, then wouldn't you think gee now that he's got it made. Why would he allow his father? To abide in the belief. He was dead. He knew that his father thought he was dead must have interesting in it.

I Have no evidence of this. I assume he did it by revelation. And so I somehow assume that he knew that in God's timing he had a role to play. But that's speculation on my part. I don't know. But in any case we did last time cover this whole episode where he recognizes the petitioning brothers doesn't reveal himself at first puts them through quite an interesting series of ordeals and Does it then of course that incredible scene?

It has to be the scene of scenes where he reveals himself to his brothers and what a reunion that was. But it's also interesting. I think as you know from those of you that have studied the outlines we've also tried to take a look at the story of Joseph prophetically and that he has Perhaps been typecast or his role-playing or the Holy Spirit's rendering of the account is engineered.

So as to highlight his role both the dispensationally and evangelically that is Joseph is a type of Christ in the sense of his dealing with Israel. And also Joseph is a type of Christ in his dealing with a believer.

And you can examine both of those ideas through the outlines that were handed out. The Whole story of Joseph. It's it is also interesting as we pointed out last time that The revelation always comes at the second time for Moses and David and Joseph it was in their second Appearance that they recognize who he is.

I can think of somebody else that would be recognized by Israel when? In the second time. Moses was rejected his first time. You know who made you to rule over us when he killed the Egyptian? They rejected him the first time.

David too, but here Joseph is revealed in his glory in his exaltation as I mentioned at the beginning of the story of the patriarchs that Paul in Romans 8 speaks. Those whom he whom he foreknew foreknew he predestinated whom he predestinated.

Then he also called whom he called then he also justified. Whom he justified he also glorified. And in those four steps election. We have Abraham. The elect of God. God called an idol-worshiping Gentile out of the early Caldes to found a nation.

In his seed the nation's called Isaac. Calling of God the second example. The just whom he called then he also justified. And the story of Jacob is the story of justification. You and I can take great comfort in.

We can't take comfort in Abraham. I'm here's a man of faith, and I have bungled my faith so often. I can't look at Abraham say gee. I get comfort out that I'm encouraged by him. I learn a lot from him, but I can't have a tough time identifying with him because he's faithful.

I'm not I. I Followed up every chance I get Jacob. I can relate to Jacob. If that conniving scheming Adamic character could get saved then there's hope for Chuck Musler. And some of you who are chuckling can identify with that right.

Yeah. Then the fourth step after justification goes. What? Glorification and that's what Joseph's all about so it's interesting that. The outline that Paul has in Romans 8 seems to outlier the four people we've been looking at.

I believe last time we got. Through the end of chapter 45 that's correct. Good, and it's interesting too that Joseph Jacob verse 26 the last previous chapter. They told him Joseph is yet alive. And he is governor over all the land of Egypt.

And Jacob's heart fainted for he believed them not. How interesting it is. Is that he believed the lie and disbelieved the truth. He believed the lie that he was dead. But he didn't believe the truth that he was alive.

What interesting model of the world today. Interesting model. They believe the lie that Christ is dead wrong. They don't believe the truth that he's alive today. Interesting. But of course the they told him all the words of Joseph when he'd said of them.

And when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent them to carry him. The spirit of Jacob their father Revived and Israel. Israel knows the change in change in word. Say the spirit of Jacob their father revived and Israel said.

Interesting story you can view is an interesting project. You might make an ear make an outline. Interesting study of the words Jacob. He's the only one that this is the best of my knowledge. Where this happens.

When Abraham's name is changed to Abraham from that point on you never see the name Abraham. When Sarah I was changed to Sarah the new names always used Saul of Tarsus becomes Paul and You don't find God Dealing with him with the old name except with Jacob and you see it all through the Chronicle.

Jacob when the Adamic nature the old man is Dominant visible. What-have-you it's Israel the new name when he's in fellowship when he's walking by faith. Or there's a point to be made of that kind. Study it and you'll discover those use of those names is not accidental.

Now if you're you want to really conform to higher scholarship. You can write a master's thesis sometime that the different names mean there are two different authors. You know the J hypothesis. BQ PRS whatever but that's nonsense.

Jacob Journeys to Egypt Under God’s Direction

Okay, Israel said is enough Joseph. My son is yet alive. I will go to see him before I die. That brings a chapter 46 verse 1 and Israel took his journey with all that he had. By the way, that must have been a bunch.

The real caravan thing and it came to Beersheba and offered sacrifices unto God his father. And unto the God of his father Isaac and God spoke unto Israel in the visions of the night. Interesting. And said Jacob Jacob and he said here am I.

How's God dress you you dress you by the Adamic nature. Probably he does me because that's I'm in the flesh all the time people see me drive convinced of that Jacob. Jacob he said here am I and he said I am God the God of thy father.

You know, that must have been awesome for Jacob you really have to realize that he was raised with stories of how God appeared to Abraham and Isaac and Here's the at the twilight of his years a reconfirmation.

I Fear not to go down into Egypt. How interesting first guy to go down to Egypt was Abraham and he got into a lot of trouble down there. Not only acquitted himself poorly, but Pat trying to pass off his half-sister as something other than his wife, you know, both are true.

But he also picked up a handmaid for that led to all kinds of problems. Think about that every time you pay a dollar seventy for a gallon or whatever. I'm okay. He also said but This case God says fear not to go down into Egypt.

For I will there make of thee a great nation. Who's going to make a nation? God will a he creates a crucible to create the nation not a greenhouse a neat place rather a Trying experience. Where does God build where will he make the nation in?

Egypt not Canaan. It takes them out of Canaan into Egypt and there makes a nation you will find all through the scripture, especially in prophetic passages. References made to the nation Israel being born in Egypt.

You see a lot strange. I was born of the in a sense in the year of the Calvies. We called Abraham. Yes, it was in a sense. It actually didn't start there. Where did the nation Israel in the sense of being the vehicle by which the Messiah was to come on the planet Earth?

Where does it start? Genesis 3 right. Eve Revelation chapter 12. The woman that gives birth to the man-child is Israel in the sense that she starts with Eve see to the woman. In any case God is doing the work he is doing it in Egypt.

Very important to get this perspective because if you really understand this the book of Exodus will make a lot more sense. It's obviously a very fascinating account of God freeing and abused and enslaved people and.

And Even when we see a movie made is as dramatic and as thorough as the Ten Commandments. The theme was sort of the freedom from slavery kind of idea and that's fine in the secular entertainment sense, but it misses the point.

What was being done there was for ordained described to Abraham and here to Jacob? It's a it's a Sequence of events that God had for ordains specifically to give birth to the nation the whole concept of Passover.

The is that that month of Passover was whole calendar was restructured that this is the beginning of months because that event was the beginning of the nation as a nation something other Than tribal family of 12 guys with their at over their offspring.

Risk for I will go down. I will go down with thee into Egypt. What a marvelous thing. What a marvelous thing can you imagine what it would be like to know that wherever you're going South Coast Plaza, wherever.

That God is saying I will go down with you. Can you imagine the comfort of having that assurance and yet I could argue to you? You shouldn't make a move without that assurance. Biggest problem we all have and I'm included by the way.

This is you know is is is knowing. What is the leading of the Lord and. And One of the ground rules you can set for yourself is Not to make a major move. Until you have that assurance if you make a move without that assurance.

You run a lot of risks if you fail to make a move without that assurance. You're pretty secure. All you'll do is fail to make a move in which you didn't weren't sure the Lord was with you. Hey, what harm is there in that?

The Lord will confirm it confirm it to yourself to you. And I say that because I'm that's been one of my biggest hang-ups. I think yours too. Hey, yes I love the Lord and I've Worn again and all those neat things and I've gone through my checklist and I'm down step 18 of 20 or whatever and that's great.

One problem I got I don't know what he wants me to do. The answer is right here in this book 66 books you'll find it it's here. But the assurance you should have is the assurance that was given to Jacob verse 4 I will go down with thee into Egypt and I will also surely bring thee up again.

You worship a god of the round trip. You realize that. You realize that I sometimes kid my salesman, you know that I send them to Florida and if they close a deal I'll pay their way back you know and God Doesn't do that with us.

God doesn't do that with us. He's the guy to the round trip. There are times we forget that. There are times we forget that I will surely I will also surely bring thee up again and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

He says I'm gonna bring thee up again out of Egypt. That's expressly Prophesied in Hosea 11 1 we talked about that last time out of Egypt. I have called my son, right? Which speaks of course of Israel and it wasn't for Matthew.

You'd never believe that that was Messianic, but Matthew highlights it for us. That's also Messianic. Verse 5. Jacob rose up from Beersheba and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father and their little ones and their wives In the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

And they took their cattle and their goods. Which they had gotten in the land of Canaan and came in Egypt. Jacob and all his seed with him and His sons and his sons sons with him and his daughters and his sons daughters and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.

You're gonna see that some 70 75 depending what you're counting go to Egypt and some years later Between 1 and 2 million leave come back with their cattle and much goods and so forth. The saga of what happens between the two is essentially the story of the book of Exodus.

Now we have a register here a manifest of the people on the trip and I can't pronounce some of these any better than you can so I'm not going to expose you too much of that. But we will skim through this to make a few points.

These are the names of the children of Israel who came verse 8 who came into Egypt. Jacob and his sons Reuben. Jacob's firstborn. Now they're going to be in a very specific order here. We're going to study next time that there is some significant number of places in the scripture where the twelve tribes are listed and each time almost each time they are in a different order and.

The order they're in is very significant. In this case, it's a genealogy for certain purposes and it's not surprising to find them in their natural order. There's times you find in the order. They were born.

There's times you find them in the order of the actual wives first Leah and Rachel and then the midwives. Okay. That's that's another order and the order is different each place and we'll talk more about that next time.

But remember the basic Premise That I operate under. That you should test not accept, but the premise I have is that that's not accidental. There's a reason the Holy Spirit puts in a specific order. And we'll explore that a little next time.

We'll make it a specific study of the twelve tribes. And the sons of now notice after Reuben it said now the sons of Reuben Hanukkah and Paulo and Hezron and Carmi Carmine and. Then the sons of Simeon after Reuben came Simeon, right?

They were the first two born Reuben and Simeon remember that and the sons of Simeon and Jameel and Jamin and Ohad and so forth and a bunch of others. And the sons of Levi Gershon Kohath and Mariah Mariah and and these three sons constitute three subgroups of the Levites in terms of how they handle the tabernacle and they're on the north south and West of the tabernacle specifically and manage the tabernacle in the camp and that becomes a big thing later so the sons of Levi turn out to be very significant as we unfold later on in the in the ecclesiastical.

Or the thing the ecclesiastical interest moving on the sons of Judah Aaron on and Sheila and Perez and Zarah and Aaron on and died in the land of Canaan the sons of Perez were hers and Hamuel and on it goes and the sons of Ishgar and Amish mezzos sons of Zebedee and so forth.

And the sons of Leah whom she borne to Jacob and Baden-Aram and his daughter Dinah and all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. And then the sons of Gad it lists some more sons of Asher and it lists so much more.

And the sons of Zilpah which these are the sons of Zilpah which Laban gave to Leah his daughter and these she borne to Jacob even sixteen souls and the sons of Rachel Jacob's wife Joseph and Benjamin, right?

So far everything's quite comfortable. We have each tribe and at least one tier of sons, right? Of the sons of the sons of Jacob in other words his grandsons. Okay, and we get to Joseph in the land of Egypt of verse 20.

We're born Manasseh and Ephraim who Massanath the daughter of Potiphar of the priest of on born of him. We're going to later discover back this evening that these two are adopted by Jacob to become not just grandsons, but his sons.

Strange idea, but very important to us because it allows us to realize that there are 13 tribes not 12. We usually pick 12 at a time for some purpose and we'll come to that too. But that'll be a mystery to you is how you can have 12 counting Levi or not counting Levi etc when the occasion calls for and the way you do it is you have 13 to pick from and.

Then you can cluster two of those if you want to have 12 and count them all you count. You speak of the tribe of Joseph which is really a double tribe even Ephraim and Manasseh. But if you need 12 not counting Levi because they don't go to war.

You need to have you have to have 12 minus 1 and still get 12 and the way you do that is take Joseph and split them to Ephraim and Manasseh. So you recognize you've got a list of 13 to choose from. Then some of the mystery starts to evaporate is how you can have 12 tribes of Israel whether or not you're counting one.

Cute trick it confuses the Bible student until it's pointed out because you keep hearing people talk about the 12 tribes of Israel. And you find these lists, you know, and there's always 12 and yet there's one missing and that's.

He can be confusing. Verse 21 and the sons of Benjamin were Bala and Becker and a bunch of other guys. And these were in verse 22 and these were the sons of Rachel were born to Jacob and all the souls are 14.

Now we get to verse 23 a very interesting verse and We have the sons of Dan who shim. Who shim is not the name of name of a son? Although you'll see it that way in genealogies. It's like saying and the sons of Dan those guys and we move on you know and You're gonna say you know, what's what's with Dan?

Well, that's gonna be the here. I want you to notice. This is before the chapter 46. This is not chapter 49. This is not the chapter after they move in the land and Dan becomes the tribe through which idolatry enters the land.

Okay. This is not the chapter in which the revelation chapter 7 where the 12 tribes are sealed. To protect the 12 ,000 of each tribe in which Dan is noticeable in its omission. And as we study that and we ponder revelation chapter 7 and Wonder how did you that's the first thing you wanted you got 12 tribes here, but Danny ain't there.

Well, that's because you have Joseph and Ephraim and mentions Manasseh and Ephraim in effect. And you wonder why and you go back to study as a diligent student the tribe of Dan you discover Dan was Not only the the means by which idolatry entered the land later when they enter the land after Joshua and all that.

You also discover as you search the scripture carefully. That the tribe of Dan gets the back of the hand from the Holy Spirit from day one even back here in Genesis 46. You can sense if you're watching for it.

Dan is singled out to be sort of a Second-rate get second-rate treatment. Every one of the every other one of the twelve has his sons enumerated in the genealogy. Dan doesn't Dan and those guys and it moves on as if you know, what what significant is that?

We're gonna get on to some other things even here. You can detect. Just an hint just an impression. Something's up with a tribe of Dan. Next in chapter 49 Jacob is going to prophesy over each of the twelve tribes of what occurs in the last day and From that prophecy comes the tradition That the Antichrist will come from the tribe of Dan.

That's a rabbinical tradition. Incidentally, you can chew on that one a while. We'll come to that and I'm getting ahead of itself, but I want you to know is verse 23. It's an interesting verse. Verse 24 and the sons of Naphtali is Jezreel going and a bunch of the guys and the sons of Bilhah.

These are the sons of Bilhah would slave and gave Rachel his daughter and bore the end of these Jacob and all the souls were seven and the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt Who came out of his loins besides Jacob sons wives all the souls were three score and six and the sons of Joseph who were born Into him in Egypt were two souls and all the sons of the house of Jacob who came unto Egypt were three score and ten.

I've got 66 plus the four, okay Joseph and his Two and Jacob who's to you make make the three score and ten. I should also point out to you There's another passage and acts which speaks of 75 terms the total entourage the five Additional probably being either the sons sons Jacob's sons sons or their wives.

So it's a there's a slightly different counting some people imagine a discrepancy, but that's a Not really required. That's an X chapter 714 for those of you that want to chase that one down and various authorities feel if they're either Uncounted wives here or the sons of these sons.

In other words, nothing says that even Manasseh couldn't have had sons, etc. So but in any case that's there's a two different enumerations. Okay, verse 28 and he sent Judah before him unto Joseph to direct his face unto Goshen and they came into the land of Goshen and Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father to Goshen and Presented himself unto him and he fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while.

That's touching isn't a little extra phrase there. Yes. He fell on his neck and wept terrific period. No another phrase and he goes on to say he wept on his neck a good while you can't help but in this ancient text get a glimpse of Feeling feeling of Joseph for his parent.

This was a this is you know, what? 430 years before the or rather. It's a substant. No, it's a substantial portion of time before the My father and mother commandment. Joseph is teaching something here.

Verse 30 and Israel said unto Joseph now Let me die since I have seen thy face and because thou art yet alive and Joseph said unto his brethren and Unto his father's house. I will go up and show Pharaoh and saying to him my brethren and my father's house.

We're in the land of Canaan. They're not come to me and The men are shepherds for their trade hath been to feed cattle and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have. And shall come to pass when Pharaoh shall call you and shall say what is your occupation that you shall say thy servants trade.

Hath been about cattle from our youth even until now both we and also our fathers. That ye may dwell in the land of Goshen for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. Interesting. It's interesting scholars are At a loss to explain where that all started but it clearly is in there in the literature.

The shepherds are always depicted in a derogatory manner and that's a ancient Egyptian issue and It's a very very interesting how life is like that, you know in Genesis we are taught that man is to have dominion over the cattle and Yet in both in Egypt, but also in other parts of the world the cattle have dominion over man.

And I was thinking about that. I couldn't resist that here in our modern Technological culture man is to have dominion over the animals and yet we're gonna be short of energy and other things because of the The Dominion over certain animals over the needs of man, which I think is something else.

That's a whole nother issue. We could argue about politically some of the time first chapter 47. Yeah, it's interesting, you know, we're getting into Exodus we'll be studying them, you know all the different gods of Egypt, you know, the the frogs and the flies and the lice and so forth and I'm reminded of some of the controversies ecological controversy about the back bay and things.

But anyway onward chapter 47 verse 1 then Joseph came and told Pharaoh and said my father and my brethren all their flocks and. And their herds and all that they have are come out of the land of Canaan and behold They are in the land of Goshen.

He took some of his brethren about even five men and presented them unto Pharaoh and Pharaoh said unto His brethren. What is your occupation? And he said unto Pharaoh thy servants are shepherds both we and also our fathers.

And I said moreover unto Pharaoh to sojourn in the land. Are we come for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan now. Therefore we pray thee let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

Pharaoh spoken of Joseph saying thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee the land of Egypt is before thee in the best of The land make thy father and brethren to dwell notice. And we speak of the land of Goshen is a cliche today, but in the in the scheme of things Pharaoh gave him the best.

Gave him the best. I think that's interesting to see how God provides for his own. In the land of Goshen let them dwell and if thou knowest any able men among them. Then make them rulers over my cattle.

And Joseph brought in Jacob his father and set him before Pharaoh and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. Not the other way around. Interesting. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh and Pharaoh said unto Jacob. How old art thou?

Jacob as a Witness and Pilgrim Before Pharaoh

Why is Jacob there? What's Jacob's mission? Make a guess be a witness. And interesting to be a witness. You're set before Pharaoh be a witness. Remember Jacob. Notice what Jacob does twice. He makes a very interesting point that we all ought to remember.

He speaks of life as a pilgrimage. Verse 9. Jacob said in the Pharaoh the days of the years of my pilgrimage. Strange way of speaking of life, isn't it? How permanent we like to feel things are the homes we live in or the careers we're enjoying or whatever we sort of Strive for them and when they get to a point we sort of nestle inside them and without thinking about it freedom is permanent.

That Isn't scriptural not only in terms of the fact they are ephemeral but also in terms of our attitude towards them. That we pass this way, but once. Days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years few and evil have been the days of the years of mine.

The days of the years of my life been and have not Attained unto the days of the years of the life of my father's in the days of their pilgrimage. Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from before Pharaoh.

Notice that he said far more than just his age. He made a couple of other points twice in fact. Because twice and twice is a thing established right. Two is the number of witness. But miles of two or three witnesses things will be established.

Verse 10. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from before Pharaoh. And Joseph placed his father and his brethren. And gave them a possession in the land of Egypt in the best of the land in the land of remises as Pharaoh had commanded.

And Joseph nourished his father and his brethren on all his father's household with bread according to their families. And there was no bread at all in the land for the famine was very severe. So that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan for the grain. Which they bought not given bought. Remember what Romans 12 teaches us to be diligent in business.

Joseph was a very professional executive. He altered the entire social structure of the culture of Egypt established a totally abolished the aristocracy on behalf of Pharaoh by not only providing what you read but you also if both from what it said and what's been researched is that what he ended up doing.

He used the power the availability of that grain and Selling it the good grain they put aside. He sold it in the bad years to establish Pharaoh's power in Egypt. He set up the whole economic structure and.

And you can find books you're gonna see here you find books written about how. How wrong that was. I mean gee raised they were they were paying a 20 tax. Wouldn't we love to pay a 20 tax. You realize the sir the serfs and in the ancient feudal systems Would work as many as maybe between two and three months of the year for their masters the rest was theirs.

By that kind of reckoning we figure somewhere between May and June we can start earning for ourselves. Interesting. Every didn't mean to get no side things. I should probably Apologize to you. Anyway Don't gather up all the money that was found the land of Canaan in Egypt I mean and in the land of Canaan for the grain which they bought and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.

And what bear in mind, you know, we think of Pharaoh gee he's king he runs everything. You know these these things are often a consensus a coalition and what-have-you. The increase in power that this gives Pharaoh is very very significant understanding the whole the whole scene verse 15 and When money failed in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan all the Egyptians came unto Joseph and said give us bread for why.

Should we die in thy presence for the money failed? And Joseph said give me your cattle and I will give you for cattle if the money fail. He's perfectly willing to barter value for value and they brought their cattle into Joseph and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses and for the flocks and for the cattle of The herds and for the asses and he left and he fed them With bread for all their cattle for that year and when the year was ended they came to him a second year said to him We will not hide it from my lord.

How our money is spent. My lord also hath our herds and our cattle. There's not anything left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies and souls. Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes both we and our land by us and our land for bread and we and our land will Be servants unto Pharaoh and give us seed that we may live and not die that the land may not be desolate.

Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. For the Egyptians sold every man his field because the famine prevailed over them. So the land became Pharaoh's and He established in effect crime establishes them all as crown tenants.

That endures for I think thousands of years. Went on for quite a while. And that's where the people he removed them to cities. From when the one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

But there's one thing he doesn't touch. He uses this economic power to establish The the feudal system for Pharaoh. But verse 22 makes an interest gives you an interesting hint. Only the land of the priests.

Bought he not and I personally believe that this was of the Lord. He wasn't doing this by some kind of executive insight. There is an invisible war going on but God declared in. In Genesis chapter 3 verse 15 God took the initiative.

God declared the war. That's what Genesis 3 15 is all about declaration of war and that invisible war continues from then on we talked about that when we talked about the attack of The serpent on the women and her off and her offspring to bring the man child.

We talked about that in Revelation chapter 12. We talked about that when we developed that Thought earlier keep that in mind cover to cover. Even at Christ's second coming it isn't over. Satan is not put in the fire furnace.