This is Spoken Gospel.

We’re dedicated to
seeing Jesus in all of scripture.

In each episode, we see
what’s happening in a Biblical text

and how it sheds light
on Jesus and his Gospel.

Let’s jump in.

Joseph is now a ruler in Egypt.

From being sold as a slave,
God has raised him up to hold

one of the most powerful
seats in the entire ancient world.

But as Joseph saw in the dream, the
land was going through seven years of famine.

This included Canaan,
where Joseph’s family lived.

So, Joseph’s brothers travel to Egypt to buy
food, leaving only the youngest, Benjamin, behind.

Upon arriving in Egypt, Joseph recognizes
his brothers, but they don’t recognize him.

So, Joseph plays a
series of tricks on them.

He calls them spies and sends them
away, demanding they bring Benjamin back.

Yet, Joseph secretly returns the
money that they used to buy the grain.

The brothers return with Benjamin, but this time Joseph
sneaks a silver cup into the youngest brother's bag.

When caught, Benjamin is
threatened with imprisonment.

But Judah intercedes, begging Joseph
to let him take his youngest brother’s place.

Joseph can’t take the rouse any longer.

He clears his court and
reveals his true identity.

He tells his brothers that it was not
them that sent him to Egypt, but God.

And God did this to save many lives, that there might
be a remnant left on earth after this massive famine.

Like Noah and the flood before him, God raised
up one man to save a remnant of people on the earth.

God worked through his brother’s evil
trickery to bring Joseph to the place where

he could save the whole world.

But God also used Joseph’s more
innocent tricks to change his brothers as well.

The brothers go through a
moral change in this process.

They go from selling their brother into
slavery, to being willing to sell themselves

into slavery for their brother.

The most important picture of Jesus we need
to see in this text is of God using one righteous

man, sold into slavery,
in order to save the world.

We are the brothers, who
sentence Jesus to death with our sin.

But he treats us like
Joseph treated his brothers.

He provides us with food that saves
our lives, but doesn’t even charge us for it.

Even though we killed him, he forgives us,
fills our bags with provision, and

welcomes us into his courts.

When things look like they are too hopeless,
or the famine is too severe, we can trust that God

is working out his plans
to save the world through it all.

I pray that the Holy Spirit would give you
eyes to see the God who is in control of all

things and uses that control to shape us,
and provide for us, and accomplish his plans.

And I pray that you would see Jesus as both the king
who provides and the brother who lays down his life.