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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER"><b>JOSEPH
UPDATE - BRIDAL LOVE - JUNE 3, 2011</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b>1.
Genesis 49:22-26 (49:1-27) BRIDAL LOVE: FOUNDATION LAID. “Joseph
is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain; His branches run
over the wall. <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">23</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and persecuted
him: </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">24</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
But his bow abode in strength, And the arms of his hands were made
strong, By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (From thence is the
shepherd, the stone of Israel), </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">25
</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Even by the God of your
father, who shall help you, And by the Almighty, who shall bless you,
With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that couches
beneath, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb. </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">26</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
The blessings of your father Have prevailed above the blessings of my
progenitors Unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: They
shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him
that was separate from his brethren” (ASV '01). </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">This
is a remarkable prophecy! It is the same length as that which the
Holy Spirit led Jacob to speak over Judah. This is no mistake. To
study the history of Israel in the light of Judah and Joseph, is to
see the importance of these two prophetic foundations.</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="">
</span></i></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Hallowed
be your :name!</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">2. Deuteronomy 33:13-17
(33:1-29) BRIDAL LOVE: MIXED IN WITH MESSIAH TO COME. “And of
Joseph he said, Blessed of Jehovah be his land, For the precious
things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that couches beneath,
</font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">14</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, And for the
precious things of the growth of the months, </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">15</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
and for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the
precious things of the everlasting hills, </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">16</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
And for the precious things of the earth and its fullness, And the
good will of him that dwelt in the bush. Let </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>the
blessing</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"> come upon
the head of Joseph, And upon the crown of the head of him that was
separate from his brethren. </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">17</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
The firstling of his herd, majesty is his; And his horns are the
horns of the wild-ox: With them he shall push the peoples all of
them, </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>even </i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">the
ends of the earth: And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and
they are the thousands of Manasseh.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">This</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
is the Word of God through Moses for Joseph! </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">What</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
a word! But we can understand it better when we realize that it was
God who made Joseph a strong type of His Son our Lord Jesus! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Your
:kingdom come!</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">3.
Exodus 13:19 (13:17-22) BRIDAL LOVE: NOT FULLY TYPIFIED. “And
Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn
the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and you
shall carry up </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>my
bones</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
away hence with you.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">It
is at this point among others that Joseph as a type does not fully
line up with Jesus! For </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">Jesus</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">'
body did </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">not</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
suffer corruption as did that of Joseph and David - but God raised
Him on the third day! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth!</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">4.
Psalm 78:67-68 (78:1-72) BRIDAL LOVE: MOVED BY GOD TO JUDAH.
“Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of
Ephraim, </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">68</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">It
takes much meditation and prayer over the Word to see the
significance of this passage from God's point of view. Because of the
sin of Reuben, his birthright went to Judah; his blessing to Joseph;
and his Priesthood to Levi! Yet - God did </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">not</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
completely forsake Reuben. He became the leading tribe on the South
Tabernacle side, over Simeon and Gad. And Joseph did not gain the
birthright, but the blessing: as seen in the verses above. </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Our
:daily :bread give us this day.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">5.
1 Chronicles 5:1-2 (5:1-10) BRIDAL LOVE: MOVED FORWARD BY REUBEN'S
SIN. “And the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel (for he was
the first-born; but, because he defiled his father's couch, his
birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and
the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">2</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the prince;
but the birthright was Joseph's).” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">God
is the Potter! We are the clay! So </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">He</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
shapes us - the clay- into the vessel that pleases Him! So though
originally the birthright went from Reuben to Joseph - yet finally
the decision of God was to let Judah have it! For - from the tribe of
Judah - not Joseph - the Prince Messiah came! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
forgive us our :debts, as we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">6.
Psalm 105:17-19 (105:17-31) BRIDAL LOVE: UNDERGIRDED BY SUFFERING.
“He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant; </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">18</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
His feet they hurt with fetters: He was laid in </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">chains
of</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
iron, </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">19</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of Jehovah </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>tried
him</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.”
</span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Like
Job, God allowed </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">serious
testings</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
to come upon Joseph. He who God would use - </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">must
be</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
prepared even like Jesus! Suffering is a blessing when we see it from
this vantage-point. </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
bring us not into temptation!</span></i></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
(Yet - if to become like Jesus only testing and suffering will
achieve this goal - then Father - Your :will be done!)</span></span></font></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">7.
Hebrews 11:21-22 (11:17-31) BRIDAL LOVE: UNDERGIRDED BY FAITH! “By
faith Jacob dying blessed each of the sons of Joseph; and worshiped,
</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">leaning</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
upon the top of his :staff. </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">22</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
By faith Joseph, at his end, made mention of the departure of the
sons of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his :bones” (NNT).
</span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Ponder
this passage! In a sense, Joseph lines up with Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob - in the tremendous part he played in the establishment of
Israel as a nation from the 12 tribes. Only in heaven will we begin
to understand God's true perspective on all these truths! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">one.</span></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>NOTE</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">:
</span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Joseph
- among the 12 sons of Jacob - is absolutely unique. There are more
linkages between Jesus and Joseph than any of the others, even
including Judah, though rich indeed.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">To do a study of the
Temperaments based on the 4 Gospels, but emphasizes this uniqueness.
On a score of 50 for each Gospel, Jesus is 50 - 50 - 50 - 50! But
from a human vantage point, Joseph is a balance in the 4 gospels that
is above the other 11 sons. God has set him forth as a picture of the
coming Son of God and Son of man - that is unique.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">We can individually take Judah
with Matthew; Ephraim with Mark; Reuben with Luke; and Dan with John
- and together - all 4 - show a composite picture of the coming Son
of God. But Joseph uniquely does this all by himself! To read the
prophecies of Jacob over Joseph in Genesis 49; and Moses over Joseph
in Deuteronomy 33 - is to see an amazing picture.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Those of us who regularly read
the Bible through in a Year - are all deeply moved when we come to
the portion starting with Genesis 37. When it comes to the time when
he reveals himself to his brothers as their long rejected brother
Joseph! Well - when we read Zechariah 12:10-14, and see how Israel
will mourn when they recognize that Jesus who they crucified is
indeed the One who He said He was - the Son of God who came the first
time as the Son of :man in the Name of Jehovah!</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Now
as one can see, there are 14 lists of the 12 sons and tribes of Jacob
in the Bible. Their births are in Genesis 29-30; Jacob's blessings
over them in Genesis 49; </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">but</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
their order around the Tabernacle in the book of Exodus and Numbers -
replaces Joseph and Levi with Ephraim and Manasseh; the latter 2 are
on the breastplate with the 12 stones in the same Tabernacle order. </span></span></font>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Levi
then becomes God's glue to hold the 12 tribes together through the
5-fold ministry. And Joseph? He remains difficult to place, for he is
set by God to illustrate Christ's heavenly origin as well as His
earthly travail. Reconciliation was the act of Joseph to save his
brothers to become a nation - the nation of Israel. And Jesus who
Joseph pre-figures, came to Reconcile us as a lost race back to God.
He came as a Jew, and Israelite - but </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">far
wider</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
was His true Commission from the Father - </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">all</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
nations upon earth are being reconciled by Him as of Calvary. </span></span></font>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">So really, the life of Joseph is
but a dim prefiguring of the eternal Redemption and Reconciliation
wrought by the Son of God!</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">So what Jesus has actually done;
and Joseph pre-figured - is to unite the church to the Son of God as
His Bride - the One New Man - and a number of other symbols. And then
in Christ - we are united with God! Bridal Love indeed - in a 2-fold
manner! J.A.Watt</font></p>
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