Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder

Join me for a 7 minute romp as we follow some of the prophesies of Jesus that start in Genesis.  He's described as a lion cub.  When we get to Revelation on the day of Judgement, He is the LION OF th…

If you had a LAST CHANCE to bless someone, what would you say?  We get a peak at such a scenario in today's passage. Would you ask they'd be OUT of the world, or smack in the middle of it? Would you …

Imagine having to summon all your strength to even sit up in bed. Jacob does this at 147 years of age to BLESS THE NEXT GEN: his grandsons.  In fact, he adopts them into his heritage plan.  This deci…

Israel hangs around in Egypt long after the famine is over.  They eventually are going to mired in slavery: a CIRCUMSTANCE THEY DO NOT PREFER. Why might a sovereign, good Lord allow this? (So that Hi…

At the end of a severe famine, Pharaoh ends up with all the money, all the Livestock, all the indentured servants and all the land of the Egyptians. He will also end up with a 20% tax on production i…

Would you VOTE for Pharaoh? Or, would you at least BLESS HIM?  What if you don't  agree with Him?  It is a timely question from the ages as we enter into an election season here in the USA. As Jacob …

Egypt will be used for 400 years to incubate the baby country and people of Israel.  To start, Israel the person, and Israel the nation of 70 people, move to Goshen, Egypt.  It is a place remote enou…

In the fourth quarter of Jacob's life he goes all-in with the Lord.  He takes everything he has, every person, every dollar, and every bit of his history and follows the Lord.  Ironically, he follows…

The Rwandan genocide aftermath and Joseph have something in common: forgiving people who don't deserve it; forgiving killers. When Joseph's almost-killers show up, he's already forgiven them.  He did…

How long should we stew on the legitimate wrongs others commit against us? Joseph has 20 years to think about it.  When the bad guys show up, Joseph's  difficult interior work has already been done, …

One wrote of our passage today that it was the "theological highpoint of Joseph's life." If so, we might learn a thing or two from it. Joseph concludes to his bad brothers: "You sold me, but God SENT…

You might find yourself in a sovereign PIT today.  That's right, one seen by God, planned by God, and with your cooperation, USED by God.  Joseph will lead the charge today.  You might just be the ri…

According to psalm 139, we all have our birthdays wrong.  The physical and spiritual birth of each of us happens long before we plop out into the midwife's hands.  Join me in ps 139 to admire all the…

The strength of the bond between parent and child powers our observation today. Father Jacob has his bond with his child wrenched apart. His spirit is troubled for decades.  A similar pain might be e…

You know the bond that parents have with their children.  You cannot tell where one person stops and the other starts.  This intimate bond is broken in the story of Joseph being separated from his fa…

How does sin get exposed? Joseph accuses his brothers of stuff they did NOT do to reveal stuff that they DID do. He WRONGLY accuses them to bring forth what he RIGHTLY accuses them. It asks the quest…

I'm still stuck on the concept that is pictured in the story of Joseph's nasty brothers. Though they are quite sinful, God demonstrates His love for them.  God gives them treasure, though they are kn…

Clearly, the brothers of Joseph are a bunch of knuckleheads.  We're in a story of a response of grace and  kindness that they did not deserve. How does God respond to their treachery? He gives them m…

Who will "bear your blame forever?" Judah must have had a change of heart.  A couple chapters ago, he was just about ready to burn his own children to death.  Here, he offers himself as a substitutio…

I love the Old Testament because the lessons come at you in slow motion. Watch 7 minutes today as the light bulb slowly comes on for 10 sinful brothers.  A reckoning is due. They've waited 25 years. …