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The title of the sermon this evening is Joseph Pictures Jesus. Now this is one of these sermons where I've heard a lot of different sermons on. There's a lot of great parallels in the Bible. To me this is one of these type of sermons where we just take the awe of God's Word. Where we see this book is not written by men. This book is not something where some people just accidentally wrote all these stories and they just kind of line up. We see so much prophecy in the Old Testament picturing the Lord Jesus Christ. We see all the great men of the Bible as being different aspects of the coming Messiah of the Lord Jesus Christ. And Joseph is one of the strongest archetypes of the Lord Jesus Christ. One of the strongest pictures of the Lord Jesus Christ. And I have 15 points this evening about how Joseph throughout this story pictures the Lord Jesus Christ. Now there's more. There's more than I could, you know, that I came up with or more than I even heard. But I have 15 that I want to focus on. Now before we get there, keep your finger here because we're going to constantly look at Genesis 37. But flip back a couple chapters to Genesis chapter number 30 and we'll see the beginning of Joseph. We'll see where did this guy named Joseph come from. Look at verse 22. It says, And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her and opened her womb. And she conceived and bare a son, and said, God hath taken away my reproach. And she called his name Joseph, and said, The Lord shall add to me another son. Now Joseph is a son of the tribes of Israel, which was Jacob. And they had 12. There's 12 children. Now at this time, his mother Rachel, this is the only son of her. This is the only son that's been born of Rachel at this point. He's the 11th child. And Rachel was the one whom Jacob loved. Rachel was the one who Jacob desired. When Jacob was traveling and he came unto Laban, he found Rachel is very beautiful. He really liked her. He was willing to work seven years just to marry her. And then all of a sudden, his dad tricked him and swapped sisters and gave him, you know, Leah. And Leah, you know, she was really kind and whatever, but she wasn't a looker like Rachel was. So he didn't like her as much. But God opened up Leah's womb and blessed her with many children. We see a lot of Reuben and all these different children. And then Rachel, because she doesn't have a kid, she just gives Jacob her concubine and then her handmaid. And then we see that Leah gives him his concubine as well. Then we get all the way to this point where Rachel's finally remembered by God, and she gives him a son. Now one of the things about the Lord Jesus Christ is he didn't come in the beginning, did he? He wasn't the first son. He wasn't, you know, the first person on this earth. It took a long time for him to come. And I think that could be another picture of what we see here with Joseph is the fact that he's the 11th kid. It takes a while to get there. But when he comes on the scene, boy, did things change. But let's go back to Genesis chapter 37. That's not my first point, but we kind of see where Joseph came from, right? Joseph's the 11th son of Israel. Israel has two wives and then two handmaids that he's lying with and conceived children by. And in verse number 5, let's learn about Joseph. And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren. And they hated him yet the more. And he said unto them, Here I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed. For behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheave arose, and also stood upright. And your sheaves stood around 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? Well, 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. So now what's happening? Joseph was given a dream of the Lord. He was given this great dream, and he's just telling it to his brethren. He's not telling it because he's trying to gloat. He's not trying to brag to him. He's just saying, Hey, this is the dream I had. And they understand it. They understand what he's talking about. They're just saying, What? You're saying that we're going to have obeisance to you? You're saying that you're going to reign over us? The youngest? Because at this time, he's the youngest. I don't believe that Benjamin has been born yet. So they're just thinking, Our youngest brother's going to be the one reigning over us. Are you kidding me? And if you're an older sibling, or you've had younger siblings, you kind of look like, whatever, you know, you're not going to reign over me. You're not going to be better than me. They're kind of, they don't believe in him, do they? They don't think that he can do great things. And a lot of times the youngest, you know, they'll be looked down upon by their brethren. The brethren don't really look at them as being maybe a great spiritual leader. Maybe as being someone that does great things. But they say, Shout thou indeed reign over us. And you say, What does obeisance mean? Well, they told us in verse 10, Indeed, come bow down ourselves to thee. So again, you say, What does obeisance mean? It's like bowing down. It's like worshiping. It's like having respect unto. But this is the same thing of the Lord Jesus Christ. Go to John chapter number seven. Keep your finger here, but go to John chapter number seven. So what happened with Joseph? He's given a dream by God. He's telling his brethren, Hey, this is this great dream that God gave me. Wouldn't you be excited? Like think about it. If your brother was given a dream by God and he's telling you, wouldn't that be kind of cool? Wouldn't that be exciting? Couldn't you be excited for your brother? But what do they do? Oh, you're going to, you're going to reign over us. They don't really like God's dream. They don't believe in their brother, do they? Well, look at John chapter seven verse two. Now the Jews feast of Tabernacles is at hand. His brethren, therefore, said unto him, Depart hence and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest. For there is no man that doeth anything in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, show thyself to the world. For neither did his brethren believe in him. You say, did Jesus Christ's brethren believe in him? No. He did not believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. He didn't have family support. He didn't have his brethren to say, oh, you're the Messiah. You're the son of God. Let's go out. We're going to be with you. We're going to be your closest disciples. We're going to be the ones that help you tear up this world. And you know what the sad truth is? The sad truth is many times your brothers and your own sisters are not going to be the ones that go out and preach the gospel with you. They're not going to be the ones that tear up this world with you, your own flesh and blood. That's just the sad reality. Now God bless you if that happens. I've known people that have a great brother or a great sister from the same mother. I'm talking about in the flesh, and they're both on fire for God. They're both in the same church. They're both serving God. Praise the Lord. That's great. I don't want to be down on that. That's wonderful. But the reality is many times this will not be the case. And so here's the question for you. If your physical brethren do not believe in you, if your own flesh and blood, what are you going to decide? Well, am I going to serve God or am I going to be pleasing unto my brethren? Am I going to have a good relationship with my brethren? Because many times you have to actually make that decision. You say, well, if I really served God, if I was really in the right church and going soul winning and preaching fire and doing right, my brethren probably won't hang out with me. They're not going to do things with me. Or I could just hang out with them and be lukewarm and never do anything for God and not really do what God wants me to do. What's your decision? Well, we know what Christ did. Christ said, who is my mother? Who is my brethren? The day that do the will of God, right? He's saying, look, I don't care who it is, flesh and blood. Christ was the ultimate non-respecter of persons. There is no respect of persons with Christ. He didn't care of his own flesh and blood. He's saying, look, I'm just here and who wants to serve the Lord? He's going to be my brother. He's going to be my sister. Why don't you let the people in the pews tonight be your brothers and sisters? Why don't you let that be your family? So if you would to go to Matthew chapter number 12, we'll see this. I quoted it for you, but I want to read it because I want to emphasize this, that the Bible teaches who your true family is if you're in Christ are those that are also in Christ with you. Not those that are of flesh and blood. Not those that were born of the same mother or the same father. Now look, don't take this the wrong way and say, well, I should just forsake my brothers. I should just forsake myself. I can't even go to the family reunion. I can't call them. I can't have, like, I'm not saying that, look, I want to have relationship with my brothers and sisters physically. I want to see my parents. I want to hang out with them. But if it's going to distract me from serving the Lord, if it's going to stop me for serving God, if they're trying to distract me, Hey, I don't care what you say. I don't care who you are. I don't care how much the same blood we have in our veins. Look, my true family is those that want to serve God in this room. Look at verse 47, then one said unto them, behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without desiring to speak with thee. So get this, we're in church, we're preaching, someone showed, Hey, your mom and dad and your brother and sister out here, they want to talk with you. Well, am I going to just quit church? Am I? All right, guys, wait up, wait a minute. I'm just going to go out here and talk with them. What does Jesus say? But he answered and said unto them that told him, who is my mother and who are my brethren? And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples and said, behold, my mother and my brethren, for whoso shall do the will of my father, which is in heaven, the same as my brother and sister and mother. So how much importance did Christ put on physical blood? None. He's saying, look, the guys that are here wanting to serve God, look, if my physical brothers and sisters want to come in here and be part of this church and serve God, amen, that's great. But if they don't, well, I'll just, you can be my brothers, you can be my mothers and sisters and all my brethren, okay? You can be my true family. Look, the true family should be those that are in Christ, not of who I'm born of. Look, Christ is de-emphasizing who parents you are, what your genealogy is, what your family lineage is, and if you're in Christ or not, if you're doing the will of God. Go if you would to Luke chapter 19 as well. So what was my first point? My first point is just the same way that Joseph was rejected of his own brethren, Christ was rejected of his. His brethren didn't believe in him, but did that slow either of them down? Not at all. They're still going to serve God, they're still going to do the will of God, and we shouldn't let these type of distractions stop us from wanting to serve God. Look, the reality is Christ said I came not to give peace but division. Look, there's going to be mother against father and father against son and brother against brother and sister against sister, and look, you might even be against your in-laws, shocker. I mean, there's just going to be division in this world. It's not that far-fetched. Look, it happens to all of us. It happens to me. Look, I have a lot of people in my family that, you know, think I'm in a cult, think I'm a cult leader, you know, because I believe the Bible, you know, because I actually do what it says. I'm a cult leader apparently. Well this is my cult, whatever this book says, and that's why I challenge them. I say show me where I'm wrong in this book and I'll change. This is what's controlling my life. This is what's controlling this church. This is what's controlling my actions. If you think I'm doing something wrong, I'm saying something wrong, show me and I'll change every single time. I've changed many times before based on what this says. Why not change again? I could keep changing and conforming under the image of his son, conforming under Jesus Christ, getting more godly, being more like him. That's what I want to do anyways. So you're just helping me if you show me something I got wrong. I'm going to thank you. I'm going to say thank you for correcting me. Thank you for helping me. I'm so glad. But you know the thing is they hate this book. They hate the words of, they despise God's word, despise God's commandments. That's why they're saying, oh you're in a cult, oh you just interpret the Bible weird. Well give me your interpretation. Well I don't have one, but you know, I mean you're just interpreting it wrong. Okay. Well look at verse number 12, Luke chapter 19. He said therefore a certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. And he called his ten servants and delivered them ten pounds and said unto them, occupy till I come. But his citizens hated him and sent a message after him saying, we will not have this man to reign over us. So what's my second point? In the same way that they did not want Joseph to reign over them, they didn't want Jesus to reign over them either, did they? He's a picture of the fact how he's saying, look I'm going to be the one that's going to reign. But was it of Joseph's heart? Was it of Joseph's desire? Was Joseph saying, I want to reign over you guys. I want to be the leader. I want to be in charge. He's saying, look this is what God said. I'm just going to tell you, God said I'm going to be in charge in the future. Like it or lump it. That's what God's saying. And guess what? The Lord Jesus Christ, he's a Christ whether you like it or not, why don't you just believe in him? Why don't you just accept him? You know what they said? We will not have this man to reign over us. They did not like the Lord Jesus Christ. That's why they rejected him. Just the same picture of Joseph. We see all these parallels with Joseph. Now go back to Genesis 37. So we already have two pictures of how Joseph's life is so much like the Lord Jesus Christ. His brethren didn't believe in him. And even that, the Jews who his brethren many times represent, they didn't want to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. They didn't want to accept him. They didn't want him to rule over him. Even though it's God the Father's will, it's what God the Father's declared, it's what God the Father has set to be in order. Look at verse number 14 now. And he said unto him, Go I pray thee. See whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks, and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the veil of Hebron, and he came to shechem. So what's my third thing? Well, we have Joseph who's alone with the Father. And then his brethren, they're out on the field. And he's like, you need to go check on them. He sends Joseph to go check on them. This is a picture of what? God the Father sending the Lord Jesus Christ into the world. We see the Father sent the Son, right? Go if you would to verse 15. And a certain man found him. And behold, he was wandering in the field, and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethren. Tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks. Now go to John chapter 1. Keep your finger here. Go to John chapter 1. The Bible says in 1 John 4, and we have seen it to testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. The Bible makes it super clear Jesus Christ was sent of the Father. Another picture, we see, hey, Joseph is being sent by the Father to go into his brethren. But does brethren receive him? Let's look at John chapter 1 verse 10. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. And he came unto his own, and his own received him not, but as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even them that believe on his name, which were born not of blood, nor of the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. Now what did Jesus Christ come to do? He was sent of the Father to go unto his brethren, right? Did he go to all the Gentiles? No, he went to the lost house of Israel. He went to those that were the Jews. He went to his own brethren. He tried to come unto his own. His own received him not. And what happened with Joseph? Joseph is sent by his Father to check on his brethren. His brethren are not going to receive him. Another picture of exactly what's happening with the Lord Jesus Christ, right? In Luke chapter 19 it says, for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost. Not only that, when Joseph shows up, are his brethren there? No, they're not. He's like, hey, you've got to go find, they're lost. He doesn't even know, he's got to go find his brethren, right? Another picture, hey, Jesus Christ is trying to find them, but they're lost. They don't know where they're at. They're not in the right place. They're not doing the right thing. They're screwed up, just like the children of Israel. The children of Israel are screwed up, they're not right, they're lost, and Christ is coming to his own. But do they receive him? Go back to Genesis 37. Let's see what happens. Look at verse 17. And the man said, they are departed hence, for I heard them say, let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren and found them in Dothan. And when he saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. And they said one to another, behold, this dreamer cometh, come now therefore and let us slay him and cast him into some pit. And we will say, some evil beast hath devoured him and we shall see what will become of his dreams. So his brethren didn't believe in him. His brethren don't want Joseph to reign over him. The father sends Joseph unto his brethren. And then when they see him, what do they do? They're plotting to kill him. Look, this is the same with the Lord Jesus Christ all the way through. It's just the same timeline of the Lord Jesus Christ, right? I mean, he's not believed in his brethren. His brethren don't want him to reign over him. The father has sent the son unto these lost sheep. But what do they do? They're plotting to kill the Lord Jesus Christ, don't they? Isn't that the same thing that happens to the Lord Jesus Christ when it comes to brethren? Go to Mark chapter number 12. We'll read a long parable that Jesus gave because look, Jesus would speak in dark sayings unto them. He's trying to teach them in dark sayings and the same thing is in the Old Testament. The Old Testament is a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ. What he's going to do, how he's going to come, what the reaction is going to be. Now when we look at pictures in the Old Testament, not everything always lines up exact. Not everything is just the exact same detail. Sometimes there's subtle differences. There's different things. But the parallels, they mean they just jump off the page. They're so amazing. You're like, how could somebody have written this story of Joseph with all these details that you think are, you know, does it really matter? They didn't, you know, believe in him? Does it really matter that he showed up and they weren't there? I mean, what's the story about? But then you see with the Lord Jesus Christ, how they all fit. How they fit like a glove. There's all these different things we can learn from the Bible. Look at Mark chapter 12 verse 1, and it began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the wine-fat, and built a tower, and led it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husband of the fruit of the vineyard. And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. And again he sent unto them another servant, and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled. And again he sent another, and him they killed, and many others beating some, killing some. Yet having yet therefore one son, his well beloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son. But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. What shall therefore the Lord of the vineyard do? He will come, and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. And have you not read this scripture? The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner. This was the Lord's doing, and is marvelous in our eyes. And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people, for they knew that he had spoken the parable against him, and they left him, and went their way. So what happens in the parable? Jesus Christ is teaching how, look, they were sending the prophets. God's constantly sending prophets unto the Jews, telling them, warning them of their sin and their wickedness, trying to turn him back to the Lord. And he's like, finally I'll send them my son. I mean at least they'll listen to, you know, God the flesh, won't they? But then what do they do? Nope, they reject him. This is the heir, they say this is the heir, if we kill him we'll get the inheritance. And you know what they thought with Joseph? Well he's the well beloved. He's the one our father really likes. So as long as he's around, he's probably going to get the inheritance. He's probably going to be the one that the father blesses. What if we kill him? Now we can get his inheritance, can't we? So they're plotting against Joseph the same way the Jews are plotting against the Lord Jesus Christ. And go back to Genesis 37. Another place in the same parallel passage in Matthew 21, the Bible says, but last of all he sent them his son, saying they will reverence my son. But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, this is the heir come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. So in Jesus' parallel, he's saying look, they're seeing him coming, and then they just start plotting against him. Well what happened with Joseph? When they see him afar off, they just start immediately plotting against Joseph. Just in the same way, look, as soon as they see him they're just plotting against him. They don't believe in him, they rejected him, they don't want him to reign over him, and then they just start plotting against him, right? Let's go to my fifth point. Go to Genesis chapter 37 verse 21. And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands and said, let us not kill him. And Reuben said in him, shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him and his father again. And it came to pass when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colors that was on him. Now here's what, picture, we see he's coming. He's getting plotted against, and now they've taken hold of him. They've taken hold of Joseph. What's the first thing they do to this guy? They strip him of his clothes, don't they? We'll go to Matthew 27. What do they do to Jesus Christ when they catch him? What are they going to do to the Lord Jesus Christ when he's been falsely accused? When he's brought before Pilate? When the Jews have delivered him unto death? Look at Matthew 27 verse 27. When the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered him unto the whole band of soldiers, and they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. So what did they do to Jesus Christ? They took off his clothes. Look at verse 29. And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand, and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! I guess they needed to read the story of Joseph a little bit more, didn't they? Say hey, we're just being just like his brethren. We're stripping him of his clothes, aren't we? We're ridiculing him. Look, the same parallels. I mean we keep going through. It's just like Joseph is doing all the same motions that the Lord Jesus Christ did. Now of course there's so many other details, right? How he walked there, how he traveled, other things that he was doing. But God is constantly just picking out little bits of information. Why? Because they're picturing the Lord Jesus Christ. This isn't man's writing. This isn't what a man wrote. This is clearly, you know, the Holy Ghost speaking through the men of God, right? He's picking out these things. It's the Word of God. It's the eternal Word of God. He knew Jesus Christ would come. He knew all the details of the Lord Jesus Christ. And we have the Word is perfect. Go back to Genesis 37. It says, And they took him, in verse 24, and cast him into a pit, and the pit was empty. There was no water in it. Now what's a pit with no water? Sounds a lot like hell that I preached not too long ago, right? I mean the bottomless pit? That's what the Bible describes as hell, and is there any water in hell? No! I mean it might be a lake, but there's not any water there. It's the fire that's moving along. It's the fire that's acting as the flowing, but there's no water in this pit. And they throw Joseph in this pit. It's a picture of the fact that the Lord Jesus Christ would go into hell for three days and three nights. Go, if you would, to Matthew 12. This is a good verse to maybe even have memorized Matthew chapter 12. I'll read for you from Zachariah. It says, As for the also, by the blood of thy covenant, I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit, wherein is no water. So even in Zachariah, it gives another illusion to hell as being a pit with no water. So what's my sixth point? That Jesus went to hell. Just as Joseph was sent into this pit with no water, it's a picture of the fact that the Lord Jesus Christ would go to hell. Look at Matthew 12, verse 40. For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the well's belly, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. You notice the cool thing about this verse is we're talking about Joseph pictures Jesus Christ, but in this verse, it's also talking about Jonas picture of the Lord Jesus Christ. Let me tell you a secret. You know all the great prophets? They all picture the Lord Jesus Christ in different ways. They all picture all these different aspects of the Lord Jesus Christ and his life and his death, burial, and resurrection. Look, you can't deny the Old Testament because the New Testament just confirms the Old Testament. And guess what? The Old Testament confirms the New Testament. They fit together like a glove. They're constantly referring to one another. There's no way man wrote these books. I couldn't even get all of us in this room to agree to write one book that sounded coherent. Let alone get 40 different authors over thousands of years to write the same story with the same parallels that all fit together like a glove with no contradiction, no error, and then people want to say, oh, the Bible was written by man. Show me a book that's like this book. Show me a book where it has these types of parallels, where it fits together so perfectly. Look, this is God's holy word without error. Bible even says in Acts chapter 2, because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption. Jesus Christ went to hell. And some people will kind of scoff at this or get kind of flustered when you say that. They're like, what? You said Jesus went to hell? And that's what the Bible says. And look, it makes perfect sense because not only did he die in the cross of our sins, he took the punishment we deserve for three days and three nights. The punishment you deserve in hell, the Lord Jesus Christ took upon himself. He suffered in hell for three days. That makes me even more so be grateful to the Lord Jesus Christ. The fact that he took that, you know, horrible, horrendous pain, I can't even imagine. That's why it even says in Revelation 1, I am he that liveth and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of hell and of death. How did Jesus get those keys? He went to hell for three days and three nights. But guess what? He conquered death. He conquered hell. He has the keys. He can lay down his life and pick it up again. Look, the Lord Jesus Christ conquered these things and paid the full penalty so he could give us the free gift. He paid it all. We sang it, didn't we? Jesus paid it all, all to him I owe. Look, you can't sing that song and believe in work salvation. You can't sing that song and, oh, and repent of my sins. Jesus, and I repent of my sins. No. That's not how it goes. He paid it all, all to him I owe. Look, he gets all the glory. He gets all the honor. He gets all the praise. Go back to Genesis 37. Just as they just throw Joseph in this pit and it says, hey, the pit without water. That's kind of a weird detail. Why would they say, you know, thousands of years ago, before the Lord Jesus Christ even born, why are they saying this pit's without water? So we would know it's hell so that we'd know that the Savior would be going into hell to pay for the full penalty of our sins. Look at verse 28. Then they were passed by Midianites, merchantmen, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit and sold Joseph to the Israelites for 20 pieces of silver and they brought Joseph into Egypt. Now go to Matthew 26. Now here's the thing. In these first six points, we've pretty much followed almost a perfect chronology of the Lord Jesus Christ. But then as we go through Joseph's life, the interesting thing is he constantly goes back and forth showing different aspects of the Lord Jesus Christ's life. It's not always just a perfect chronology. And even in this example specifically that we're going to point out, it's not exact, but it's a picture of what would happen to Lord Jesus Christ. Because we see Joseph, he was sold for 20 pieces of silver. But look at Matthew 26 verse 15. And said unto them, What will you give me? And I will deliver them unto you. And they covenanted with them for 30 pieces of silver. So again, this is a picture. The exact details, it doesn't have to be a match of 30 or 20. It's just saying, look, just like Joseph was sold for 20 pieces of silver, the same with the Lord Jesus Christ, he was sold for 30 pieces of silver. So he was sold for silver. Go back to Genesis 39 now. So go to Genesis 39. So we've looked at a lot of different points, a lot of different ways that Joseph's pictured the Lord Jesus Christ. And they just, to me, they just blow me away when you just read all these parallels. Let's look at another one. Now we've kind of fast forwarded in the book of Genesis. Now the book of Genesis is interesting, but Joseph has a lot of the book of Genesis. I mean, he's one of the biggest characters through the book of Genesis. And Genesis 38, we kind of focus on Judah and Tamar for a little bit. So we kind of get a break on Joseph. We see that he's sold, and then we just kind of forget about him for a chapter. But then it picks back up in chapter 39. What happened to him when he got sold? Look at verse one. And Joseph was brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard and Egyptian, brought him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, which had brought him down thither. And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man, and he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian, and his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand. And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him, and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. So one of the things about Joseph, let's read a few more verses. I have a few more verses. Look at verse five. And it came to pass from that time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, and the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake, and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house and in the field. And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person and well favored. So what does the Bible talk about Joseph? It talks about Joseph was a really hard worker. He was such a good worker, his boss didn't even know anything about the business. His boss, I mean Joseph is just laying down his food in front of him, that's all his boss is thinking about. His boss doesn't know what's going on, the affairs, because he's like, Joseph's got it. I mean, Joseph is such a hard worker, he's so faithful, he's so diligent, I can just give something to Joseph and I know it's going to be done. I know it's going to be done right, I know he's going to deliver, I'm just worried about my food. I'm just worried about me getting some food. That's a good employee, a good employee. And look, I'm not saying that Potiphar, you know, his attitude is right, because if you give people too much, you know, trust, a lot of times you'll get burned, because look, the godly man sees this. The faithful fail from the children of men, and you see this a lot of times. People at work, they're given too much trust, too much accountability. Look, even a godly person, even a person you have a lot of trust in, you should have healthy boundaries of accountability for them, just to protect you, to protect them, to protect everyone involved. But even though Potiphar wasn't that diligent, we see Joseph was doing right, Joseph knew he was going to do right, Joseph knew he was always going to do everything the way that he should. He was always going to be a blessing unto his employer, and look, he's in a bad situation. I mean, he just got sold by his brethren. He's in a foreign land. He probably doesn't even speak the tongue when he first gets there, does he? But I bet he learned it, because you're not going to put some guy in charge that doesn't speak the language, do you? So he probably learned the tongue really quickly, he's a really hard worker, he's doing all these things. We'll go to John chapter number three. The same thing for the Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ is one of the hardest working people, if not the hardest. When the disciples look to Jesus, they're like, he's beside himself. Isn't he going to take a break and eat some food? I mean, this guy's just constantly going and preaching the gospel, he's constantly traveling, he's constantly doing the work of God. When Jesus was on the scene, he was working. He was constantly diligent, but you know, he did take time to pray. He did take time to fast. He did take time to praise the Lord, but when he's not doing that, he's working. And he's constantly working. Jesus Christ was a hard worker. He wasn't poor because he wasn't a hard worker, he was poor by choice. He decided, you know, I don't need to work the works of the flesh, I'm going to work the works of God, right? Look at John chapter three, verse one. Now here's the thing. When Potiphar looked at Joseph and he saw how hard a worker he was, he knew it was because of the Lord. He saw the Lord was blessing him. He saw that the Lord was doing good unto him, and he's like, this is of the Lord. And when they saw Jesus do the miracles, it's just obvious that God was blessing him. That God was with the Lord Jesus Christ, that he was doing these miracles by Jesus Christ. Even an unsaved Pharisee, Nicodemus, he can recognize it. He's being honest with himself for a minute and he says, well, it's pretty obvious you're of God because, you know, nobody can do all these miracles that you're doing unless God is with you. I mean, that's the only way it would be possible. The same thing. So everything is given into his hand of Joseph's hand, right? Well, everything is given unto the Lord Jesus Christ's hand by the Father. Look at verse number 34 now. For he whom God has sent speak of the words of God, for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things unto his hand. So just like Joseph, who was a diligent worker, who was one that was going to get everything done on time, he's faithful in all his house. The Lord Jesus Christ, he's faithful in all that he's given. And the Father, guess what? He's given it all unto the Son. He's like, I know you're faithful. I know you're going to do right. I know you're a hard worker. You're going to get to do it all. I'm going to give all power and authority unto the Son. The Son got everything into his hand. The Son has all power, all authority given unto him by the Father. A picture like Potiphar giving all things into Joseph's hand. Go back to Genesis 39. So you see the Lord Jesus Christ, just like Joseph, Joseph being a hard worker, and the way that he was a hard worker, he's picturing the Lord Jesus Christ. We know that God was blessing him. Look at verse number 19 now. Skip down a little bit. It says, And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me, that his wrath was kindled. And Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound, and he was there in the prison. Now go to Mark chapter 14. So what just happened? Well, in the story, Joseph, he's a great worker, but he's got a problem. Potiphar's wife really likes how well favored he is. Potiphar's wife has a liking unto Joseph. She likes how good looking and how hard working is, so she starts trying to lie with him. She's trying to say, Hey, come lie with me, Joseph. Come be with me. And he's like, I can't do that. That's wicked. I'm not going to do that. But Joseph makes a mistake. He finally gets alone with Potiphar's wife, a mistake a married man should not do. He should not just put himself, look, a woman that's already coming on to you, especially, look if a woman's trying to, you know, commit adultery with you, most certainly don't get alone with her. What a wicked situation to be in. But let alone, a godly man should do all kinds of things to protect himself from these type of situations. You never know what some woman could say or try to accuse you of, even when you're not guilty. Was Joseph guilty? No, he didn't do anything wrong. But this wicked woman, because she gets so mad that he won't lie with her, she just rips his jacket off. And when he when he runs away, and then she lies and says, Oh, he was trying to, you know, force me. And he took off his jacket. And then when I started screaming, you know, he ran away. This is what she tells her husband. And guess what? The husband believes the wife. You know, a lot of times that'll happen, the husband's gonna believe the wife. There's not two or three witnesses. That's why Joseph needed more witnesses, didn't he? And we see what happens. Well, he's falsely accused. What happens to Joseph? He's doing right. He's serving the Lord. He's doing all things that are good. And then all of a sudden, he gets a bunch of false accusation. He's falsely accused for doing wrong. And if you serve God, if you do right, sometimes you'll get falsely accused. Sometimes the world, the devil, his minions, they'll persecute you and falsely accuse you of things. The Satan's called the accuser of the brethren. And go look at Mark 14, verse 55. And the chief priests and all the council sought for a witness against Jesus to put him to death and found none, for many bear false witness against him. But their witnesses agreed not together and there arose certain and bear false witness against him saying, We have heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands and within three days I will build another made without hands. But neither so did their witness agree together. And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus saying, Answer'st thou nothing? What is it which these witness against thee? But he held his peace and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the son of the blessed? And Jesus said, I am. And ye shall see the son of man sitting on the right hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven. And I like, I'm going to just stop for this one point, it's not even the sermon. But you know in these Muslims, they say, well Jesus never said he was the son of God. Wait a minute, what did they ask him? Hey, art thou the son of the blessed, the Christ? Guess what Jesus said? I am. Yeah, he did say that he was the son of God. He did say he was the son of the blessed. He did say he was the Christ. Yeah, I am. What is it? You know, a lot of the other parallel passages won't have this peace. But clearly Christ said, hey, I am, I'm the son of the blessed. Because you proved positive, he said he was the son of God. But what we have here in verse 59, but neither so did their witness agree together. So what happened? We have a bunch of people falsely accusing Christ. Isn't that what happened? I mean, they're falsely accusing this guy, they're trying to say he's a malefactor. Whenever he's delivered unto Pilate, he asks the Jews, the Jews say, well, what's his accusation? Well, if he weren't a malefactor, would we have delivered him unto you? They're like, he's obviously, you know, a transgressor. He's obviously somebody wicked. So we see he didn't even answer them. We don't have Joseph's story. Joseph wasn't questioned by the pot of her, was he? Just thrown in prison. Just a false accusation thrown in prison, just like our Lord Jesus Christ. Falsely accused for never doing anything wrong and then just condemned. That's the second point. Go to John chapter 18 now. Flip one chapter or book forward, John, look at chapter 18. We'll see what I just quoted for you in verse 30. They answered and said unto him, if he were not a malefactor, would we have not delivered him up unto thee? So they're like, hey, obviously this guy has done something wrong. We wouldn't just bring somebody, you know, unjustly condemned. We wouldn't falsely accuse anybody. And look, the world today, they'll falsely accuse people all the time. That's why at least, you know, America's had some righteous laws in the past where you get the benefit of the doubt. I mean, where someone falsely accuses you, they have to have at least two or three witnesses. There's a thing called burden of proof. And the thing if you understand about burden of proof, it actually is the same concept of the Bible and the fact that if you make a statement, if you make a claim, you're granted that you're saying the truth. You're granted that you're innocent based on whatever you say. And until someone can provide reasonable evidence or proof that, you know, is different than what you're saying, they have the burden of proof. They have the burden to prove that you are guilty. So in a courtroom, if you're, you know, being the defendant, right, and you say, I didn't kill that person, it's the prosecution that has the burden of proof to provide some type of evidence that suggests that you actually did commit this person. Well, we actually have a picture of you doing it. And we have the murder weapon as your fingerprints on it. And we have five witnesses that said you did it. Oh wait, now the burden of proof is just back to you and now you have to try and figure out how to get out of that, right? But if you say, hey, I didn't kill them, and they say, well, we don't have any physical evidence, we have no witnesses, look, in American law, if they actually do what the books say, you should go free. You should be considered innocent until proven guilty, that's the burden of proof. You know, the same thing can be applied with the Bible. Everything that the Bible says is granted that it's true until you can provide reasonable evidence that it's not. So if someone wants to say the Bible's not true, show me your evidence because you have the burden of proof. The Bible doesn't have the burden of proof. The Bible doesn't have to try and prove to you that it's true. Look, it's granted that it's true. And until you can prove John 3.16 wrong, it must be true. And you know what, someone that hears that verse, they have to make a decision. Well, is it really true if I believe in him, I should not perish in everlasting life, or is that not true, right? Every person has a chance to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. Everybody's heard John 3.16. People say, oh, what about these people that have never heard of Jesus? I say, who hasn't heard of John 3.16? No one. I don't know. You meet people from all over the world, I don't care what country, they say, yeah, well, we've heard John 3.16. Yeah, we've heard a few of these Bible verses, right? If you heard that verse, don't you have to make a decision, is that true? I mean, because if that's true, you know, I need to get everlasting life, right? Go if you would back to Genesis 41. It even says in Acts chapter 13, for they that dwell at Jerusalem and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets, which were read every Sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him, and though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they pilot that he should be slain. So not only was he falsely accused, but Pilate condemned him based on no evidence, didn't they? Now, what happened with Joseph? Did they have any physical evidence? Did they have multiple witnesses? I mean, Joseph should have been able to say, hey, I didn't do this, and since they don't have multiple, they don't have two witnesses, they should have been like, well, he's proven innocent, he's innocent, right? With the Lord Jesus Christ, they didn't even bring an, I mean, they couldn't even figure out what accusation to bring against him. They keep trying to bring accusations, but they don't really agree, but they're just like, well, he's a malefactor. You know, he's obviously wicked. And then what does he say? Does he plead that he's guilty to anything? No. But what does Pilate do? They still condemn him. They still condemn the Lord Jesus Christ based on no accusation, based on no proof, based on no witnesses, based on nothing. He's just unjustly condemned. They have no cause to do it, but they just condemn him anyways, just like Joseph. Joseph's just sent to prison, right? No physical evidence, nothing. Now, Genesis 41, look at verse 40. Now, the cool thing I like about Joseph, because there's a different, there's a lot of prophets that still picture the Lord Jesus Christ. I think that Joseph, he's the strongest picture of the trinity. It is a picture of the father and son and now the Lord Jesus Christ. He's the ruler over all the land, isn't he? But wait, Pharaoh's greater in the throne, isn't he? So we see the picture of the father and the picture of the son. Look, the son's the ruler over all the land. The son has all power. It's been granted unto him by the father, but the father is greater, isn't he? And go to John chapter number 10, John chapter number 10 and 1 Corinthians 15. We'll look at both of these points. We see, look, there is two people that are in coordination ruling in Egypt, aren't they? I mean, are you just going to deny the fact that Pharaoh's not ruling? Are you going to say Pharaoh's not ruling because Joseph has been given this power? No, he's obviously still in control. But are you going to say that Joseph's not ruling? No, obviously Joseph is ruling. It just says he's the ruler of all the land, right? So you see two people in coordination ruling over Egypt, right? Well, look at John chapter 10 verse 28. And I give unto them eternal life, this is Jesus speaking, and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My father, which gave them me, is greater than all, and no man is able to pluck them out of my father's hand. So who's the greatest? The father, according to the Lord Jesus Christ. Now go to 1 Corinthians 15, and we'll see the same picture of Joseph with the Lord Jesus Christ when he comes to rule and reign on this earth. 1 Corinthians 15, look at verse number 22. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order, Christ of first roots, afterward, they that are Christ at his coming, then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father. When he shall put down all rule and all authority and power, for he must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death, for he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is accepted which did put all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. So now he's pointing out a few things. He's saying, look, the Lord Jesus Christ, he's over all. And that statement's true. That statement we understand. But then it gives a caveat. Just to make sure, though, it still manifests that the one that put all things under him is still the greatest. It's still in control. Just like Pharaoh and Joseph, right? We see Joseph, hey, he's the ruler of all the land. But just in case you forgot, he's still greater than the throne, isn't he? So it's the exact same picture of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son, and the Father. I mean, how can you make this stuff up? I mean, this fits together. This is the exact same, isn't it? I mean, it's the exact same. But people that deny the Trinity, I don't even know how they interpret these verses. Go to John chapter number five now. Not only do we have a picture of the Trinity, but what's happening with Joseph? He's now becoming the ruler. What's another word that would, you know, fit in this? A governor. A governor is one that's ruling the land. Now, look at John chapter five, verse 22. For the Father judges no man, but has committed all judgment unto the Son. So is Jesus Christ the ruler? Is Jesus Christ going to be the one that's going to be in control? Yeah. All judgment has been committed unto him. Go if you would to Isaiah nine now. Isaiah chapter number nine. Psalms chapter two, I'll read for you, it says, Be wise now therefore you kings. Be instructed you judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son lest he be angry and you perish from the way when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. So according to the Bible, you better be, you know, kissing the Son. You better be obeying the Son in the book of Psalms. In Exodus 23, it's very interesting. It's the Lord talking to Moses and he says in verse 20, Behold, I send an angel before thee to keep thee in the way and to bring thee in the place which I have prepared. Beware of him and obey his voice. Provoke him not, for you will not part in your transgressions, for my name is in him. So God's saying, look, there's this angel coming. You need to observe what he's saying and do what he's saying. Look, it's the Lord Jesus Christ and we've been having the New Testament explaining that when Moses was seeing the burning bush, he was talking with Jesus. He's talking to the I Am. He's talking to the Lord Jesus Christ and the Lord Jesus Christ is the one that's leading them into the promised land. He's the captain of the host. He's the one that they see when, you know, they're about to enter in the promised land. Says in Romans 14, But why dost thou judge thy brother? Or why dost thou set it not thy brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. So Jesus Christ, he's the judge judge. He's the one who's the ruler. Another thing, he's the governor. Look at Isaiah 9 verse six. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace, and of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom to order it and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. Now what's the context here? The context is that someone's going to come in the future and he is going to rule and reign and he's going to rule and reign for how long? Forever. He's everlasting. So what would be an everlasting what ruler? Okay, the everlasting governor. Now here's the thing. If you look at every single one of these descriptions, you could say this about a governor, right? He's wonderful. This person's magnificent. I mean, don't we look at leaders today? I don't. But I'm just saying, doesn't the world or America look at some of our leaders and say they're so wonderful. They're such a great leader. You look at the leader and they're saying, hey, this guy's wonderful. He's a counselor. Look, the guy in charge, he's bringing great counsel for the nation. He's bringing great counsel unto our state. Look, obviously I can't say these things about any person today. I'm just saying if you had a good leader, right, people would say this or people have said these type of things and we're looking at the Lord Jesus Christ, we can say these things, right? He's saying the mighty God. What does that mean? Hey, he's the one that won the ruler. He's going to be all powerful. He's going to be the one that has all rule. He's going to be the one in charge. What does the God, God is ruler. Okay. Not only that, everlasting father. Let's skip that one for a second. The prince of peace. Okay. A prince. A prince in the Bible is a ruler. A lot of people, because you watch Aladdin and you watch all these Disney movies, you think a prince is always just the son of a king, but actually a prince in the Bible just means ruler. It's just one that is in rule. A lot of times it could be the son of a king. A lot of times that's what we see it, but a prince just means ruler and he's the prince of what? Peace. We see when the Lord Jesus Christ is in reign, what is he going to do? He's going to rule the rod of iron, but it's going to be a time of peace. Why? Because we have strict laws. Because we're following God's commandments. So what's the context? We're talking about Jesus Christ coming and doing what? Ruling. Right? Being the governor, being in charge, being the prince. Okay. So then everlasting father. Now these people at Faith Lord Baptist Church, there's these people that were kicked out of our church for teaching a doctrine called oneness. Now they don't like that term, but that's exactly what they believe. They believe that there is no trinity. They don't believe that there's multiple persons of the Godhead, that there's the father, the son, and the Holy Ghost. They believe one. And they'll point to this verse. This is like their crowning verse. This is their gotcha card. This is where, oh man, you can't explain this verse. And they'll say, well, cause it says Jesus is the everlasting father, AKA Jesus is the father. Wrong. Let's get some, is this even talking about God the father? Have we, have we even mentioned him? Guess what? The phrase God the father, it's never found in the Old Testament once. So if you're going to say, oh, he's talking about God the father. Where does it say that? It doesn't say it anywhere. Okay. Now can words have multiple meanings? If I've taught you anything in the last few weeks, I hope I've taught you words can have different meanings, right? Even with Joseph himself, when he's talking about Pharaoh, he said, God has made me a father and a Pharaoh. What does that mean? It just meaning he's teaching him, he's instructing him, he's leading him, right? We even see with Paul and you know, Timothy, he says as a son is with the father, that's what Paul has been like with Timothy. Just meaning what? He's instructing him. He's helping him. He's leading him. Okay. Here's another definition of father. How about this common thing? The forefathers, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, isn't that something that people use? What are they talking about? The guy that was the ruler, the guy that was in charge, the person that was leading the land, right? So a father can just be a word if you look it up in the dictionary and means governor and means a ruler as one of its third or fourth meanings. Okay. Now here's my question. How long is Jesus Christ going to be the governor? Everlasting? So wait a minute. Is he the everlasting father? Yes he is. He's the everlasting governor. His rule's not going to end, right? Let's look at the verse seven. Of the increase of his government and peace, there shall be no end. So what's the emphasis of the everlasting? Is the fact that he's going to be ruling for how long? Forever. He is the everlasting father. Is this saying that there's not three persons in the Trinity, Jesus is the father, has nothing to do with it, has nothing to do with the context. And you know, these people that teach false doctrine, they can never explain their doctrine in the context. That's what they always do. And there's other ways that you could interpret this verse that could be true, but you say, what do you believe? This is what I believe. I believe it's super clear that he's talking about him being the governor, he's being the ruler, the everlasting father. Hey, he's the one that's in charge. Now go back to Genesis chapter 45. The Bible says in Matthew two, and thou Bethlehem, and the land of Judah, art not the least among the princes of Judah. For out of thee shall come a governor that shall rule my people Israel. So in the New Testament, when it's talking about Jesus Christ, when it's referencing this verse, it calls him a governor. It calls him the ruler. Why? Because he's the everlasting father. Now let's go back to our story. So what was the fourth, what was my 12th point? My 12th point was the fact that as Joseph was the governor of the land, so will Christ also be the governor when he comes and rules and reign after the second coming. So it's another picture of what Jesus Christ is going to do. We see Jesus Christ has gone to hell, he's done all these things, he's departed, but when he comes back, now he's going to be the ruler. What happens with Joseph? We see he goes into prison, he goes into all these things, but when he gets back, what is he doing? He's the governor. He's the one in charge. Didn't we start off with a dream? What was he saying? Hey, I'm going to be the one in charge. This is what's going to happen. And guess what? Jesus Christ already told us what's going to happen. Has it happened yet? No, but guess what? When he comes back, he's going to be the one in charge. He's going to be the governor, right? Look at verse 1 of chapter 45. Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him, and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with them, while Joseph made himself known of his brethren. And he wept aloud, and the Egyptians in the house of Pharaoh heard. And Joseph said to his brethren, I am Joseph, doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him, for they were troubled at his presence. So you see, the brethren meet Jesus, and they tremble at his presence. Look, it's a picture of the second coming of Christ. And when Christ comes, those that haven't believed in him, they're going to greatly fear. They're going to want the rocks, you know, they're going to want to hide in the rocks and everything. It even says in 2 Thessalonians 1, I'll just read for you, And you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels. Now we're not going to be afraid. We're going to be excited. We're going to be, you know, really pleased that he's here. But all those unbelieving brethren of his, all the Jews, they're going to be greatly fearing when Jesus Christ comes back. Look at verse number 56 now. I'm sorry. Go back to chapter 41. Go back to chapter 41. I want to look at one other thing. Because here's the point. When they see Jesus Christ, what's going to happen? Everybody's going to confess the Lord Jesus Christ is what the Bible says. But look at verse 56. It says, And the famine was over all the face of the earth, and Joseph opened all the storehouses and sowed unto all the Egyptians. And the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. And all the countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn, because that the famine was so sore in all lands. Now when Joseph becomes the governor, what happens? God had created a famine throughout the whole earth so that everybody came to Joseph. Did they not? All the lands. Now go, if you would, to Philippians chapter 2. The Bible says in Romans chapter 14, For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. Isaiah 45, it was quoted from there, it says, Look unto me and be ye saved. All the ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself that the word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. Look at Philippians chapter 2 verse 9, Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name, which is above every name, that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things unto the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Just as the Lord brought everybody to Joseph, guess what, everybody is going to Jesus, every knee is going to bow, every tongue is going to confess that Jesus is Lord. Look to the glory of God the Father. Look they're not talking to the same person, they're saying, hey, it's to the Son, and guess what, it's giving glory unto the Father. Is it not? Go back to Genesis 45, this will be my last point. So everybody is going to confess Christ. How many pictures do we have with Joseph? And look, I just want to encourage you, so that when you read your Bible next time, and you're reading the story of Joseph, why don't you read the story of Joseph tomorrow, okay? And you can pick out things, hey, this picture is the Lord Jesus Christ. When you read about the other great men of God, you can see how the parallels in their life picture things of the Lord Jesus Christ, and I think it's just, you know, like the dessert. It's like the Holy Ghost is giving you a special blessing, it's like, oh man. I mean, how can somebody say, oh, what could convince you the Bible is not true? Nothing. Nothing at this point. I mean, are you kidding me? Look how many things that we've seen in the Bible. It's just God give, bolstering our faith, giving us more confidence in our word, showing us all these revelations, great wonders. Look at verse nine, haste ye and go up to my father and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me Lord of all Egypt. Come down unto me, tarry not, and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks and thy herds, and all that thou hast, and there will I nourish thee, for yet there are five years of famine, lest thou and thy household and all that thou hast come to poverty. So now when the Lord Jesus Christ, or when Joseph actually comes into rule, what happens? All of his brethren get to dwell with him, don't they? They get to rule and reign with Joseph. What happens with the Lord Jesus Christ? Go to Revelation chapter 21. Last place, I'll have your turn. I'm sure a lot of you understand where I'm going with this one, but it says in Revelation 5, And hast made us unto our God kings and priests, and we shall reign on the earth. The Bible says in Psalms 23, 6, Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Just as Joseph provided provision for his whole family, he provided for all his brethren. Even though they didn't deserve it, did they deserve it? They crucified him in a sense, right? They sold him into slavery. They wanted to kill him. And look, he provides provision to all his brethren, doesn't he? And look, we've all sinned against the Lord Jesus Christ. We've all done wickedly. But because of his grace, because of his mercy, he's going to provide us a home in heaven and we get to rule and reign with Christ. Look at Revelation 21, 3, And I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them and be their God. So we see God is all in all. We see the pictures of Joseph, the pictures of his life, all the things that God is highlighting unto us. Picture who? The Lord Jesus Christ. They picture the things that would come in the future of the Lord Jesus Christ. This isn't a story by accident. This wasn't written by a bunch of sheep, you know, herders. They keep trying to say that men got smarter and smarter and smarter. Wow. You didn't tell me that a bunch of Neanderthals wrote this book? Are you kidding me? Look, they picture the Lord Jesus Christ. The important thing of this sermon is that when you read and study your Bible, God will continually reveal new things and more things unto us. And so it's important for us to study our Bibles and look, the whole Bible is about Jesus. You say, what part is not about Jesus? Look, to him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. It's all about Jesus. It was all pointing to Jesus Christ. In the Old Testament, they're pointing to the cross. They're having faith in the coming Messiah. And now we look back to the cross. It's always been about Christ. It's always going to be about Christ. He's the everlasting Father. He's going to be the one in charge. And the question is, are you going to be like the unbelieving brethren? I don't really like it. I don't want this man to rule over us. Or are you just going to accept the fact that whether you like it or not, it's going to happen. Why don't you go ahead and serve him? Why don't you go ahead and be pleasing unto the Lord Jesus Christ? And then you get to rule and reign with him for all of eternity. Let's close in prayer. Thank you, Father, so much for your word. Your word is so wonderful. It's so magnificent. I just love all the stories. And I thank you so much for picturing the Lord Jesus Christ throughout these stories. We just love your eternal word. I thank you for the grace that you've given us, that even though we've transgressed against you and we've done wickedly, that you provide provision for us, that we get to rule and reign with you by your mercy and your grace. I pray that everyone in this room, as they go out this week, that they would continually read your word and that you would just bless them by the Holy Ghost, that you would show them wondrous things out of thy law as they would read and study your Bible. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.