Interesting insight to Joseph in Egypt Psalm 105:17

  • Christian Chat is a moderated online Christian community allowing Christians around the world to fellowship with each other in real time chat via webcam, voice, and text, with the Christian Chat app. You can also start or participate in a Bible-based discussion here in the Christian Chat Forums, where members can also share with each other their own videos, pictures, or favorite Christian music.

    If you are a Christian and need encouragement and fellowship, we're here for you! If you are not a Christian but interested in knowing more about Jesus our Lord, you're also welcome! Want to know what the Bible says, and how you can apply it to your life? Join us!

    To make new Christian friends now around the world, click here to join Christian Chat.
JohnB

JohnB

Well-known member
#1
Jul 31, 2022
2,078
456
83
Calif
#1
When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread,
he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. His feet were hurt with fetters;
his neck was put in a collar of iron; until what he had said came to pass,
the word of the LORD tested him. The king sent and released him;
the ruler of the peoples set him free; he made him lord of his house
and ruler of all his possessions, to bind his princes at his pleasure
and to teach his elders wisdom........to bind his princes at his pleasure.

I guess you did not mess with Joseph. It appears he was a tough boss. Gives you another insight to him. But then again, he was dealing with government bureaucrats.
 
JohnRH

JohnRH

Junior Member
#2
Mar 5, 2018
683
330
63
#2
JohnB said:
When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread,
he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. His feet were hurt with fetters;
his neck was put in a collar of iron; until what he had said came to pass,
the word of the LORD tested him. The king sent and released him;
the ruler of the peoples set him free; he made him lord of his house
and ruler of all his possessions, to bind his princes at his pleasure
and to teach his elders wisdom........to bind his princes at his pleasure.

I guess you did not mess with Joseph. It appears he was a tough boss. Gives you another insight to him. But then again, he was dealing with government bureaucrats.
Click to expand...
Well, if he pleasured in righteousness; then that was a good thing. It's nice to have a job you like if you like it for the right reasons.
 
Lifted_by_the_word

Lifted_by_the_word

Senior Member
#3
Feb 21, 2016
854
196
43
#3
The story of Joseph in Egypt is good reading for insight for the 144,000.I bet the spirit,water and the blood is present in the story as well.
 
R

Randy4u2c

Active member
#4
Sep 13, 2022
177
79
28
#4
JohnB said:
When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread,
he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. His feet were hurt with fetters;
his neck was put in a collar of iron; until what he had said came to pass,
the word of the LORD tested him. The king sent and released him;
the ruler of the peoples set him free; he made him lord of his house
and ruler of all his possessions, to bind his princes at his pleasure
and to teach his elders wisdom........to bind his princes at his pleasure.

I guess you did not mess with Joseph. It appears he was a tough boss. Gives you another insight to him. But then again, he was dealing with government bureaucrats.
Click to expand...
We need in Joseph in Washington DC to do some binding up of corruption.
 
oyster67

oyster67

Senior Member
#5
May 24, 2014
11,887
8,705
113
#5
JohnB said:
It appears he was a tough boss.
Click to expand...
The noteworthy attributes of Joseph were forgiveness and mercy. He was ill-treated but did not seek retribution.
 
ZNP

ZNP

Well-known member
#6
Sep 14, 2020
37,488
6,928
113
#6
oyster67 said:
The noteworthy attributes of Joseph were forgiveness and mercy. He was ill-treated but did not seek retribution.
Click to expand...
It was a little more complicated than that. When his brothers came to him and Benjamin wasn't among them he didn't know if they had also killed Benjamin to steal the inheritance. That is why it was essential that they bring Benjamin with them. Then if you look who did he imprison, Simeon who was one of the two who had killed all those people in the town and the older brother to Levi, so probably the leader in that crime.

It wasn't until the brothers expressed remorse for what they had done that Joseph knew that they repented and that is when he revealed himself.

He exercised extreme self control. If he had immediately called to see his father and younger brother there would not have been any reconciliation with the other brothers.
 
JohnB

JohnB

Well-known member
#7
Jul 31, 2022
2,078
456
83
Calif
#7
ZNP said:
It was a little more complicated than that. When his brothers came to him and Benjamin wasn't among them he didn't know if they had also killed Benjamin to steal the inheritance. That is why it was essential that they bring Benjamin with them. Then if you look who did he imprison, Simeon who was one of the two who had killed all those people in the town and the older brother to Levi, so probably the leader in that crime.

It wasn't until the brothers expressed remorse for what they had done that Joseph knew that they repented and that is when he revealed himself.

He exercised extreme self control. If he had immediately called to see his father and younger brother there would not have been any reconciliation with the other brothers.
Click to expand...
He did that for his own family....he did not extend that kindness to some of the people in the Pharaoh's court. He also made the people buy the grain from Pharaoh, so Pharaoh owned all of Egypt. This my have been set up by GOD for what would happen many years later, leading to the exodus.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.