The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1918-11-28
LESSON FOR DECEMBER I
THE STORY OF JOSEPH.


GOLDEN TEXT-Iiatred stirreth UP
ttrfes, but love covereth up all trans
s..essions,-Proverbs 10:ia,
DEVOTIONAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS T.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAIs-Genesis 81:
LII.
I. Joseph the weII.HeIoved Son
37:1-4).
Joseph was Jacobs favorite son.
This was due partly to the fact that
h. was the son OF the wife OF his first
love and the son of his old age, but
mainly because OF the superior quail
lilies which Joseph possessed. This
favoritism expressed itself In a su-
perior position and more respectable
clothes. That Jacob should feel par
tai toward Joseph, perhaps, was I'M
ayOidable, but that he should manifest
II was extremely unwlse. Serious
TALLY being shown toward children.
Ills brethren's intense hatred burst
forth upon him. This feeling was In
tcnsifled by his pure life and by his
testimony among them because OF their
evil deeds. Josiah is a type of Christ.
He was living In fellowship with
LIS father at Hebron (37 :14);
Christ was with the Father be-
fore coming into the world (John
1929; Joseph was the beloved son
Genesis 1873; Christ was the be-
loved Son Of God (Matthew 3:17) Jo-
scph was hated by his brethren (Gene.
sis 37:4); Christ was hated by his
brethren (John 1920; Joseph was
envied by his brethren Genesis 81 ~;
Christ was delivered up through envy
MARK 5:1O.
u. Joseph's Dreams (37 SID.
1. His brothers sheaves bowling in
obeisance to his.
This was rightly interpreted by them
10 mean their humble obedience to
him. This intensified their hatred.
2. The sun, moon and eleven stars
rendering Obeisance to him.
This dream is wider In its applica-
ton. The eleven stars are identical
with the eleven sheaves. The sun and
moon. as rightly interpreted by his IA
Their. represented his father and moth
or as rendering obeisance to him.
III. Joseph Sent by His Father on .
Mission Of Mercy to His Brethren wv.
12-1O.
His brethren had gone to Shechem.
about nifty miles distant from Hebron.
where was abundance Of pasture for
their flocks. Jacob became anxious
as to their welfare, and sent Joseph.
young man now seventeen years old,
to find out their condition. Unde-
tered by the envious hatred Of his
brethren, he willingly responded, Here
I am" No doubt he realized that his
mission was fraught with great dao
gers--the exposure to highway rob-
bers. wild beasts. and the murderous
hatred Of his brethren. NOtwithstand-
ing this, he rendered willing obedi-
ence. Christ was sent by the Father
on mission of mercy to his brethren
Il John Ala; John 1 III Phil. 2:7, 81.
Though he knew that the envlOus
hatred of his brethren would result In
his suffering and death on the cross,
he went forth delighting to do his Fa-
TIERS will
". Joseph's Reception by His ereth-
rem wv. 1929.
1. Their murderous plot wv. 1929.
They said "Behold this dreamer
cometh. let us STAY him." This il
what Christ's brethren said about him
Matt. 81: 3S). They thought they
would prevent these dreams coming
true by destroying the dreamer. Reu-
ben dissuaded them from this act by
proposing to cast him into pit. In
tending afterward to rescue him and
restore him to his father.
2. They strip him of his coat of
many colors ana cast him into the pit
wv. %, 24). In spite of his earnest
entreaty against this act they perpe-
trated this heartless cruelty Genesis
AZ :21).
3. Their feastlng ". 25).
Their heartless cruelty is manifest
In that they could enjoy the festivities
Of meal. perhaps, within the sight
and hearing of Joseph's cries.
4. Sold him to the Ishmaelites wv.
25-2S).
judah proposed that they sell
him, as no gain could accrue from let
ting him die in the pit. One Judas,
later, sold the Lord for money. Hav-
Ing done this Infamous deed, they
sought to cover it up by deceit and ly-
Ing. They took his coat Of many
colors and dipped It. In the blood OF
kid and sent 1t to his father allowing
him to draw his own conclusions as
to the matter. jacob is now reaping
what he had sown. Many years be-
fore this he had deceived his father
by trickery and plous lying.