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Date Posted: 13:07:30 08/18/12 Sat
Genesis 47:14-26 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. 15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth. 16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. 17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year. 18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands: 19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate. 20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's. 21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. 22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands. 23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. 24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones. 25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. 26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.
Looking at the passages we have been studying concerning Israel being brought into Egypt for their time smelting in the "iron furnace" we see also something else that transpires. God not only will allow His people to go into bondage and servitude but the Egyptian people went into servitude before Israel did.
Keeping in mind this time spent in Egypt and what subsequently happens in their deliverance are all prophetic of conditions of the last days before Israel's final deliverance. I am not gong to try to bog us down with details but I would like for us to get a general picture of what transpires here. First, the fact that the Egyptians had money, houses, land and freedom, shows that the famine set the conditions for the deliverance of all wealth to be put into the hands of Pharaoh and a few of his selected government officials.
First they used all their money for food. When their money was gone they sold all their cattle. When their livestock and means of living were gone they sold their lands and themselves to the will of Pharaoh. All the wealth and people were now completely in the hands of Pharaoh. The author of this was Joseph. Joseph was second in command and took care of all details. The plan was not Pharaoh's but he was pleased indeed with the decisions that Joseph made because they greatly magnified his wealth and power. All power and wealth was concentrated in the hands of one man.
Gone was the ability to make individual decisions concerning where to live, what to plant and how much herds of cattle you could have. Everything now was in the hands of "Central Planning".
Some may say; "Well, they still could plant and reap and raise cattle." True but now it was under the hand of the government and they had to live according to the dictates of the government with all they did. Not only that but 20% of all their increase went back to the government to further increase Pharaoh. Think of what we are seeing with Egypt (a type of the world system) and what is going on in the world today the world in general gravitates more and more to the socialist system and communism where the government dictates and controls almost all details of a persons life. Look at the struggle that is going on in America today as we see a people in power who want to take over the daily lives and planning of all the people. Look how the money is going more and more into the hands of the government to be distributed at it's discretion.
You might say: "Well, we still have private property, freedom of religion, the first amendment rights of freedom of speech and press along with the means to defend these rights though the 2nd amendment. .To this I answer: "WAKE UP"! Look around and take notice at what has happened and what is happening. You say you own your own property and have a deed to prove it. To this I say quit paying your taxes and see what happens to that land you think you own. You may be allowed to stay there as long as you pay your rent (i.e. taxes) but you stop paying and see if it isn't put into the hands of another. Land ownership was destroyed by the introduction of property taxes. Freedom of speech is being slowly squeezed to death by "political correctness" and "hate speech" movements designed to stop opposition to the power play that we are witnessing today.
As it was in the day of Egypt so will it be in the day of the anti-Christ. Power will be delivered into his hands under his ministers until "--no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. " (Rev. 13:17) Joseph, in his actions and decisions becomes a type of the "false prophet" (Rev. 16:13) who is the one actually visibly controlling all the people of Revelation 13 and forcing the mark on people. Pharaoh becomes the type of the anti-Christ and Joseph becomes a type of the false prophet in the narrative we are studying. Does this mean that Joseph was doing evil. Not at all. It only shows through his actions as God is moving and directing him how the stage is being set up for the anti-Christ and false prophet of the days just ahead of us. Joseph was no more evil than Peter was when Jesus said to him: "Get thee behind me, Satan:" in Matthew 16:23.
We see then through all this how that God has intertwined throughout the Old Testament history the hidden prophecies of the future. It is only looking back through time that we can see the conditions that will be in the future because God has placed them in His word that the Spirit might take and use the events to open the eyes of His people in the last days. Ecclesiastes 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
There will be come who will say it will never happen. I will tell you that not only will it happen but when the deed is completed there will be a multitude that will look on the anti-Christ and false prophet as saviours. Look at verse 25; "And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants."
This same type crowd is today looking to the government to sustain them even when there is no drought nor famine. They wlll kiss the feet of the those who govern by the welfare system!
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