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Joseph’s life is a story of dramatic ups and downs, but while not ignoring the practical lessons that can be drawn from his life, Roger Ellsworth fastens our attention on Joseph’s place in the drama of God’s redemptive plan. The sometimes chaotic nature of Joseph’s circumstances did not mean that God’s plan was thrown off track. Those circumstances were part of the plan. That is the lesson that...

I’m not saying that Joseph realized that he was a type of Christ, or even that his contemporaries realized it. But, as time passed, and as the story of Joseph became widely known, believing Israelites were enabled by the Spirit of God to see in him a picture of the coming Messiah and the work that the Messiah would do. This encouraged them and strengthened their faith. Furthermore, we who live on this side of the Lord Jesus, and have the benefit of New Testament perspective, are able to look back
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