Gensesis 41: 17-24: “And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river: And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow: And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness: And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine: And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke. And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good: And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.”
They say that children will get nightmares if they watch violent or horror movies before they go to bed. In this case Pharaoh had a nightmare that would be sure to cause him many more nightmares. It’s amazing how real dreams seem to be while we are having them. Pharaoh must have been terrified by this nightmare. After all there were good healthy cattle that were eaten by bony and unhealthy cattle. That would have looked real at the time and, no doubt, quite terrifying. Later he saw some good ears of grain that were devoured by ears of grain that were moth eaten and useless. It is not a wonder that he woke up afraid and wanted to know what the dreams meant. The question was, who on earth could make sense of a dream like that? Pharaoh was saved from many more nightmares because Joseph was on hand and Joseph knew the Lord so he was able to interpret the dream and give Pharaoh some comfort. There is a much more terrifying dream that every person on the earth faces today and that is the certainty of the eternal fires of hell. However, the Lord Jesus Christ is on hand to give us comfort and security. He had already suffered for our sins and paid the full price of our redemption. No one ever has to face the nightmare of the fires of hell for ever because they can believed in the Lord Jesus Christ and have everlasting life instead.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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