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Judah received an incredible promise from Jacob in Genesis 49:10, "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be." Who is Shiloh?
Jesus Christ is qualified to be the Messiah because He is "Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace," as we see from Isaiah 9:6-7.
Genesis 43 reveals to us that it was Him who delivered them without money and without price. It was Him who spoke comfortably to them. It was Him who brought them into His house and who sat at meat with them. And it was Him who revealed Himself to them.
Isaiah 9:1-5 reveals to us three promises regarding the Messiah: great light would replace great darkness, great joy would replace great sorrow, and great liberty would replace great bondage.
Just as Joseph was exalted to a position of supreme power in Egypt, so Christ has been exalted above all, and all are commanded to bow the knee.
Rejoicing is not an option for the people of God, it's a command as we see in Psalm 33.
Many fascinating parallels can be drawn between the account of Joseph in Genesis 37:1-36 and Matthew's account of Jesus' birth.
"Since then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought we to be?" We examine six exhortations for the manner of life a believer ought to lead from 2 Peter 3:11-18.
God promised blessings to Jacob in Genesis 28:13-15 and He has done the same for us as believers.
2 Peter 3:1-11 gives us the exhortation to hold to truth despite mockers who scoff at God's Word, promise, work, and the judgment.
As the angels ascended and descended upon the ladder in Jacob's dream, so believers ascend into heaven through Jesus Christ, as we see in Genesis 28:10-15.
The elders in Israel had intentionally set up stumbling blocks of sin before their faces, as we see in Ezekiel 14:1-23. God's command to such who turn from Him while claiming His name is simple: repent!
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