Old Testament - Genesis 45:1-28 - Big Reveal
Channel: Calvary Chapel Windward
Date: 2016-03-07

Old Testament - Genesis 45:1-28 - Big Reveal - CC Windward - Pastor Tim

Old Testament - Genesis 45:1-28 - Big Reveal - Calvary Chapel Windward - OAHU, HAWAII - Pastor Tim Newman - From Local Olelo / Oceanic / Time Warner Cable show "A View from Calvary" - Episode #: - Original Air Date: 11/18/2012 A.D.


PASTOR TIM's NOTES:

Genesis 45:1-28
“The Big Reveal”
1. Joseph REVEALS himself to his brothers.
Vs. 1-15
1a. Joseph REVEALS his identity
Joseph has everyone else leave the room.
He wept aloud- The Egyptians and Pharaoh’s house heard it.
Notice the reaction of his brothers.
They could not answer- they were terrified at his presence. NIV
1b. Joseph REVEALS the plan of God
How does Joseph calm their fears?
Most revealing were his four references to God:
Vs. 5 “for God sent me before you to preserve life.”;
VS. 7 “And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the
earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.”
Vs. 8 So now it was not you who sent me here, but God;
9b "God has made me lord of all Egypt
God’s Providence is explicit in Joseph’s juxtapositions
“you sold me … God sent me” (v. 5)
and “not you … but God” (v. 8).

Prov 16:9
Joseph sought to comfort their transformed yet trembling hearts.
Vs.4 And Joseph said to his brothers, "Please come near to me." So they came
near.
James gives us the same advice in his epistle. James 4:8
Look at the familiar words of Jesus in Matt 11:28-30
Jesus calls us to learn from him. That is how we find rest.
We learn from being yoked with Jesus.
He bears the burden, he carries the load and we are along for the ride.
Our part is acceptance and submission. We learn from him because he is
gentle and humble in heart.
We have already talked about the importance humility.
The proud can’t learn anything even from Jesus.
The word gentle is also translated meek.
Remember from the Sermon on the Mount that it means the opposite of
revenge. The person who is meek is the person who can forgive others and
move on.
How was Joseph effecting this reconciliation with his brothers?
It was being made possible by two things:
 his brothers’ admission of guilt and repentance
 Joseph’s forgiveness that had been encouraged and enabled by his
knowledge of God’s Sovereign care over him.
 
Gen 50:20
Joseph embraced God’s providence and forgave his brothers from his heart.
1c. Joseph REVEALS the plan to bring them all to Egypt.
Joseph commands them to go and bring their father.
The charge began and ended with the admonition to hurry.
2. Pharaoh’s RESPONSE was more than generous.
Vs. 16-24
2a. Pharaoh’s RESPONSE included a place to live
Pharaoh exceeded Joseph’s generosity, offering the “best” (literally, “good”) of
the land
2b. Pharaoh’s RESPONSE included provisions for the trip.
Joseph’s clothing had been central to his rejection.
And now the clothing would be central in the reconciliation
Joseph’s parting shot,
"See that you do not become troubled along the way."
This means, “Do not quarrel on the way,”
3. Jacob RECEIVES the news about Joseph.
Vs. 25-28
3a. He RECEIVES the news that Joseph is alive.
How revealing the little statement of Jacob’s in vs. 26.
Vs. 26 " And Jacob's heart stood still, because he did not believe them.
3b. He RECEIVES the news and agrees to travel to Egypt.
God is not just proving his control of events but keeping his promise to the
patriarchs.
How did this RECONCILIATION come about?
We have said that it was a PROCESS.
And the PROCESS led to what we have called having
50/20 vision
PRESENCE- Joseph always believed that God was with him.
PLAN- Joseph always believed that God had a PLAN for his life.
PROVIDENCE- Joseph believed that God was in control of everything.
PURPOSE- And he believed that since God was in control and HE had a PLAN then
everything was for a PURPOSE.
Therefore, he could have 50/20 vision.
This enabled Joseph to forgive his brothers. And this led to the repentance and
reconciliation of his entire family.
How do you bring reconciliation in your family?
Be a Joseph.
Be yoked with Jesus and learn from him.
And receive 50/20 vision.


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