Genesis #23 Ch. 40-41 Joseph Glorified — Chuck Missler

Genesis 23: Joseph as a Type of Christ

Welcome to the 23rd study in the book of Genesis conducted by Chuck Missler. The subject of this tape Genesis chapters 40 and 41.

Let's uh Summon our teacher and ain't me. Let's open with the word of prayer in fact, let's stand up and Summon the one who's going to make this hour worthwhile Heavenly Father we do just pause Enjoy and praise of thee.

We thank you father for your word that you have given us both its joy its comfort and Its mystery we thank you father for putting these treasures here for our Enlightenment and We just pray father that you would just open our hearts and minds Understanding to those things which you placed here for our learning.

And we pray father that you would just send the Holy Spirit to show us Jesus Christ in whose name and authority We pray amen. If my memory serves me correctly we had gotten to the end of chapter 39 and Just by way of recap Briefly, we're in the start study of Joseph.

Joseph’s Place in the Structure of Genesis

One way to outline Genesis would be take the first 11 chapters to be the pre Abraham issues the pre Israel issues Adam and the whole beginnings and a lot of other issues Noah and all that. But the first 11 chapters is one sort of section from Abel call of Abraham on chapter 12 on we have the story of Abraham Isaac Jacob and of course Joseph except there's so much on Joseph that we would consider that almost a third section of the book.

In fact, there's probably more written about Joseph than any other single person in the scripture. Very interesting. He's also Of all the so-called types or models of Jesus Christ and there are many in the scripture he is probably to the extent that he is a type of Christ and that's Something you have to come to your own conclusion on but if he is he's probably the most detailed one.

I Think we experienced in Genesis 22 the most dramatic one with Abraham Isaac and all of that in some respects. It's a very relatively brief crisp thorough rich area. Joseph is more extended a lot of detail whether or not he is a model or type of Christ.

I really leave it For you to draw your own conclusions. I should say candidly that Many scholars feel that the scholars that get you'll see them as a big type of Christ get off. You know, there's some guys who are a good kind of scholars I think they're all getting carried away with it.

In fact many of the things in the outline you may think well That's sort of pushing a point. Maybe it is. There's also Maybe some of you that'll see all kinds of things that are in the outline Praise the Lord, doesn't he?

Every time I go through I find a few more and so you sort of get those of you that really want to get into this more the in the Bibliography the reference by Arthur W Pink on the gleamings in Genesis is the one that sort of You know goes at it this way pink sometimes sees things when they may not even be there.

So he tends to lean out in the left field side of typology and maybe in some the minds of many I Find him a delightful author in Genesis one of his better things and so much of what I'm dealing with here in this particular story Joseph is Indebted to Arthur W Pink's work.

At the same time I've added a lot of things and so if there's some of them are a little Flaky you can attribute Chuck Nestor not Arthur W Pink. But anyway, okay Joseph of course was the youngest one of the youngest sons and to one of the two sons of Rachel In some respect pampered by his father given special privilege saw these dreams Told his brothers brothers got kind of frosted by the whole proceeding and I suggest that they're upset and envy and problems with his dreams were in part because Joseph Recognized the dreams are prophetic.

Not just some little thing. He happened it by the way, I had a dream the other night more than that. And in any case, of course out of envy the brothers conspire to Get rid of him and the plot to kill him is changed to putting him a pit for a while and then selling him to a Caravan that ended up selling him into slavery into Egypt and convincing the father through some chicanery that he had actually been killed so the father thinks there's only 11 brothers left one dead, but meanwhile Joseph is in slavery and In Egypt and put under Potiphar the officer Potiphar's household prospers under Joseph as a Key slave and Potiphar obviously must think pretty well of a guy.

He's doing well by him. Potiphar's wife Approaches him and Joseph Refuses to be enticed into that trap and Gets thrown in prison and that's where we left it last time just by way of quick review the interesting thing Personal opinion not scripture just personal opinion is I it's my my perception of the story personally that Potiphar did not believe his wife This whole story that he wouldn't lay with that he that he tried to lay with me instead of the other way around.

It's something that pot at first. I suspect Potiphar, you know Has the measure of his gal can sort of psych that out. But furthermore, I think Potiphar would have him put to death if he felt there's any substance to the story they put people to death in those days for far less particularly a slave and The fact that he's thrown into prison Suggests that Potiphar officially had to take some action save face whatever but in fact Had his private view of what really went on but couldn't prove it.

And even if he could there is after all Images to be maintained so it's my personal suspicion that not only is Joseph in prison on a trumped-up charge, but Officialdom perhaps can murmur in quarters and probably figure out that what really went on in any case.

Joseph’s Faithfulness in Prison

Now in prison We have a very interesting, you know, you know Situation the same thing happens Joseph is under the the jailer there and and the jailer prospers. And he perceives that you know, Joseph is kind of a cool dude that he He's a good trustee last verse of chapter 3 now the keeper the prison looked not to anything that was under his hand because the Lord was with him and That which he did the Lord made to prosper in other words he gave everything to Joseph to do.

Joseph emerges as sort of an internal trustee number two guy in the in the Infrastructure within the Prison set up. That's where we left it. We now get into a fascinating little Chapter Where Joseph has two companions in prison?

They both have a dream he interprets the dream and that has a profound influence on his future. So as we read and I take for granted all of you do your homework and read of course Carefully these chapters before we get to Monday night, so I know you're way ahead of me.

However, we'll go through it. Anyway for by way of review That Joseph This episode in chapter 40 brings the narrative along because these two guys have a dream and Joseph interprets the dream and that starts to introduce this whole idea in the narrative of these dreams being prophetic and Joseph being given a gift of the Spirit namely the interpretation of these dreams and It has an influence later.

You may ask yourself gee. Well, you know, there are a lot of ways this could have happened. Daniel was under You know the court as a educated favored slave and Nebuchadnezzar had a dream and no one could interpret it and Daniel was brought forth and interpret the dream and it was Very key part of Daniel chapter 2 all you being here in the study of course diligent students of prophecy.

So you've been through Daniel 2 and 7 I know. But it's interesting. Why did the Holy Spirit bother to sort of? Give us a foreshadowing. You know whenever you see a plot in a theater or in a movie or something and you sort of see a little setup.

You can sort of sense that that plot element. It's sort of a hint of something bigger coming, right? Why are these two guys thrown into prison and given a this episode where. You know Joseph interprets this yes two years later.

This one guy remembers it and what we calls it attention to Pharaoh. But lots of other ways that Pharaoh could have heard about this guy in prison that you know has this gift. Why are these stories here?

Let's let's let's approach the text with our usual suspicious nature. Recognizing that this text is part of an engineered message system. In which every subtlety every detail has been foreordained by the Holy Spirit for our learning and if this is here It's here for a reason that's our proposition.

Romans tells us that all things are written before time for our learning all things. And I'm going to be an extremist and see every comma every number every place name every subtlety is there. For a mystical purpose as well as a historical one.

That's my proposition. For you to challenge and think about and so forth if you carry away nothing else from our time together. I hope you'll first of all tune yourself to being sensitive these things and be alert to the police the possibility that the Holy Spirit is skillful in exploiting what you and I might call puns or subtleties or double entendres or other Rhetorical phrase you use to say two things at the same time.

The Butler’s Dream and the Cup of Blessing

Let's see what happens in chapter 40. Familiar story came to pass after these things at the butler of the king of Egypt. That must be a pretty heavy guy the butler of the king of Egypt pointed by the crown and his baker had offended their Lord the king of Egypt and Pharaoh was angry with two of his officers against the chief of the butlers and against the chief of the bakers.

And he put them in prison in the house of the captain of the guard into the prison the place where Joseph was bound. What an interesting coincidence. Now I have to believe that an organization as sophisticated and as widespread as the Egyptian court Structure had a lot of prisons and places that you could go for a penalty or punishment.

And so it's not casual that they to the two of them happen to be in the same place. So that isn't just Something obvious, but let's move on and verse 4 and the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them and they continued a season in prison and Here the plot thickens.

Verse 5 they dreamed a dream. Both of them each man his dream in one night each man according to the interpretation of his dream the butler and the baker Of the king of Egypt who were bound in the prison.

Joseph came into them in the morning and looked upon them and behold they were sad. Interesting situation that these two guys are in prison and both of Them the same night were troubled by a apparently a particular particularly perturbing dream.

We all have dreams and sometimes they're vivid enough or strange enough. They sort of bothers his breakfast. They quickly dissipate. I don't think most of us get hung up for the day because some weird dream except.

You know in general these two guys both same time Are wrapped around their axle on this one? Verse 7 He asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in prison of his Lord's house saying wherefore Look ye so sad today.

And he said and we have dreamed a dream and there is no interpreter of it and Joseph said unto them. Interesting interesting phrase. Do not interpretations belong to God now I don't know if that was specifically put into the scripture to keep the Freudians out of the act.

I really don't know that but anyway Joseph good. Tell me then I pray you. Very interesting thing. Do not the interpretations belong to God. Interesting theological comment in the first place, but what does Joseph want to tell me the dream?

Overtly or subconsciously he's putting himself in the position of a priest. Isn't he interesting thought. But anyway verse 9 and the chief butler told his dream to Joseph and said to him in My dream behold a vine was set before me and in the vine were three branches, and it was as though it budded and her blossom shot forth and clusters there have brought forth ripe grapes and Pharaoh's cup was in my hand and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

Joseph sent him this is the interpretation of it. Now by the way this position of Joseph intrigues me. Because as you will gain insight from Joseph, he was a faithful guy. He wasn't cavalier casual faithful guy.

He was obviously. Indeed he was brought up under Joe's under Jacob After his conversion. He was one of the yet. He was young and he in his household experience was post Conversion if you want to use that or that when Jacob got his new name and all that.

So it's a lot you get the impression that Joseph is quite apart from the other brothers Who slaughtered the men of Shechem who were incestuous murderers? Treacherous characters. Joseph seems to be you get tone overtones of his whole narrative very parallel to Daniel.

He's in adverse circumstances, but he remains faithful. You don't get the emphasis you do in Daniel with the faith you know that this business of Kneeling three times a day and so forth under the Mosaic idea I would always kneel to Jerusalem at the time of the evening oblation you read in Daniel.

What makes that impressive is there was no evening oblation. They were two. I was 200 miles away 70 years before. But as far as Daniel's concerned he's not to Jerusalem was the time of the evening oblation even though there was no temple.

It was in rubble and that was a generation before but Daniel was very much on God's clock as far as his routines concerned Joseph he doesn't go quite that strongly, but you do get the impression as you get to know Joseph.

He's a faithful guy. He uses the word God again, and again and again and again, it's your own assignment to see how many times and in what context and If that maps out into an outline or a structure don't be surprised but moving on.

Notice what he also does though. He acknowledges that the content of what he's dealing with is God's. And he charges right and so by the way guys, here's the interpretation of it. That's gutsy For him because he understands what he's doing.

But Joseph said in him. This is the interpretation of it. The three branches are three days and Within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head and restore thee unto thy place and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand after the former manner when thou was his butler.

Period that's the end of what the Lord told him to say. He adds a little commercial in verse 14, but In other words, this is good news. Hey fellow what that means is in three days, you're gonna be restored back.

You're going back to the palace. You're gonna be back in your own job. You'll get back your super robes and you'll be doing exactly what you did before and everything's will be that's any every and you can Live happily ever after that's the cool deal and I assume his client was pleased at the result of his investigation.

But verse 14 he then tags on the commercial but think of me when it shall be well with thee and show kindness. I pray thee unto me and make mention of me in the Pharaoh and bring me out of this house.

He's in prison. Hey, you're gonna you're gonna win fella when you go back there terrific. Think of me get me out of this place. I couldn't help when I read first 14 think of Balaam. Yes, he's a prophet, but he sort of Tries to get a little leverage out of the out of the opportunity.

Incidentally doesn't work. Because when this guy goes back he forgets all about Joseph. It isn't till you two years later when God's appointed time comes that this all service. So Joseph's attempt to do his own thing didn't work.

Remember that. Remember that. Okay. Now we get to phase two. Oh, excuse me. I didn't finish it. It's actually a two-verse commercial. For indeed Joseph says I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews in here.

Also, have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon? Okay. Now that's the you know, in other words We got the interpretation we got this little two-verse tag thing. Look out for me fellow when you get up there verse 16 a Baker who's listening all of this thing.

That's a pretty good deal. Hey this guy got his dream interpreted and it sounded great. Maybe you can do something for me wouldn't you right? Baker says that when the chief Baker saw that the interpretation was good.

He said on a Joseph now, you know, I sort of get the impression that if the thing had really been grim and Joe says Hey, what about your dreams? Well, I mine's a little mine's. All right. Don't forget don't worry about it.

Yeah. But this one came out pretty well. So anyway, the Baker said that the interpretation was good. He said unto Joseph. I also was in my dream and Behold, I had three white baskets on my head and in the uppermost basket There were all manner of foods for Pharaoh.

And the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head. Joseph answered and said this is the interpretation thereof. Ready for this. The three baskets are three days. Just like the other one. So I get the impression the impression the same architect drafted both of them, right?

Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee. And hang thee on a tree and the bird shall eat thy flesh from off of thee. I don't know what his clients reaction to that was. I Could as I often mentioned to you, I think this would make a terrific Dramatization, you know, we Hollywood's, you know fell in love with the David Bathsheba Samson, you know Delilah and so the Joseph is a real oversight.

This could be terrific. It was done. Well, anyway, I love to see that scene. He receiving that particular viewpoint on his dream and I came to pass on the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday now. How interesting three days away was Pharaoh's birthday?

And he made a feast unto all his servants and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and the chief baker among his Servants and he restored the chief butler Upon his butlership again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

But he hanged the chief baker as Joseph had interpreted them and yet did not the chief butler remembered Joseph but forgot him in other Words, okay, they both got their thing. Exactly. It came true. Exactly what Joseph said the one restored to office.

There's peachy keen. But the baker got hung. Just as Joseph had said and then that one little postscript. With the butler, you know, he restored to office and everything's going great. That's just like it.

You know when you're on the rise you reach the top, you know, you forget who your friends are. Who Joseph who you know? But anyway, he forgot him and it's going to be two years before we get in a chapter 41.

Bread, Wine, and Passover Imagery

So that gives us a little chance to stop and take a look at 40 again. Did you notice the two elements introduced here with Joseph? Bread and wine. Does that sort of grab you? Grabs me. How many times is the word cup mentioned four times?

How many cups in the Passover? Four those of you studied Exodus and understand the prophecy of Jesus Christ understand that there are four cups in Passover, right? The third cup is what cup of? Blessing which is the one that was administered the Lord's Supper.

It's a little quiz. We're throwing in here extra credit. Third cup cup of blessing. Did you know the Passover the Lord offered was incomplete? Did you know the fourth cup is still yet to be drank and when will he drink it?

With us. With us after third cup. He instituted Lord's Supper. They sang the psalm and they left fourth cup is still there. Okay. Cup of Redemption, right? Cup of Redemption. Four cups very very interesting situation something else fascinates me.

What were the things that were attacking the bread? Birds, I don't know if they're the same birds that Matthew 13 talks about but in Matthew 13 They are the instruments of Satan and if you Accept what theologians like to call the principle of expositional constancy then these idioms.

Have some not inviolate but some Consistency of use throughout the scripture. So the birds they are kind of interesting. And you can if you want to do a study sometime I'd love you to go through and do a study on birds start with the raven that noah sent out that did not come back.

That was able to live in the thing and go right on through the birds the birds that feast in the flesh in Armageddon the birds that are eating the bread and the baker and the birds that pick the seed out.

From the ground in Matthew 13 that are the instruments of Satan you play with that one and it's interesting and so forth and find out. Those are the same birds that make their residence in the mustard tree.

And shouldn't and stuff and that's the whole thing if you're curious about all that. Get the tapes on Matthew 13 and or the seven letters to seven churches in the revelations areas. You can you can chase that stuff down to see you know if that's sort of interesting.

Joseph’s Sufferings and Parallels to Christ

Okay, let's in your outline that you will pick up later, I'll just pick up a couple of things here. We chapter 39 we pointed out that. And how long how far we've gotten with the parallels here. We had talked about the fact that.

Backing up now. We're how joseph Way back we talked about how his blood was presented to his father was and so forth it was a goat scapegoat if you will. We discovered how it became a servant how he prospered as a servant how at the mass.

He his master was well pleased with him made abuse made a blessing for others a good person well favored. He was sorely tempted, but he sinned not in contrast to Genesis 38 where Judah was everyone in a real mess.

He also is falsely accused, but made no defense. Which is interesting? It was also interesting that Potiphar's wrath was not against Joseph. The wrath of scandal, but doesn't say against whom interestingly enough.

He was cast into prison without a verdict. And each one of these things have a version we could turn to John 1838 and think of somebody else that was cast in the prison without a verdict when what Isaiah 53 verse 7 think somebody else was accused but made no defense on his behalf and.

We also know who suffered even though he was innocent and and You turn to Acts 7 9 here's Stephen's summary of Christ's suffering and so forth. Isaiah 53 covers that adequately. But not to back up too much.

Who also noticed how Joseph in prison suffered at the hands of Gentiles. Kind of interesting observation and yet he won the respect of his jailer and. The parallel I draw there is the centurion at the cross.

Okay, but now in chapter 40 In the first three verses we discovered that Joseph was numbered among the transgressors. He was counted with two other malefactors. Okay, and we're going to also discover that Joseph was the means of blessing to the one and Judgment to the other.

And the means of blessing involved the cup and I could stretch it and call a couple of blessing, okay. But you can also notice that the bread was the one associated with the judgment. This is my body, which is broken for you furthermore the feast of unleavened bread speaks of his Judgment.

Also notice the form of Execution of the malefactor. He's hung on a tree. What does Galatians 313 tell you about something is hanging on a tree first. Interesting. Does that does that? Appropriate the Egyptian concept to the Mosaic concept.

Probably does it matter? I don't think so. Any more than it matters that the Roman soldier weaving the crown of thorns and putting it on Christ's head had any idea? That he was fulfilling destiny since the create since the creation where God had established the thorn as a symbol of the curse and that that curse was born on the brow of Jesus Christ and Being born on the brow of Jesus Christ was implemented by a centurion.

Some of this Roman soldier who probably obviously was doing it through mischief or ridicule or whatever. I'm sure he had no theological background and mysticism which said hey, that's gonna be a symbol of you know of the curse, right?

And I'm sure he had no background that that same thorn bush the Acacia bush was the burning bush in the desert in the hands of a Living God and it being on fire, but not being consumed attracted Moses and thus was a model of grace.

I'm sure that escape notice as far as the Roman soldier was concerned yet. He was the instrumentality. So therefore I wouldn't make a big thing about the Egyptians hanging them on a tree except it is interesting that it ties to Galatians 313 for those of you that want to tie that into a big into a big rivet.

In chapter 40 we also know notice that Joseph knew the future and knew that the knowledge of the future was of God. His predictions came through that came true. And also he had a desire to be remembered.

I Can remember somebody else who had a desire to be remembered right this doing remembrance of me. Do what? Bread and wine. Oh Interesting. It's amazing what coincidences we can contrive here. I Have to call your attention though now, let's get back to the narrative because we'll jump into 41.

Joseph Interprets Pharaoh’s Dreams

But notice what's happened to us here. First of all, there is a fascinating parallel between Joseph and Daniel by means of chapter 41. Joseph is going to interpret a dream for the king and rise to number two in the Realm and the realm is the world by the way Daniel does the same thing Twice.

He does it on Nebuchadnezzar interpreting the dream in Daniel chapter 2 and he also rises to number 2 under Cyrus. Or actually under Darius the Mede as a surrogate of Cyrus the Persian and in chapter 7 8 9 whatever so you can.

It's interesting. These two guys have lots of lots of things in peril neither one have any evil spoken of them. Does that mean that Joseph was a good guy and never sinned wrong? But it served the Holy Spirit's purpose not to record any of the negatives.

There's a couple of places you look at Joseph and he ain't perfect you know this business of putting his own little commercial in there doesn't press us too much in terms of his walking by faith and. Later on he also gets a little upset with Jacob as Jacob reverses the blessing.

We'll see that in Manasseh and Ephraim so if I was going to score the two I'd put Daniel a notch above Joseph because Daniel it comes out with a really clean bill of health and. But they're both professional executives, so I won't be picky picky on chapter 41 Verse 1.

This is a this is a very very exciting exciting chapter and I think we'll make it. We came to pass at the end of two full years that Pharaoh dream. Interesting comment because. That's quite a while. Think about it being in prison innocently you're in prison.

You're unjustly accused. For two years you've forgotten. You've been sat there to rot two years go by but fair dream behold he stood by the river and behold it came up out of the river seven well-favored cows and fat fleshed and they fed in a meadow and.

Behold seven other cows came up after them out of the river. Ill-favored and lean-fleshed and by the way, we're gonna find out from Pharaoh's interpret. You know description of this it was even worse than that.

They were the ugliest things he'd ever seen. I mean they weren't just they weren't just sickly cows they were so grim That it got Pharaoh and glued there's something more the language is probably apparently doesn't do it justice because Pharaoh's comments later.

Ten causes to go back and think about that. Anyway came after the ill-favored ill-favored and lean-fleshed and they stood by the other cows upon the brink of the river and All the ill-favored and lean-fleshed cows did eat up the seven welfare cows are not carnivorous.

They can't be they don't have two sets of teeth and cattle ranchers here. You know what cattle ranchers don't like sheep on our line because the whole way they graze cows have just you know. They almost gum it right.

The concept of cows to anyone knows about cows and obviously they were there an agrarian society. We're not because we're far removed from that, but they are the concept of cows getting carnivorous is itself strange, okay.

But obviously we're dealing in this in this in the eerie Symbology of a dream anyway, but just to try to dramatize. What is strange about this anyway the They stood up by the other cows and the ill-favored and lean-fleshed cows did eat up the seven well favored and fat cows.

So Pharaoh awoke. He's really upset by this one. Just some crazy dream as we sort of get you know because we're we just do but It's a He slept now. He woke he was of stress and distressed and he Went back to sleep.

And he had a second dream. Behold seven years of grain came up upon one stalk full and good and behold seven thin ears and blighted with the east wind. It sprung up after them and the seven thin ears devoured the seven fat and full ears and the Pharaoh woke and behold it was a dream, you know.

He came to pass in the morning that a spirit was troubled and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt between Dixon and Edgar Cayce. And all the wise men therefore thereof and Pharaoh told them his dream.

But there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. Then spoke the chief butler unto Pharaoh saying oh Yes, I do remember my faults this day. Pharaoh was angry with the servants and had put me in a prison in the captain of the guards house both me and the chief Baker and we dreamed a dream in one night I and he and we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

And there was there with us a young man a Hebrew servant to the captain of the guard and we told him and he interpreted To us our dreams and each man according to his dream. He did interpret and it came to pass as he interpreted to us.

So it was Me he restored into mine office and him he hanged. In other words, what do you say? He's just recounting to Pharaoh the whole incident now we had this dream and the interpreters and perhaps more important It came about just as this interesting character this Hebrew servant had foreseen.

Well This obviously intrigues Pharaoh, of course it would naturally in verse 14 and Pharaoh sent and called Joseph and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon and He shaved himself and changed his raiment and came in unto Pharaoh.

That's interesting. Historically interesting and and and it's gonna be interesting in some other way. It's probably. She probably got it. And Pharaoh said to Joseph I have dreamed a dream and there is none that can interpret it and I have heard say of thee That thou can't understand a dream to interpret it and Joseph answered Pharaoh saying it is not in me.

God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. Boy, you read this and it just has Interesting interesting overtones compared to Daniel chapter 2 right. Daniel same thing maybe Knesset has this dream the polymetallic image and all that and He calls all the wise men in can you interpret it?

And he wouldn't tell what the you know, Nebuchadnezzar was a little shrewder. He wouldn't tell what the dream was. I had this dream you tell me what the dream was and what it means. It's a hey fella. That's kind of that's kind of rough.

And because I'll further while giving a professional incentive program if you don't tell me what is I'll make your houses of dunghill and tear you up to the pieces and stuff and. They said hey, that's a little unreasonable and Nebuchadnezzar says yes, but I'm king Nebuchadnezzar believed in the golden rule here that has the gold rules and so.

So and of course they couldn't do it and so they heard about Daniel. Daniel, you know. Anyway, Daniel gets introduced into the situation and Daniel does the same thing. He says King you have spoken right?

There is no man On the earth they can tell you the dream and in fact, he says neither can I but God can Give the glory to God. Daniel did. Joseph does very interesting interesting situation interesting situation.

God’s Glory in Supernatural Interpretation

We are going to see in our lifetime people do supernatural things. And how would you tell what it's all about by who gets the glory? Not by the validity of the supernatural event you gals. You have a son the son dies.

The guy's introduced into your bedroom and says hey, I'll raise him from the dead. And he does. You probably won't care how he did it. You'll be so thrilled to get your son question. Ask him first how he did it and to see who gets the glory and if it isn't Jesus Christ watch out.

Because we are going to live in an era if we understand our prophecies, right which work the entire world is going to be deceived. All the smart guys with the 17 PhDs are going to be snowed. Completely by a leader doing signs and wonders the term of the Greeks the same as the words ascribed to Jesus Christ signs and wonders.

Are some of them counterfeit maybe theologically, but you'll never be able to tell. Indeed the very elect would be deceived If it were not for a supernatural intervention. How do you tell what's the yardstick by who gets the glory?

That's what Joseph takes care of. Right up front right up front. Okay God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. Verse 17. Pharaoh said unto Joseph in my dream behold I stood by a bank of river and behold there came up Seven cows all flesh and well favored and they fed in the meadow and behold seven other cows came up after them poor and very ill favored and lean flesh.

Such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness. I Don't ascribe the poor the clumsy language to Pharaoh. This is the King James English. I think Pharaoh said it, you know, all right. And the lean and ill favored cows did eat up the first seven fat cows and when they had eaten them up.

It could not be known that they had not eaten them, but they were still ill favored at the beginning. So I woke the point is these lean scrawny ugly things not only eat the fat ones, but they don't get better.