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GENESIS 50
Lesson #65
JESUS CHRIST IS THE FULFILLMENT OF ALL PROPHECY
- Memory verse: Philippians 1:6
- Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of all prophecy
| The Tribe | Christ’s Fulfillment |
| Reuben Gen 49:3 | Jesus is the firstborn, of excellency, dignity, and power
Col 1:15 |
| Simeon Gen 49:5-7 | Instruments of cruelly used against Jesus to crucify him.
Luk 22:63-65; 23:33 |
| Levi Gen 49:5-7 | Jesus Christ is our High Priest. Heb 2:17 |
| Judah Gen 49:8-12 | Jesus Christ is our King of kings Rev 17:14 |
| Zebulun Gen 49:13 | Jesus is our great refuge, our haven of rest. Heb 6:18-20 |
| Issachar Gen 49:14-15 | Jesus was the servant of all. Mar 10:44-45 |
| Dan Gen 49:16-18 | Jesus Christ is the judge of the living and the dead.
Rev 19:11 |
| Gad Gen 49:19 | Jesus Christ overcame death and was raised from the dead the third day.
Mat 16:21 Act 10:40 |
| Asher Gen 49:20 | Jesus Christ is the bread of life who satisfies his own.
Joh 6:35 |
| Naphtali Gen 49:21 | Jesus is God’s prophet giving forth good words.
Deu 18:15-20 |
| Joseph Gen 49:22-26 | Jesus Christ will have a fruitful millennial reign of 1000 years on earth. Rev 20:6 |
| Benjamin Gen 49:27 | Jesus Christ is the terrible warrior at his second coming. Isa 63:1-3 Jer 25:30
Rev 14:14,19-20 |
- Read Gen 49:28-33 Gen 50:1-13 The death and burial of Jacob
- The forty days required for embalming Jacob’s body and the seventy days of mourning (50:3) may have overlapped. However, these time periods are in agreement with the traditional customs in Egypt.
- The threshing floor of Atad (50:10) is an unknown location where they evidently had a memorial ceremony. The Egyptians named it Abel-Mizraim which means = mourning of Egypt.
- The Cave of Macphelah
- This was a place where Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, and Leah were buried.
- It was a cave that Abraham bought when Sarah died as a place to bury her.
- Read Gen 50:14-26 The end of Joseph’s life
- The reactions of Joseph’s brothers:
- When Jacob (Israel) died, Joseph’s brothers became afraid that now Joseph would retaliate against them for their betrayal when he was a teenager.
- The completion of Joseph’s forgiveness
- Joseph was sad that his brothers had not fully accepted and believed in his forgiveness.
- Joseph reassures them of the providence and sovereignty of God in their lives. Gen 50:20 is the equivalent of Rom 8:28.
- Read Rom 8:28
Joseph a Prefigure of Jesus Christ
| Joseph and His Brothers | Jesus Christ and his Family of Believers |
| Joseph must reassure his brothers of his forgiveness and provision. Gen 50:17-21 | Jesus continually reassures us of His forgiveness and provision. 1Joh 1:9 |
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- Joseph adopted Manasseh’s grandsons just as Jacob adopted his 2 sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. (50:23)
- Remember that the reason for this was to insure that subsequent generations would be tied to the Promised Land by inheritance.
- The burial of Joseph
- Joseph was temporarily buried in Egypt with the expectation that his bones would eventually be returned to the Promised Land just as Jacob was.
- Joseph’s bones were taken to the Promised Land by Moses in the Exodus. He was eventually buried in Shechem.
- Read Exo 13:19
- The final perspective:
- Genesis is a book of relationships:
- Man with God and God with man
- Husband wife relationships
- Family relationships
- Interpersonal relationships
- Genesis is a book for seeing God’s plan for all eternity
- Through covenants
- Through the names of God
- Through types and prefigures
- Through prophecy
- Genesis is a book for seeing God’s plan for:
- Individuals
- Gentiles and Jews
- Believers and non-believers
- Nations
- Gentile nations
- Israel
- The church
- Genesis is a book of faith
- How it works
- How it grows
- The struggles of faith
- The tests of faith
- The rewards of faith
- Genesis is a book of relationships:
The end
God bless you
