Day 23 - BIOY

Sorry, I've been really busy with CU stuff so haven't managed to blog about BIOY recently - trying to do a major catch up today...

Joseph - Signpost to Jesus

Andy was talking about how there were many parallels between the lives of Joseph and Jesus:

• When he was young, Joseph had dreams of being a ruler, and there were hints of this in his early life - There were also many signs in Jesus' early life, including the magi.
• Joseph was sold for 20 pieces of silver, and Jesus for 30, this was the price of a slave (by Jesus time it had gone up)
• They were both tempted - by Mrs Potiphar and Satan - and both stood their ground so as not to disobey God and ruin what he had for them.
• They were both falsely accused and unjustly sentenced.
• During their sentences, both were with 2 other men, and spoke words of life to 1 of them.
• They both had hugely significant elevations - Joseph went from prisoner to prince, Jesus went from dead to being at the right hand of God.
• After becoming in a position of power, they both did not kill/punish those who did wrong to them, but instead forgave them.

This shows that Jesus coming was never a mistake, it was always the plan, and there were signs of this throughout history.

Amused...

Lots of people had made references to Joseph, the musical. I've only seen it once, but it was excellent

Really liked: Genesis 45:24

"Then he sent his brothers away, and as they were leaving he said to them, 'don't quarrel on the way!'"