Joseph was the 11th Child but he eventually attained the status of a firstborn among his brethren. In the Bible, the concept of firstborn was very important. Some are firstborn by virtue of birth while some attained the status.
Jesus himself is referred to as the firstborn and the new testament church is called the Church of the firstborn. Joseph is one of those who attained firstborn status.
Joseph had a lot in common with the Lord Jesus. He was a type and shadow of Jesus. He was dearly loved by his Father and sent by his father to go and check on his Brothers. Jesus is God's beloved Son, sent to fix humanity. Joseph was sold by the same brothers for 20 pieces of silver. Jesus was sold by the people He came to save for 30 pieces of silver.
Joseph was unjustly sent to prison and Jesus to the Cross. Joseph came out from prison gloriously, he was given a new name and everyone was to bow to Joseph. Jesus resurrected gloriously, He is given a name above all names and every knee shall bow to Him.
But when Joseph was about to die, he prophesied that the children of Israel would leave Egypt according to what God told Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. However, by the time we get to Exodus 1, the children of Israel had spent about 350 years in Egypt and they had grown comfortable with living in Egypt. It had become home. So God started shaking things up for them. They were enslaved and there was a national policy to kill baby boys.
But just because something is legalized, doesn't make it right.
In our world today, they don't even want the babies to come out before killing them. Probably because if the babies are already born someone might save the baby like they did for Moses and some others. So now the policy is to kill the baby while still in the womb.
This is where we'll pick up from today. See y'all by 9pm.
God bless you!
#pastorjosh
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