Foreshadowed
Genesis 48: Now it came to pass after these things that
Joseph was told, “Indeed your father is sick”; and he took
with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 2 And
Jacob was told, “Look, your son Joseph is coming to you”; and
Israel strengthened himself and sat up on the bed. 3 Then
Jacob said to Joseph: “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land
of Canaan and blessed me, 4 and said to me,
‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you
a multitude of people, and give this land to your descendants after
you as an everlasting possession.’ 5 And
now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born to you in the land
of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; as Reuben
and Simeon, they shall be mine. 6 Your
offspring whom you beget after them shall be yours; they will be called by
the name of their brothers in their inheritance. 7 But
as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died beside me in the land of
Canaan on the way, when there was but a little distance to go
to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”
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Some time after Israel made Joseph promise to bury him near
his fathers, he got sick. Joseph got word of his sickness and took his two sons
to see him. What Israel said, would come to pass.
My Observations:
- Ephraim and Manasseh would become tribes of Israel.
- The
tribe of Joseph would be replaced by his sons and referred to as the house
of Joseph.
- Rachel
died in Bethlehem, birthplace of JESUS.
On Israel’s deathbed, he foreshadowed things to come. One
day Joseph’s children would become prominent tribes, receiving earthly inheritances
as great as the other tribes. He then recalled the death of Rachel.
She died on the way to Ephrath in a little town called
Bethlehem. This would be the birthplace of CHRIST two-thousand years later. Her
deathplace was significant. GOD’s plan was far greater than expected. Most
people think it’s about earthly possessions, but it is about JESUS establishing
an everlasting Kingdom.
Challenge
- Why
does GOD tell Moses about Israel’s prophetic words?
- Do
you think the places you have been, are insignificant?
- Can
you accept that everything you do and everything you are has significant
meaning to GOD?
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