The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, and majestic in his radiant splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Genesis 40:6-8,
"When Joseph came to them [the cupbearer and the baker] the next morning, he saw that they were dejected. So he asked Pharaoh's officials who were in custody with him in his master's house, 'Why are your faces so sad today?' 'We both had dreams,' they answered, 'but there is no one to interpret them.' Then Joseph said to them, 'Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.'"
God, who gave the men these dreams, will provide the meaning of them to Joseph. It will be good news for the cupbearer and bad news for the baker. Here we see the Lord setting the stage for a series of events he will bring about in Joseph's and his family's lives that will change the course of events for the entire nation of Israel in the centuries to come.
The fact that God steps into his creation and communicates to us, as in these dreams and the interpretation of them, is to me just an awesome thing. Mankind has sinned and rebelled against God, has earned God's condemnation and judgment, has proven himself to be entirely unworthy of any relationship to his Creator, and yet, here we see our Creator stepping into his creation to bring about the tremendous story of the redemption of all mankind. A piece of that story will be the history of Israel's redemption from slavery in Egypt as a foreshadowing of what he will do to bring about the redemption of mankind. Joseph's involvement in Egypt begins a series of events that will provide what will become the canvas upon which this foreshadowing, as a teaching aid for us, will be drawn.
That God uses dreams and the interpretation of them reminds me of the comment the writer of Hebrews makes, "In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways…", Hebrews 1:1. The story of the redemption of mankind is certainly a fascinating one and the various means employed by God to bring it about is just astonishing!
God, who gave the men these dreams, will provide the meaning of them to Joseph. It will be good news for the cupbearer and bad news for the baker. Here we see the Lord setting the stage for a series of events he will bring about in Joseph's and his family's lives that will change the course of events for the entire nation of Israel in the centuries to come.
The fact that God steps into his creation and communicates to us, as in these dreams and the interpretation of them, is to me just an awesome thing. Mankind has sinned and rebelled against God, has earned God's condemnation and judgment, has proven himself to be entirely unworthy of any relationship to his Creator, and yet, here we see our Creator stepping into his creation to bring about the tremendous story of the redemption of all mankind. A piece of that story will be the history of Israel's redemption from slavery in Egypt as a foreshadowing of what he will do to bring about the redemption of mankind. Joseph's involvement in Egypt begins a series of events that will provide what will become the canvas upon which this foreshadowing, as a teaching aid for us, will be drawn.
That God uses dreams and the interpretation of them reminds me of the comment the writer of Hebrews makes, "In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways…", Hebrews 1:1. The story of the redemption of mankind is certainly a fascinating one and the various means employed by God to bring it about is just astonishing!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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