God’s Timeline – Part 44
Joseph
Sold by His Brothers
Pastor Bruce A. Shields
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SERMON TIMELINE (2021 A.D. = 5781 Jewish
Calendar Year)
o Adam, Eve, and the Fall
-
Cain and Abel
o Evil Fills the World
-
Noah Did All God Commanded
Him
o The Flood (B.C.)
o God’s Covenant with Noah
o Noah’s Sons and Ham’s Sin
o Nations of Noah’s Sons
-
Tower of Babel
o Abram and Lot part ways (B.C.)
o Rescue of Lot (B.C.)
-
The Lord’s Covenant with Abram for Isaac
o Hagar and Ishmael Born (B.C.) Abram 86 years old
o Sarai and Isaac
o The Three Visitors
o Abraham Pleads for Sodom
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Birth of Isaac (2066 B.C. Abraham 99 years old Sarah 90-Hagar and
Ishmael sent away)
o The Lord tests Abraham (B.C.)
o Sarah Dies 127 years old (B.C. Abraham is 136)
-
Isaac marries Rebekah (B.C. Isaac was 40 when he
married Rebekah)
o Abraham dies at 175 (B.C. Isaac was 75)
o Isaac receives the Birthright and his father’s
blessing
o Esau marries two Hittites at 40 (B.C.)
o Esau marries a daughter of Ishmael
o Jacob travels to his grandfather’s family to
find a wife (B.C.)
o Jacob’s Dream at Bethel
o Jacob marries Leah then Rachel
§ Levi is born (B.C.)
§ Joseph is born (B.C.)
o Jacob fled Laban and is pursued (B.C.)
o Jacob Prepares to meet Esau
o Jacob Wrestles with God & Becomes Israel
o Jacob Meets with Esau after 20 Years
o Jacob’s Daughter Raped by Shechem (B.C.)
o Jacob Returns to Bethel
o The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac (Isaac was 180
years old)
-
Joseph’s Dreams (Joseph
is seventeen at the time)
o Joseph Sold by His Brothers
INTRODUCTION
Last week in Genesis 37 we read about Joseph having two dreams and how
he shared those with his brothers and father.
We looked at how the
dreams were Joseph’s future, but also a prophecy of the Second Coming of Christ,
which Joseph is referred to as a “Type of Christ” in scripture.
We know that he was
favored by his father Jacob and receiving the ornate robe from him signifying
he would receive the father’s blessing and birthright, though he was second to
last on the list of son’s birth order.
Jacob’s brothers hated
him, and they hated him, even more, when he revealed his dreams to them at the
age of 17. His brothers were jealous, and his father rebuked him for his
dreams. Now his brothers have come up with a plan to get rid of Joseph.
SCRIPTURE READING
Genesis 37:12-36
“Now his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks
near Shechem, 13 and Israel said to Joseph, “As you know, your brothers are
grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I am going to send you to them.”
“Very well,” he replied.
14 So he said to him, “Go and see if all is well with your
brothers and with the flocks, and bring word back to me.” Then he sent him off
from the Valley of Hebron.
When Joseph arrived at Shechem, 15 a man found him wandering
around in the fields and asked him, “What are you looking for?”
16 He replied, “I’m looking for my brothers. Can you tell me
where they are grazing their flocks?”
17 “They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I
heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’”
So Joseph went after his brothers and found them near
Dothan. 18 But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted
to kill him.
19 “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to each other. 20
“Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that
a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.”
21 When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their
hands. “Let’s not take his life,” he said. 22 “Don’t shed any blood. Throw him
into this cistern here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” Reuben
said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father.
23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of
his robe—the ornate robe he was wearing— 24 and they took him and threw him
into the cistern. The cistern was empty; there was no water in it.
25 As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and
saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with
spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.
26 Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill
our brother and cover up his blood? 27 Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites
and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and
blood.” His brothers agreed.
28 So when the Midianite merchants came by, his brothers
pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels [8oz] of
silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
29 When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph
was not there, he tore his clothes. 30 He went back to his brothers and said,
“The boy isn’t there! Where can I turn now?”
31 Then they got Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a goat and
dipped the robe in the blood. 32 They took the ornate robe back to their father
and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe.”
33 He recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! Some
ferocious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.”
34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned
for his son many days. 35 All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but
he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said, “I will continue to mourn until I
join my son in the grave.” So his father wept for him.
36 Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to
Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.”
a.
Last week we read of many things that reflect Christ
and the Second Coming
i.
We
see Jacob loves Joseph, the Father loves the Son
ii.
Jacob
adorns Joseph with an ornate robe symbolizing the blessing of the father and
the birthright, the Father adorns Jesus with the Holy Spirit symbolizing the
“firstborn” and blessing of the Father
iii.
The
eleven brothers hate Joseph because of this, the tribes hate Jesus because of
this
iv.
Joseph
shares prophetic dreams in truth with the brothers, and they hate him more and
plot to kill him, Jesus shares the Truth with the tribes and they hate Him more
and plot to kill Him
b.
There are many in scripture to be considered a “Type
of Christ”
i.
Adam –
Romans 5:14; 1 Corinthians
15:45
ii.
The Ark
– Genesis 7:16; 1 Peter 3:20-21
iii.
The Ark of the Covenant – Exodus 25:16; Psalm 40:81;
Isaiah 42:6
iv.
Sacrifices offered on the Day of Atonement – Leviticus 16:15-16
v.
Brazen Serpent
– Numbers 21:9; John 3:14-15
vi.
First
Fruits, Golden Candlestick, Manna, Melchizedek, Mercy-Seat, Moses, Passover
Lamb, Scape Goat, Sin Offering, The Tabernacle, Table and Show Bread, The
Temple, and more.
vii.
The
Old Testament is all about Jesus Christ, who He is, what He will do, where He
came from, and why it must be this way.
c.
These seemingly “similarities” establish the Doctrine
of Christ in the Old Testament
i.
2 Timothy 3:16 “All
Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for
correction, and for training in righteousness,”
ii.
But
TRUE Christian Doctrine comes
from Scripture Alone!
1.
Mark 7:6-7 “…in vain do they worship me, teaching for
doctrines the commandments of men. 8 For laying aside the commandment of God,
ye hold the tradition of men…”
2.
The
New Testament warns of the “False Doctrines” that would be and were taught in
Jesus’ day. Matthew 7:15; 2 Peter 2:1; 1 John 4:1; 2 Timothy 4:3
iii.
Sola Scriptura!
1.
The
first of five teachings of the Protestant Reformation
2.
Meaning
“By Scripture Alone”
a.
Sola
Fide – “Justification by Faith alone”
b.
Sola
Gratia – “Unmerited Favor, Grace”
c.
Solus
Christus – “Salvation by Christ alone”
d.
Soli
Deo Gloria – “Glory to God Alone”
3.
Many
believers find themselves in trouble with their faith and at odds with God and
His Word because they believe other books written by men, which often
discredit, confound, or confuse the scriptures.
4.
2 Timothy 3:16, ALL SCRIPTURE IS BREATHED
OUT BY GOD
a.
Therefore,
it is ALL true, for God is not a liar!
iv.
Sola
Scriptura, by scripture alone!
1.
Scripture
translates scripture
2.
Scripture
gives understanding to other scriptures
3.
Do
not be beguiled by the tickling of ears in vain books written by men who claim
to know more than God, His Word, or the works of scripture as a whole.
4.
TRUE
Christian Doctrine is established and writ in the Word of God not by man,
church, denomination, system of belief, etc.
II.
EVENTS FORESHADOWING CHRIST AND HIS RETURN
a.
Like Jesus, Joseph was “sent” by his father
i.
VS 13
says “Israel” sent Joseph, to which Joseph relies, “Here I am”
ii.
This
foreshadows Christ’s response in Psalm 40:7-8
“Then
I said, “Here I am, I have come—
it
is written about me in the scroll.
8
I desire to do your will, my God;
your law is within my
heart.”
b.
Like the Jews, the brothers hated and plotted to kill
the one sent
i.
VS 18
“they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill
him.”
ii.
Just
as the Jews saw Jesus and His ministry before He was Glorified, and they plotted
to kill Him.
iii.
We
do see two of the brothers who were against the killing.
1.
The
oldest, Reuben, suggested throwing Joseph into a well, trying to save his life,
where he planned to come release him later.
2.
And
Judah, who wished to sell Joseph into slavery for profit.
iv.
Like
Jesus being sold by a brother (disciple Judas), Joseph would also be sold for
silver by his brother Judah.
c.
Like Jacob deceiving his father with a kid, so, he was
deceived
i.
They
took the symbol of firstborn and fathers blessing from him, covered it in lambs’
blood and showed it to the father to deceive him.
ii.
Two
things here;
1.
Just
as Jacob deceived his father with a lamb, now he was being deceived by a lamb
2.
The
Jews tried to strip Jesus of his birthright and the father’s blessing
3.
When
Jesus died at the cross, the blood of the lamb on the ornate garment (Holy
Spirit) presented to the father, yet, Joseph, just like Jesus, was NOT dead, and
did NOT lose the birthright nor the fathers blessing.
4.
God
accomplishes what He sets out to do, and neither man, nor angel, nor demon, not
a single thing can stop Him.
5.
God’s
Will, will be done!
III.
THE RESULTS OF THE BROTHERS ACTIONS
a.
Joseph Sold
i.
For
a handful of silver by Judah, just as Christ sold by Judas
ii.
Joseph
would soon sit at the right hand of the King, just as Jesus would soon sit at
God the Father’s right hand
b.
Jacob Deceived
i.
Jacob
would live this sadness and confusion for years, not understanding why God
would choose Joseph, then let him die at the mouth of a beast.
ii.
Though
God did not orchestrate the wickedness of the brothers, He worked all things for
good.
iii.
James 1:17 “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming
down from the Father…”
iv.
Romans 8:28 “…we know that all things work together for good to
them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
c.
Where Joseph Ends Up
i.
Joseph
ends up a servant in Egypt, sold to Potiphar, one of the Pharaoh’s officials,
the captain of the guard.
ii.
Captain
of the guard was responsible for the Pharaohs security, protection and over saw
the prison. He was one of the Pharaohs most trusted men.
CONCLUSION –
Though all seems lost to
Jacob, and maybe even to Joseph, we need to remember, regardless the
circumstances, God is in control!
1.
“Many
are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.”
– Proverbs 19:21
2.
“for
dominion belongs to the Lord and he rules over the nations.” – Psalm 22:28
3.
“He
is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” – Colossians 1:17
4.
“You
intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now
being done, the saving of many lives.” – Genesis 50:20
5.
“say
to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he
will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you.”
– Isaiah 35:4
6.
“I
am the Lord, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God.
I will strengthen you, though you have not
acknowledged me, so that from the rising of the sun to the place of its setting
people may know there is none besides me.
I am the Lord, and there is no other.
I form the light and create darkness, I bring
prosperity and create disaster;
I, the Lord, do all these things.” –Isaiah 45:5-7
Next week we will read about Joseph and the trouble with Potiphar’s wife
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