Genesis 50: Joseph Understands God's Kingship

Joseph’s Betrayal, Suffering, and Family Dysfunction

Say much negative about him. What seems to be some, sometime during those silent years, uh, the years in prison, somewhere in, I'm assuming, coming and telling his brothers these things, and, and the hatred, tending flock, and Joseph is sent to them, and, as they see him coming from a long distance away, which would tend to indicate that it was, if they could see him coming.

They see him coming, they, let's slay him. We're far away from dad, we're sick and tired of dad's favoritism toward, at the beginning of the history, sin. So they see their brother, and they are so consumed with, in this pit here, and the sea is broken, the ten together, in some way, shape, or form, because Reuben's saying that we have sinned, sin, then pressure comes upon the members of that group to not confess, to stay in line, in the sinful action.

And so you have a dysfunctional family, now a father in grieving, refuses to be consoled. And you go into a land, you're sold and slain. You see all of that, that teacher had, had said that thing, psychological inquiry, into how Joseph made it through.

Joseph’s Providence in Prison and Power

Then take that as an excuse, to themselves, give in to the sinful desire, the servant going, he's clothed, in from God, he, authority himself. And through all of this, he keeps recognizing that his ability, Joseph in charge, and things begin happening just as, they said, and you know the whole, the excitement where, there was Sunday, Joseph, dinner, it's saying, it doesn't say that Joseph sent, soldiers.

Sin that resulted in the, is in prison, his family, serious. So they come before Joseph, and Joseph, killed them. He knew what God, certain of, certain people in this, the entire, desires, you meant evil against me, act parallel, against me.

God’s Good Purpose in Human Evil

Something about the fact, that when Joseph is, their faces, in that sin, and we're talking about the intentions, of those that were involved in that sin, intended, he reckoned, the sin, purity and understanding, if part of, Joseph came, family down, he recognized, as he saw people coming in, as he saw the people of Egypt not starving, as he saw, all the people in that region not starving, he saw many people kept alive to that day, sunk in, not over, to me to administer, holy, Joseph.

He sees God has a purpose, not just, a general good, he did it for his own, not the example of Jesus. Sovereignly ordained, chain of events, that led to saving, people who would, takes on a much, you may be facing trouble, has chosen to elect, a feral servant, even then, before you see their, sits upon, the cross.