The real blessing is God Himself; blessing is not a thing but a Person – God in Christ as the Spirit to be everything to us for our enjoyment. When Jacob blessed his sons, God blessed them. In Numbers 6:22-27 we see a pattern of blessing – God commanded the priests to bless the people, […]
Paying the Price to Obtain the Life Supply from the Lord and Give Others Food
October 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Because Joseph suffered and denied himself, he gained the riches of the life-supply; in the seven years of rich crops, he gathered the grain in many barns, and in the years of famine, everyone came to him to buy food. Christ as the real Joseph has all the food, and there’s a famine on the […]
Christ Received Gifts in His Ascension and He Will Marry a Wife from the Gentiles
October 23, 2014 by Leave a Comment
No one else in the Old Testament is such a perfect type of Christ in the things he went through and in his perfectness and reigning. Just like Joseph, Christ came to His brothers to shepherd them, but He was rejected, hated, and sold (betrayed) to be put into prison (death). Just like Joseph, Christ […]
Having Boldness and Faith to Interpret Others’ Dreams and Speaking the Heavenly Vision
October 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
God gave Joseph two dreams when he was young, but these were not fulfilled until much later; however, even though his own dreams were not yet fulfilled, Joseph had the faith and the boldness to interpret the dreams of this two companions in prison (Gen. 40:8). If we had been Joseph, we would have probably […]
Joseph’s Life was a Copy of the Life of Christ (and how this Applies to us) Part 2
October 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
It is so amazing to see how the life of Joseph is a copy of the life of Christ! So many things that Joseph went through together with his attitude toward these things typify Christ’s living on earth, the processes He went through, and His attitude toward these things. There’s no other single person in the […]
Joseph’s Life was a Copy of the Life of Christ (and how this Applies to us) Part 1
October 13, 2014 by 1 Comment
The life of Joseph as seen in Genesis is a copy of the life of Christ, and Joseph is the only person in the entire Bible who is perfect and without any blame, typifying Christ in a full way. When we read from Genesis 37 to the end of the book, the history of Joseph […]
Being Diligent to Develop the Virtues of the Divine Nature to Grow unto Maturity
October 9, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Being brought on to maturity is a lifelong process that requires our daily cooperation with the Lord to experience the development of the divine life and the divine nature contained in the divine seed that has been sown into us so that we may have a rich entrance into the eternal kingdom of our God […]
