The Plot Of Joseph's Death

Gen 37:13  

"And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed 

the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send 

thee unto them. And he said to him, 

Here am I."

 
    From head to tow, Joseph was a very remarkable type of our Lord. The first mission of the beloved Joseph was to check on the well being of his brethren, which reminds us of the advent of God’s Beloved and Only Begotten Son, who brought us the Father’s greeting, and came to see and know by personal inquiry how we fared.
    Dothan was in the northern portion of the land, and the journey must have taken time and strength; but he persisted until he found them, and came where they were. Their plot against their helpless brother was as the plot of Caiaphas and the rest against our Lord. Pilate knew that for envy they had delivered Jesus into his hands.  
    The pit Joseph's brothers put him in was probably one of the rock hewn cisterns that were all around in Palestine, to catch water but there was no water in it. Joseph’s life was not sacrificed; and there he awaited what was a kind of resurrection. The scene at the pit’s mouth was recalled by Joseph, "And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come," (Gen. 42:9), and was never forgotten by the others,  "And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required," (Gen. 2:21-22). 
Amen!

Reading: Gen. 37:12-24
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Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry