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Joseph |
Jesus |
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First Coming Of
The Messiah |
| Joseph was the first child of Rachel (Genesis
30:22-24). |
Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the
firstborn over all creation (Colossians 1:15). |
| Joseph was his father's favorite son (Genesis
37:3). |
"This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well
pleased." (Matthew 3:17) |
| He was given a coat of many colours (Genesis
37:3). |
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,
and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten
of the Father, full of grace and truth (John 1:14). |
| Joseph's brothers hated him enough to kill him
(Genesis 37:4, 20). |
Jesus’ brothers hated Him, and plotted to kill
Him (Matthew 27:1). |
| Joseph was a dreamer and an interpreter of
dreams. His prophetic gifting enabled him to foretell the
future to his brothers and Pharaoh (Genesis 37:5-11;
41:25-36). |
So the multitudes said, "This is Jesus, the
prophet from Nazareth of Galilee." (Matthew 21:11) |
| Joseph and his family were shepherds in the
land of Canaan (Genesis 37:12; 46:32). |
Jesus is the Good Shepherd (John 10:14). |
| Joseph’s father, out of his love, sent him to
his brothers to see how they were (Genesis 37:13-14).
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For God so loved the world that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not
perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16). |
| Joseph was afflicted (Amos 6:6). |
"Wasn't it clearly predicted by the prophets
that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things
before entering His time of glory?" (Luke 24:25-26) |
| His brothers treated Joseph with great
hostility (Genesis 37:19-20). |
But they were insistent, demanding with loud
voices that He be crucified. And the voices of these men and
of the chief priests prevailed (Luke 23:23). |
| They stripped him of his garment (Genesis
37:23). |
They divided Jesus' garments and cast lots
(Luke 23:34). |
| They threw Joseph into the pit (Genesis
37:24),. |
Jesus was buried in a tomb (Mark 15:46).
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| They sold Joseph to the Midianites for 20
pieces of gold. (Genesis 37:28) |
Jesus was betrayed for 30 pieces of gold
(Matthew 27:3). |
| Joseph was tempted by Potiphar’s wife, and he
did not sin against God (Genesis 39:7-20). |
Jesus was tempted by Satan, and He sinned not
(Matthew 4:1-11). |
| Joseph found favor in the sight of God and men
(Genesis 39:21). |
Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in
favor with God and men (Luke 2:52). |
| Joseph was raised up from the prison to the
palace (Genesis 41:14). |
Jesus was resurrected from the death (John
21:14). |
| Joseph was appointed second to the Pharaoh
(Genesis 41:41-44). |
Jesus was exalted to the right hand of God
(Acts 2:33). |
| Joseph provided grains to all the countries of
the earth during the time of famine (Genesis 41:55-57).
"Behold, the days are
coming," says the Lord GOD, "That I will send a famine on
the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but
of hearing the words of the LORD." (Amos 8:11)
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Jesus said in John 6:48-50: "I am the bread of
life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are
dead. This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that
one may eat of it and not die." |
| Joseph’s brothers came to Egypt to buy food
from Joseph (Genesis 42:1-3). |
"This is the bread which came down from
heaven—not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He
who eats this bread will live forever." (John 6:58) |
| Joseph recognized his brothers but they did not
recognize him. (Genesis 42:8). |
Jesus came to His own, and His own did not
receive Him (John 1:11). |
| Joseph’s brother thought that he was an
Egyptian Gentile. They did not know that Joseph understood
them, for he spoke to them through an interpreter. (Genesis
42:23). |
Jesus was a Jew. Yet His own people treated Him
like a Gentile. As a Jew, Jesus was circumcised on the
eighth day after His birth, and His parents brought Him to
Jerusalem and presented Him to the Lord (Luke 2:21-24). His
Jewish genealogy can be found in both Matthew 1: 1:1-17 and
Luke 3:23-38. |
| Joseph wept when he saw his brothers (Genesis
42:24). |
When Jesus saw the multitudes, He was moved
with compassion for them, because they were weary and
scattered, like sheep having no shepherd (Matthew 9:36). |
| Joseph did not revealed who he was to his
brothers until they passed the test that they would not
again betray their own brother. Benjamin, Joseph’s younger
brother, was used to test their hearts (Genesis 44:1-34).
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"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the
prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I
wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers
her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! See!
Your house is left to you desolate; for I say to you, you
shall see Me no more till you say, 'Blessed is He Who comes
in the name of the LORD!'" (Matthew 23:37-39) |
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Second
Coming Of The Messiah
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| Joseph finally revealed himself to his brothers
(Genesis 45:1-3). |
"And I will pour on the house of David and on
the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and
supplication; then they will look on Me whom they have
pierced; they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only
son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn."
(Zechariah 12:10) |
| Joseph told his brothers, "But now, do not
therefore be grieved nor angry with yourselves because you
sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life."
(Genesis 45:5) |
Now if the whole world became rich in God as a
result of Jews’ rejection of God’s salvation, how much more
blessed the world will become when the Jews accept Christ.
And how wonderful it will be when the Jews come to know
Christ! It will be like dead people coming back to life
(Romans 11:12-15). |
| Joseph forgave his brothers. He told them in
Genesis 50:20, "But as for you, you meant evil against me;
but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it
is this day, to save many people alive." |
Paul said, "For I do not desire, brethren, that
you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be
wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has
happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has
come in. And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:
"The Deliverer will come out of Zion, and He will turn away
ungodliness from Jacob; For this is My covenant with them,
when I take away their sins." (Romans 11:25-27) |
| Joseph told his brothers not to be afraid. He
would provide for them and their little ones. He comforted
them and spoke kindly to them (Genesis 50:21). |
"Therefore they are before the throne of God,
and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits
on the throne will dwell among them. They shall neither
hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike
them, nor any heat; for the Lamb Who is in the midst of the
throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains
of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their
eyes." (Revelation 7:15-17) |
| Pharaoh gave them the best of the land of
Egypt. And they dwelt in Goshen. Pharaoh made them chief
herdsmen over his livestock. (Genesis 47:6). |
And they sang a new song, saying: "You are
worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; for You
were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of
every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and have made
us kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the
earth." (Revelation 5:9-10)
The great city, the
holy Jerusalem, had a great and high wall with twelve gates,
and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on them,
which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of
Israel (Revelation 21:12).
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