Genesis 45: 1-8: “Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.”
Joseph had finally reached the stage where he was satisfied that his brothers were truly repentant for their sins. He also knew that they would not betray their brother and could be trusted. He explained to them that God had sent him to save lives during the great famine. If Joseph had to take such a long time to test his brothers how much time should God take to test sinners on the earth? He took about thirty three years but He didn’t test the sinners, He allowed His only begotten Son to do everything instead. All we have to do is believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and everything else has been done. We can’t really believe in the Lord Jesus Christ unless we realise that we are sinners and take full responsibility for our sins.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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