Genesis 50: 22-26: “And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees. And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.”
This section should be read in conjunction with the Lord’s promise to Abraham (see Gen 15: 13-16, “And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.”) Genesis sets the context for the rest of the books of the Law and the books of the Law set the context for the rest of the Bible. However, behind everything we see that God is determined to bless all the families of the earth, which is another way of saying “whosoever believeth in Him shall have everlasting life.”). In many ways everlasting life is equivalent to eternal life but it is different in the fact that it is accessible today. Joseph experienced the beginning of his everlasting life before he died, while he was still living in Egypt. Have you begun experiencing your everlasting life today?
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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