The Dream Whisperer

Not going to lie, I'm not enjoying reading about Job. So let's not talk about that right now :)

While reading about Joseph's life, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat kept floating through my mind. (Donny Osmond was a good Joseph in his little loincloth). Wouldn't it be nice to interpret dreams? Of course, then you'd also have to interpret the not so pleasant ones also. While Joseph was in prison he explained to Pharaoh's chief baker and chief cup holder what their dreams meant. The chief cup holder was restored to his position, but the chief baker had a really bad day. Can you imagine being told your body was going to be impaled on a pole? And in three days nonetheless!(Gen 40:19).

One of the things that stood out to me in Joseph's story was when his brothers were eating with him before they knew his true identity. Specific mention was made that the brothers were sitting at a separate table because Egyptians wouldn't eat with Hebrews because they despised them. Yet here is Joseph, a Hebrew man with more power than any man in Egypt aside from Pharaoh himself. In fact, once Pharaoh found out Joseph's brothers were in town, he instructed Joseph to invite them and their households to move to Egypt. Not only that, they were offered their pick of  the best land in Egypt! God's hand in these events become very clear with this knowledge.

Another verse that stood out to me was Gen. 49:10 "The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from his descendants, until the coming of the one to whom it belongs, the one whom all nations will honor." This popped off the page because it is our first prophetic verse regarding the coming of Christ. Even this early in history, God's plan of redemption was in place and slowly being revealed to man.