The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-18

So. And Pharaoh said unto his serv-
ant, can we find such one as this.
man in whom the spirit Of God is?"
Very varied and full of trial had been
the ten years or more Of Joseph's life
since his brethren sold him 10 tn
Niidianites. and several of them had
been passed in prison through the lying
of a wicked woman. AS we see him now
he has just been brought from the prison
to interpret, if he can. To Pharaoh his
double dream Disclaiming all power
to do so Of himself Verse 100. but giving
the glory TO God, ne. by the spirit, in
terprets and applies the dreams; hence
from Pharaoh the words of this verse.
80 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph.
forasmuch as God hath showed thee all
this, there is none so discreet and wise
Is thou art" Joseph had suggested THAI
officers be appointed. VINO, during the
years of plenty, should maxi provision
for the years of famine to follow, per
maps without a thought that he who
had just been brought from prison
might be of any service, but Gods set
time TO favor Joseph had come. The
dreams of long ago are on the way 10
fulfllment Therefore VIII the Lord
wait that He may be gracious. Blessed
are all they that wait tor Him.
40. Thou shalt be over my house, and
according unto they word shall all my
people be ruled; only in the throne Will
/ be greater than thou" Truth is surely
stranger than fiction. From prison TO
a throne i'm an hour; from ignOminy and
disgrace to all but the supreme position
in the land. Promotion cOmeth neither
from the east nor from the west, nor
from the south. but God is the judge.
He putteth down one and setteth up an
other ops. lXXv, 6. q. He brinSeth low
and liftcth up 0 Sam. H. >. There is a
good story of from a prison 10 a throne
in II Kings XIV, 27-30. but that was SIM
ply dehverance. not ruleTship.
Il. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph.
See. I have set thee over all the land
Of Egypt" Joseph put it a little differ
emily and more correctly when he said.
God hath made me lord of Egypt
(chapter XIV. 80. Happy are those who
recognize His hand in all the events of
life. We may see the visible instrument
tality. or look back of it all and see only
God. Moses endured as seeing Him who
is invisible CHeb. XII.
a Ard Pharaoh took off his ring
from his hand, and put ii upon Joseph $
hand, and arrayed him i'm vestures of
fine linen, and put a gold chain about
his neck" So did the king to Mordecai
Est. viii, - and BelsEazzar to Daniel
CDan. Y, 29) The soul that is redeemed
by the blood of Jesus can truly say, He
brought me up also out of an hOrT4D Die
pit. out of the miry clay, and set my
feet upon a rock and established my go
ings; He hath clothed me with the
garments of salvation: He hath covered
me with the robe of Righteousness He
hath made me "a king and a priest unto
God, and / shall reign on the earth
ops. Xl .; Isa. Xxi. 10: Rev. v 10)
49, And he made him to ride i'm the
second chariot which be had and they
cried before him. Bow The knee. and he
made him ruler over all the land of
Egypt" JOseph's humiliation, al
though wholly undeseTved, could not
be said TO be voluntary: but Jesus hum
bled himself and became obedient unto
the death of the cross, wherefore God
hath highly exalted him and given him
a name which is above every name. that
at the name of Jesus every knee should
bow OPhil. ii. $40. III we have the mind
Of Christ we win cheeTfully humble our
selves unto the death of self for His
sake.
"A. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
I am Pharaoh. and without thee shall
10 man lift up his hand or foot in all
the land OF Egypt" OF Jesus ii is writ
ten that all things were created by Him
and for Him. and that i'm Him we live
and move and have our being (Col i. 16:
Acts xvii, PSI. 1t is 90 be feared that of
some of US it might be said. The God
i'm whose hand thy breath is, and whose
are all thy ways. hast thou not glori-
tied?' dan. v, 23). IL. as his redeemed,
we would only allow the fact TO grasp
us that we are to sit with him on his
throne Rev. iii, 2D, we would walk more
worthy of our high calling
A. And Pharaoh called Josephs name
Zaphnath-paaneah, and he gave him to
wife Asenath. the daughter of
Potipherah, priest of On And Joseph
went out over all the land of Egypt"
The margin says that this new name
of Joseph means 'ReVealer of Secrets"
but i'm Young's concordance IL is said
to mean savior of the World" Both
are suggestive OF Him. who is the only
Saviour, and who does nothing without
revealing His secret unto His servants
the prophets (Amos iii. y. That he
should receive an Egyptian wife during
the period OF his brethren's hatred and
rejection is suggestive of the fact that
when Israel shall again see Jesus they
will find that he has taken to Himself
d bride which viii be largely Gentle.
IS. And Joseph was thirty years old
when he stood before Pharaoh, king Of