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GODS DISCIPLES MINISTRY
Wednesday, 13 July 2005
GODS DISCIPLES MINISTRY
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GOD STARTED A MINISTRY BY WORKING THROUGH FOUR TEENAGERS.GOD HAS SPOKEN TO ONE OF THEM AND STARTED IT. GOD HAD ITSELF NAMED IT GOD DISCIPLES MINISTRY. IT IS SPECIALLY FOR TEACHING THE STUDENT THE WORD OF GOD PRAYING FOR THEIR NEEDS AND ALSO FOR ALL THE TRUE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY'S IN THE WORLD. IT'S LEADERS ARE JACOB,BEN,PRASANTH AND BLESSON. BUT ITS MAIN ORGANISER, LEADER AND ALL OTHER THINGS IS JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOUR. IF YOU HAVE GOT ANY DOUTHS RELATING THIS OR ANY DOUBTS IN THE BIBLE CONTACT US. OUR EMAIL ID IS jikksbornagain@yahoo.com or bengeorge_14@yahoo.com.
----------------------------------- READ THE TRUTH HEY BELIEVE IN JESUS READ ABOUT IT IN BIBLE.Mat 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?-------

Mat 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.-------------

Mat 16:28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdomJesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one-----------

Jhn 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.----------

Jhn 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. -----------

Jhn 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. -----------

Jhn 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. ------------------

1Jo 2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. -----------------



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God Has Spoken
God reveals Himself and His will for you --for all of us--in the Bible! What does God say about Himself? How does He speak to us today? Who is the Holy Spirit? Who can I be "right with God"? And much more...

Knowing Jesus
Jesus makes remarkable promises to those who "know" Him! How can I know Jesus? What do prophets and eye-witnesses say about Him? Is Jesus the "Son of God"? Why did He die? Did He live again--or not?

Born of Water and Spirit
Jesus speaks of being "born again" to live a new life! What does He mean? Can I really have a fresh start in life? Why is the cross so important? Is there something after this life? How can I face death with assurance?

This is Good News!
God's message in the Bible is "good news"! How does God want me to respond to it? What does the Bible say about faith that "saves"? How can I be sure about my faith? What do I receive from God's good news?


The Family of God
God has chosen a family of His very own--and He wants you to be a part of it! Who has God chosen? Me? How can I know? What does the word "church" really mean? What is His purpose for my life?

Live a Life of Love
God gives His every child a new purpose and a joyful life! How does He want me to live? Can I really change? Is the Holy Spirit real--and really at work in my life? How is God the "God of love"? How can I help others.

JESUS IS COMING SOON
God's Method of Warning IF you want to read of great signs taking place In today life read this -
God is alerting believers of the soon return of His Son through what are called "signs of the times." These are prophecies concerning world events that we are told to watch for, prophecies that will identify the season of the Lord's return.

The Bible is full of these signs. There are about 500 prophecies in the Old Testament that relate to the Second Coming of the Messiah. In the New Testament, one out of every 25 verses is concerned with the return of Jesus.

In fact, there are so many signs that it is difficult to grasp all of them. The best way I have found to do this is to put them in categories:-----------

1) The Signs of Nature ? We are told to watch for earthquakes, famine, pestilence, and signs in the heavens (see Matthew 24:7 and Luke 21:11).

This is the least respected category of signs for several reasons. For one thing, many people simply shrug their shoulders and say, "There have always been natural calamities, so what else is new?" Note that Jesus says these signs will be like "birth pangs" (Matthew 24:8) ? that is, they will increase in frequency and intensity as the time draws near for His return. In other words, there will be more intense earthquakes and more frequent ones. That is exactly what is happening today.

Another reason these signs are given little respect is because most Christians are so rationalistic that they do not really believe in the supernatural, and they therefore find it difficult to believe that God speaks to the world through signs of nature. Yet, the Bible teaches this principle from start to finish. ----------

God dealt with the world's sin through a great flood in the days of Noah (Genesis 6). He called the nation of Judah to repentance through a terrible locust invasion (Joel 1). In like manner, He called for the nation of Israel to repent by sending drought, wind storms, mildew, locusts, famine and pestilence (Amos 4:6-10). The prophet Haggai pointed to a drought as evidence that God was calling the people to get their priorities in order (Haggai 1:10-11). ------------

The New Testament begins with a special light in the heavens marking the birth of the Messiah (Matthew 2:2). On the day that Jesus was crucified, there was three hours of darkness and an earthquake (Matthew 27:45-51). And when Jesus returns, the earth will experience the greatest earthquake in its history as every mountain is lowered, every valley is raised, and every island is moved (Revelation 16:17-21). --------

God has always spoken through signs of nature, and He continues to do so today. We had better pay close attention to them.


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2) The Signs of Society ? Jesus said that society will become increasingly lawless and immoral as the time approaches for His return. In fact, He said it would become as evil as it was in the days of Noah (Matthew 24:12,37-39).

Paul paints a chilling picture of end time society in 2 Timothy 3:1-5. He says it will be characterized by three loves ? the love of self (Humanism), the love of money (Materialism), and the love of pleasure (Hedonism). He then points out that the payoff of this carnal lifestyle will be what the philosophers call Nihilism ? that is, a society wallowing in despair. Men's minds will become depraved (Romans 1:28), and people will call evil good and good evil (Isaiah 5:20).

We are seeing these prophecies fulfilled before our eyes today as we watch our society reject its Christian heritage and descend into a hellish pit of lawlessness, immorality, and despair. Even worse, we are exporting our nihilism around the world through our immoral and violent movies and television programs. ------------------

3) The Spiritual Signs ? There are both positive and negative spiritual signs that we are to watch for. The negative ones include the appearance of false christs and their cults (Matthew 24:5,11,24), the apostasy of the professing church (2 Thessalonians 2:3), an outbreak of Satanism (1 Timothy 4:1), and the persecution of faithful Christians (Matthew 24:9)

These negative spiritual signs began to appear in the mid-19th Century when Christian cults started forming. First came the Mormons, then the Jehovah's Witnesses, and then a great variety of spiritualist groups like the Church of Christ Scientists and the Unity Church.

The apostasy of the mainline Christian denominations began in the 1920's when the German school of higher criticism invaded American seminaries and undermined the authority of the Scriptures, teaching that the Bible is Man's search for God rather than God's revelation to Man.

During the 1960's Satanism exploded on the American scene and has since been exported worldwide through American movies, books, and television programs. Dabbling in the occult has become commonplace in the form of astrology, numerology, crystal gazing, transcendental meditation, and channeling. The whole trend has consummated in the appearance of the New Age Movement with its teaching that Man is God.

As society has secularized, true Christianity has come under increasing attack. Judeo-Christian values, once the foundation of Western Civilization, are now openly mocked, and those who still adhere to them are castigated as "intolerant fundamentalists" by the media. ----------

The positive spiritual signs include the proclamation of the Gospel to the whole world (Matthew 24:14), a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit (Joel 2:28-32), and spiritual illumination to understand prophecies that have been "sealed up" until the end times (Daniel 12:4,9).

As with the negative signs, we are seeing these positive signs fulfilled in our day and time. Through the use of modern technology, the Gospel has been proclaimed throughout the world in this Century, and the Bible has been translated into all major languages.

The great end time pouring out of the Holy Spirit that was prophesied by the prophet Joel has also begun. Joel called it "the latter rain" (Joel 2:23), and he said it would occur after the Jews had returned to their land. The state of Israel was re-established in 1948. In 1949 God anointed two ministries that would have a worldwide impact ? the ministries of Billy Graham and Oral Roberts. Then, in the 60's, came the Charismatic Movement which prompted renewal in worship and gave emphasis to the continuing validity of the gifts of the Spirit.

The acceleration in the understanding of Bible prophecy began in 1970 with the publication of Hal Lindsey's book, The Late Great Planet Earth. It seemed to open up to popular understanding many prophecies that had been "sealed up" until the end times (Daniel 12:4, 9). Remarkably, it became the number one best seller in the world ? with the sole exception of the Bible ? for the next ten years! ---------------

4) The Signs of Technology ? The book of Daniel says that there will be an explosion of knowledge in the end times and that people will move about quickly (Daniel 12:4). There are many Bible prophecies that cannot be understood apart from modern technology. For example, how can the whole world look upon two bodies lying in the streets of Jerusalem (Revelation 11:8-9)? Modern television satellite technology makes it easy. How can the False Prophet build an image of the Anti-Christ that appears to be alive (Revelation 13:15)? The answer, of course, is the science of robotics. How can the False Prophet require all people on earth to take the mark of the Anti-Christ in order to buy and sell (Revelation 13:16-17)? It would not be possible apart from computers and lasers.

Jesus said that the Tribulation will be so terrible that all life on earth would cease to exist if He did not cut the period short (Matthew 24:21-22). How could all life be threatened prior to the advent of nuclear weapons? Another reference to nuclear power is likely contained in Luke's statement that men in the end times will "faint from fear" because "the powers of the heavens will be shaken" (Luke 21:26). That certainly sounds like a reference to the splitting of the atom. -------------------

5) The Signs of World Politics ? The Bible prophesies that there will be a certain pattern of world politics that will characterize the end time geopolitical map.

The focus will be the re-established state of Israel (Zechariah 12:2-3). It will be besieged by a menacing nation from the "remote parts of the north," the nation of "Rosh" ? or modern day Russia (Ezekiel 38:2,6). There will also be a threatening nation to the East that will be capable of sending an army of 200 million ? namely, China (Revelation 9:13-16 and Revelation 16:12-13). A third source of danger to Israel will be the Arab nations that immediately surround it. They will covet the land and will try to take it from the Jews (Ezekiel 35:10 and 36:2).

Another key player on the world political scene in the end times will be a coalition of European nations that will form a confederation centered in the area of the old Roman empire (Daniel 2:41-44, Daniel 7:7,23-24, and Revelation 17:12-13). This confederation will serve as the political base for the rise of the Anti-Christ and the creation of his worldwide kingdom (Daniel 7:8).

Other international political signs include wars and rumors of wars (Matthew 24:6), civil wars (Matthew 24:7), and general international terrorism and lawlessness (Matthew 24:12). ----------------

6) The Signs of Israel ? The signs related to the state of Israel are prolific and very important.

The most frequently repeated prophecy in the Old Testament is the prediction that the Jewish people will be regathered from the "four corners of the earth" in the end times (Isaiah 11:10-12). The Bible states that a consequence of this regathering will be the re-establishment of the state of Israel (Isaiah 66:7-8). The Scriptures say that once the Jews are back in their land, the land itself will experience a miracle of reclamation (Isaiah 35). The desert will bloom and people will exclaim, "This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden" (Ezekiel 36:35).

Another end time miracle will be the revival of the Hebrew language (Zephaniah 3:9). Most people are not aware of the fact that when the Jews were dispersed from their land in 70 A.D., they ceased to speak the Hebrew language. The Jews who settled in Europe developed a new language called Yiddish ? a combination of German and Hebrew. The Jews who migrated to the Mediterranean basin created a language called Ladino ? a combination of Hebrew and Spanish.

Other significant signs of Israel that we are told to watch for in the end times include the re-occupation of Jerusalem (Luke 21:24), the resurgence of Israeli military strength (Zechariah 12:6), and the re-focusing of world politics on Israel (Zechariah 12:3). ---------------------
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-----------The Key Signs-----------
The most important signs are the ones that relate to Israel because God uses the Jews throughout the Scriptures as His prophetic time clock. By this I mean that very often when the Lord is revealing an important event that will take place in the future, He will point to the Jewish people and state that when a certain thing happens to them, the important event will also occur.

A good example of this principle can be found in Daniel 9 in the famous "Seventy Weeks of Years" prophecy. The prophet tells us to watch for a decree to be issued that will authorize the rebuilding of Jerusalem. He then says that the Messiah will come sixty-nine weeks of years (483 years) after that decree is issued to the Jewish people.

There are two key prophecies which relate the return of Jesus to events that have occurred in Jewish history since 1948. These two events clearly established the period in which we are now living as the season of the Lord's return. -----------------

The State of Israel
The first is the re-establishment of the state of Israel which occurred on May 14, 1948. Jesus singled out this event as the one that would signal His soon return.

His prophecy is contained in the fig tree parable (Matthew 24:32-35) which He presented in His Olivet Discourse. The day before He delivered this speech, He had put a curse on a barren fig tree, causing it to wither (Matthew 21:28-29). This was a symbolic prophecy that God would soon pour out His wrath upon the Jewish people because of their spiritual barrenness in rejecting His Son.

The next day Jesus reminded His disciples of the fig tree. He said to watch for it to bloom again. In other words, He said watch for the rebirth of Israel. He indicated that when the fig tree blooms again, He would be at the gates of Heaven, ready to return (Matthew 24:33).

Equally significant, He added an interesting observation: "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place" (Matthew 24:34). What generation? The generation that sees the fig tree blossom.

We are that generation. The fig tree has blossomed. Jesus is at the gates.-------------------

The City of Jerusalem
The second key event was prophesied by Jesus in the same speech, as recorded by Luke: "[The Jews] will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled" (Luke 21:24).

The first half of this prophecy was fulfilled in 70 A.D., forty years after Jesus spoke the words. In that year the Romans under Titus conquered Jerusalem and dispersed the Jews among the nations. Jerusalem remained under Gentile occupation for 1,897 years ? until June 7, 1967, when Israel won the city back during the Six Day War.

The Jewish re-occupation of the city of Jerusalem is proof positive that we are living in the season of the Lord's return. Jesus said it would mark the end of the Gentile Age.-----------------

A Call to Action
There is no way to escape the conclusion that we are living on borrowed time. The signs of the times are upon us, and they are shouting for our attention.

Are you ready? If Jesus were to return today, would He be your "Blessed Hope" (Titus 2:11-14) or would He be your "Holy Terror" (Revelation 6:12-17)? If you have never received Him as your Lord and Savior, now is the time to act. Repent of your sins, and call upon the name of the Lord that you might be saved (Acts 2:14-39).

And if you are a Christian, are you living as if Jesus might return any minute? Have you committed your life to holiness? Are you praying for the lost and witnessing the Lord when you have an opportunity? ------------------

Are you yearning for the Lord's return? Can you say with Paul that you are a candidate for a "crown of righteousness" because you have lived your life "in the love of His appearing" (2 Timothy 4:7-8)?


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MY FRIENDS ITS TIME TO END SO THAT YOU MAY BETTER BELIEVE IN LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. JESUS HAS SUFFERED A LOT FOR US FOR OUR OWN SINS THAT WE DID AND OUR FATHERS DID.JESUS DIED FOR OUR OWN SINS AND ROSE ON THE THRID DAY WITH POWER AND GLORY. NO HUMEN HAS EVER SUFFERED LIKE JESUS.ALSO A WORD DID NOT COME FROM HIS MOUTH IN HIS SUFFERINGS. YOU MAY BETTER BELIEVE IN JESUS SO THAT YOU CAN REJOICE IN HEAVEN. BUT IF YOU WONT BELIEVE YOU WILL BE THROWN INTO BURNING AND EVERLASTING FIRE. YOU WILL NOT DIE THERE BUT INDEED YOU WILL SUFFER WITH GRIEF AND PAIN. IF YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS YOU MAY HAVE MANY TROUBLES IN THE WORLD BUT REJOICE FOR OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WHOM WE ARE SERVING HAVE OVERCOMED THE WORLD AND ALSO GREAT IS OUR REWARD IN HEAVEN. REPENT AND CONFESS YOUR SINS SO YOU WILL BE SAVED. ALSO TAKE BATIZM WITH WATER AND HOLYSPIRIT.IF YOU BELIEVE JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD AND HE HAD CAME TO THIS WORLD TO SAVE YOU FROM THE HELL OF FIRE YOU WILL BORNAGAIN. THEN TAKE BAPTIZM WITH WATER. ALSO PRAY TO JESUS TO FILL YOU WITH HOLYSPIRIT AND YOU WILL BE FILLED. IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUTHS TAKE JOHN 3 VERSES 3 AND ALSO ROMANS 10 VERSES 9-10. CONTACT US FOR MORE INFO. Our JESUS CHRIST is coming soon.
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Who is Jesus Christ?






We believe that Jesus Christ is a completely unique (one of a kind) human being.

Why?

He is the only man ever born by way of God putting a seed in the womb of a virgin (Matt. 1:18; Luke 1:35). God put a perfect seed in the womb of Mary so that Jesus would be born without the sin nature that every other human being inherited from the First Adam. Therefore, Jesus is the only-begotten Son of God (John 3:16) and the Son of Man (John 5:27).




He is the only man who is called ?the Last Adam? (1 Cor. 15:45). As the only-begotten Son of God, Jesus was the genetic equivalent to the first ?Son of God,? Adam (Luke 3:38). As the only man born without inherent sin, Jesus was thus the only man equipped to be the Savior and Redeemer of mankind. Romans 5:12-21 is the classic comparison of these two Adams and the respective impact each had on mankind.

He is the only man who had perfect faith in God, and who, by his free will choices to trust God, lived a sinless life, always doing the will of his Father (John 8:29). Jesus was not a robot, programmed to obey God. If so, he could not have been genuinely tempted to sin, just like all men he came to save (Heb. 4:15). The absence of a sin nature was not the reason why Jesus did not sin. We know that because the First Adam also had no sin nature, and he sinned royally.

He is the only man who died as the perfect sacrifice for our sins (Heb. 10:12-14; 1 John 4:10). By his virgin birth, Jesus was the ?genetically? perfect sacrifice for the sin of mankind. By his lifelong obedience to God, all the way to his dying breath on the Cross, he became the ?behaviorally? perfect sacrifice for the sins of mankind (Heb. 2:17). Thus, he was the complete propitiation for fallen men to be redeemed.
He is the only man God ever raised from the dead in order to confirm that he was who he had said he was?the Son of God (Acts 17:31; Rom. 1:4). The resurrection of Jesus Christ was God keeping His promise to His Son, and also His affirmation to all men that Jesus is ?the way, the truth, and the life? (John 14:6).

He is the only man whom God highly exalted as ?Lord? and ?Head of the Church,? and to whom God has given all authority in heaven and on earth (Dan. 7:13-14; Phil. 2:9; Acts 2:36; Eph. 1:22; Matt. 28:18). As Pharaoh exalted Joseph to his right hand and gave him all authority in Egypt (Gen. 41:37-46), so God has given Jesus functional equality with Himself. Jesus Christ is now God?s ?right hand man? (Eph. 1:20), carrying out the work that will eventually restore this fallen world.

He is the only man who is now the Mediator between God and mankind (1 Tim. 2:5). It is Jesus Christ to whom God has given the power to ?save to the uttermost? all who call upon his name, because he ever lives to make intercession for us (Heb. 7:25).

He is the only man who will gather together all Christians to meet him ?in the air? (1 Thess. 4:17) and give each one a new body like his own (Phil. 3:21). As the promised ?seed? of the woman (Gen. 3:15), Jesus Christ will produce fruit after his kind, a race of people living forever.

He is the only man who will one day return to the earth, destroy all evil men (and eventually destroy Satan and his evil spirit cohorts), and rule the earth as King for 1000 years (Rev. 19:11-20:7). At his first coming to the earth to Israel, Jesus was the sacrificial Lamb of God, but he will come again as the Lion of Judah to save his people, Israel, and destroy all God?s enemies.

He is the only man who will raise from the dead every human being who has ever lived (John 5:21, 25). As God has given Jesus ?life in himself,? so he will raise up all people.

He is the only man who will judge all men and women of all time (John 5:22, 27). Jesus will righteously judge all people, granting everlasting life to those who deserve it, and annihilating all the wicked (Acts 17:31; John 5:28, 29).

He is the only man who will restore on a new earth the Paradise that the First Adam lost (1 Cor. 15:24-28). As ?the Last Adam,? Jesus was God?s Contingency Plan to salvage His original plan that Adam?s disobedience thwarted, that is, a perfect race of people living forever on a perfect earth. Amen.

He is the only man who is our Savior, our Redeemer, our Mediator, our Lord, our constant Companion, our Best Friend, our Big Brother, the Light of our lives, our Peace, our Joy, and our Mentor in the art of faith.


He is the Lover of our souls, and that is why we love him and confess him as Lord (Rom. 10:9).


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Jesus Christ: God?s Right Hand Man



?The Arm of the LORD?









Isaiah 53:1 (NIV)

Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the LORD [Yahweh] been revealed?



The above verse is set amidst the classic Messianic section of Isaiah 52:13-53:12, which graphically depicts the suffering (the ?passion?) that Jesus would have to endure in order to fulfill his mission as the Redeemer of mankind. His being figuratively referred to as the ?arm of the Lord? is most significant.



God is spirit (John 4:24), and therefore has no arms, literally speaking. Being invisible, God needed a human representative who could, if he would, conduct his life so as to make Him known to a world of people oriented to what they could see, hear, smell, taste, or touch. We now know that Jesus of Nazareth was that man.



Chapter 12 of our book, One God & One Lord is titled ?God?s Namesake in Action.? It shows how Jesus is named after his Father, and how, in his ministry on earth among mankind, much of what Jesus did re-presented what God had done for His people in the Old Testament as ?the LORD who provides,? ?the LORD who heals,? etc. It also shows that the work Jesus did on earth was a ?preview of coming attractions,? that is, a taste of what he will do as ?King? in the future Millennial Kingdom.



It is now in his exalted and expanded ministry to Christians as ?Lord? and ?Head of the Body, the Church,? that Jesus is functioning as God?s ?right hand man? in a far greater capacity than he did when he was on earth. Each member of the Body of Christ can count on the Lord Jesus doing for him what he did when he walked the earth.



Let us consider that relatively brief period of time when Jesus carried out the job God set before him as the Redeemer of mankind. As the Son of God, ?The Man? who was to perfectly re-present his heavenly Father to a dying world, Jesus was busy. He had places to go and people to see. He had much work to do, and not much time to do it. In that vein, the following verse is pertinent:



John 5:17

Jesus said to them [the Jews who were persecuting him], ?My Father is always at work [un]to this very day, and I, too, am working.?



Jesus was saying that the work God had done from Genesis until that time was to make it possible for him to be born and have the opportunity to carry out his ministry as the Savior of man?and that now it was his turn to work. What ?work? had Jesus just done? He had healed a lame man, like God healed people in the Old Testament.



It is most significant that the Old Testament was written primarily for Jesus. Yes, because Genesis through Malachi was his ?ID,? if you will, telling him who he was (the promised ?seed of the woman,? etc.) It was also the ?blueprint? for his life?and his gruesome death. And it was also his motivation to go all the way through the Cross, because in reading about many men and women who gave their lives for their belief in his coming as the Messiah, he became determined not to let them down.



The Old Testament was also his ?coupon? for the kingship of the world that would be his if he fulfilled his mission. That was ?the joy set before him? that enabled him to ?endure the Cross.? So when you read the Old Testament, ask yourself what Jesus could have learned from what you are reading.



For example, let us consider the record of Joseph and the Egyptian Pharaoh in Genesis 41, noting the many parallels between the relationship of Joseph and Pharaoh and that of God and Jesus Christ. Remember that Jesus read and studied the life of Joseph, and learned from it what God wanted him to learn.





?Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you." - Pharaoh



"The Father is greater than I." - Jesus





Joseph Jesus
Joseph was 30 years old when he entered into service of Pharaoh.



Genesis 41:46

Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Jesus was 30 years old when he began his public ministry.



Luke 3:23
Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry.

Joseph was betrayed by his brothers.



Genesis 37:28

So when the Midianite merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
Jesus was betrayed by his ?brothers.?



John 13:21

After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, "I tell you the truth, one of you is going to betray me."

Joseph saved his betraying brothers.



Genesis 45:7

But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
Jesus is also the savior of his betraying brothers.



Romans 10:13

Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

Pharaoh put Joseph in charge of the whole land of Egypt.



Genesis 41:41

So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt."
God put Jesus in charge of everything pertaining to the Church.



Ephesians 1:22

And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church.

Pharaoh exalted Joseph to the highest place possible.



Genesis 41:43a

He had him ride in a chariot as his second-in-command?



Genesis 41:40

You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people are to submit to your orders.
God exalted Jesus to the highest place possible.



Philippians 2:9-11

Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Pharaoh gave Joseph all authority and power in the land of Egypt.



Genesis 41:42

Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph's finger. He dressed him in robes of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck.



Genesis 41:41

So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt."
God gave Jesus all authority in heaven on earth.



Daniel 7:14

And to him was given dominion, glory and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and men of every language might serve him.



Matthew 28:18

Then Jesus came to them and said, All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Joseph was given a new name.



Genesis 41:45a

Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-Paneah?
Jesus is also given a new name.



Revelation 3:12b
I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name.

Pharaoh gave Joseph a bride.



Genesis 41:45b

?and [Pharaoh] gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife.
God will give Jesus a bride.



Revelation 19:7

Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.

God made Joseph Lord of all Egypt.



Genesis 45:9a

...Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt.
God made Jesus Lord of heaven and earth.



Acts 2:36

God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.




Jesus saw in Joseph a man who was innocent but wronged by his own brothers. He saw a man who was thrown in jail as a common criminal and subjected to many hardships. He also saw that because of Joseph?s faithfulness to God?s Word and his reliance on the power of God, he did something that no other man in Egypt could do. Because of Joseph?s obedience to God, he was raised from the status of a common criminal to a governmental position of the highest rank. Because of his deeds, Joseph was exalted to a position second only to the Pharaoh and was given the Pharaoh?s signet ring, which represented the authority and power of Pharaoh. In that position of authority, functionally equal with Pharaoh, Joseph was able to save the lives of his brothers. In Joseph, Jesus Christ saw himself. And he was faithful, all the way to his last breath.



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Updated: Monday, 7 May 2007 10:56 AM BST
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