Pharaoh
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After enduring five devastating plagues that severely impacted Egypt’s economy, effects of three of which were still ongoing, Pharaoh remained immutable in refusing to allow the Israelites take a “three-day journey” into the desert to worship the LORD. In response, the LORD commanded Moses to warn Pharaoh of a sixth plague: a deadly disease that would strike Egypt’s livestock in the field, sparing only the animals belonging to the Israelites. This marked the second time the LORD made a clear distinction between Egypt and Israel leaving no doubt about the divine source of the plague. The LORD also set a…
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The book of Exodus begins four hundred years after the events of Genesis and reintroduces us to the tribe of Israel, who had experienced tremendous population growth and filled the land of Egypt. The story opens by listing the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. These sons are listed in order of the seniority of Jacob’s wives and their maidservants. The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, though some accounts suggest that the total might have been 75, possibly including Joseph’s family. The Change…
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Our lives are not perfect and oftentimes we too mess up like these people, but if we allow God to work in our lives he will transform our mess into something beautiful. And that’s the story of Genesis!
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While Egyptians were selling of their lands to ward off starvation, Joseph’s family was making real estate investments in Egypt. For us it may be a flip of the page but for Jacob’s family it took many years for them to realise the dream that God had shown the patriarchs. Most of us give up on God when we are passing through our famines. We forget all his past blessings and promises for our future. .
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This earth will only be able to give us robes (Honor) made by human hands but God wants to give us a New Robe. He wants to replace our worn out prison clothes with His heavenly robe and His seal of approval.
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Main Reading: Genesis 41 In this given passage we read about the dream that Pharaoh dreamt of and how Joseph interprets it. Pharaoh gets really troubled in his spirit after seeing the dream and calls for the magicians and wise men but none could interpret it. Then the chief butler remembers how Joseph had interpreted the dream to him and the chief baker and he tells Pharaoh and Joseph is called for. Now Pharaoh while conversing with Joseph says that he has heard that Joseph can interpret dreams but Joseph in turn tells Pharaoh that it is not him but it…
The Jordan Valley 