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"HE APPROACHED"
(Weekly Reading>>Genesis 44:18-47:27, Ezekiel 37:15–28, Colossians 1:1-29)
Pharaoh
Joseph now prepared his family to meet Pharaoh. Pharaoh received them and asked their occupation. Shepherding was considered the lowest of all occupations, which helped keep the Israelites from mingling with Egyptian society around them and located them as far away as possible in the land of Goshen. Before returning to serve Pharaoh, Joseph promised to care for his family keeping them regularly supplied with food. Even though the world around them had entered into a deep famine, those following the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob did not lack, but were brought increased prosperity. This will be the same for us if we find ourselves in a time of famine/end times that is if we walk in the ways of Yahweh there will always be provision in our lives. That is Yahweh’s promise to us according to His Covenant.
Although his family was with him, Joseph remained faithful to the service that Yahweh brought him to Egypt to accomplish - the job of looking after Pharaoh’s interests. There were still five more years of famine ahead and lots of work to do. As Joseph continued to control the affairs of Egypt, he sold grain to its people and then traded grain for their land. Pharaoh soon owned all of the land. In return for grain Joseph had the people return one fifth of their crops. In this way the people did not starve and the land was not left destitute.
The Word of YHVH Came to Ezekiel - One Nation under One King
(Ezekiel 37)
Ezekiel was from a priestly family born in Judah of the sons of Zadok. He was exiled into Babylon in the year 597 or 596 BC when he was twenty-five, and called into prophetic office five years later. Ezekiel was a student of Jeremiah and his call was to the ten northern tribes – the "House of Israel".
The prophesy of Ezekiel is unfolding today. Judah, the House of Judah and those associated with him are coming together with Joseph through his son Ephraim, the House of Israel and those associated with him. Yes, opposition has risen between the Two Houses but a true remnant from the House of Judah and a true remnant from the House of Israel, those who walk in the understanding of Ezekiel 37, are coming together as loving brothers and becoming one in the Yeshua’s hand. Scripture does not say everyone must come into the tribe of Judah or that everyone is to come into the tribe of Ephraim. Scripture says that all twelve tribes will be recognizable and come together, unified in one purpose and heart to serve Yeshua in His Kingdom. No longer will there to be a separation between Jews and Ephraim (gentiles). All twelve tribes are coming home just as Yahweh declared through His prophets and through the testimony of His Son, Yeshua.
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"HE APPROACHED"
(Weekly Reading>>Genesis 44:18-47:27, Ezekiel 37:15–28, Colossians 1:1-29)
Pharaoh
Joseph now prepared his family to meet Pharaoh. Pharaoh received them and asked their occupation. Shepherding was considered the lowest of all occupations, which helped keep the Israelites from mingling with Egyptian society around them and located them as far away as possible in the land of Goshen. Before returning to serve Pharaoh, Joseph promised to care for his family keeping them regularly supplied with food. Even though the world around them had entered into a deep famine, those following the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob did not lack, but were brought increased prosperity. This will be the same for us if we find ourselves in a time of famine/end times that is if we walk in the ways of Yahweh there will always be provision in our lives. That is Yahweh’s promise to us according to His Covenant.
Although his family was with him, Joseph remained faithful to the service that Yahweh brought him to Egypt to accomplish - the job of looking after Pharaoh’s interests. There were still five more years of famine ahead and lots of work to do. As Joseph continued to control the affairs of Egypt, he sold grain to its people and then traded grain for their land. Pharaoh soon owned all of the land. In return for grain Joseph had the people return one fifth of their crops. In this way the people did not starve and the land was not left destitute.
The Word of YHVH Came to Ezekiel - One Nation under One King
(Ezekiel 37)
Ezekiel was from a priestly family born in Judah of the sons of Zadok. He was exiled into Babylon in the year 597 or 596 BC when he was twenty-five, and called into prophetic office five years later. Ezekiel was a student of Jeremiah and his call was to the ten northern tribes – the "House of Israel".
Ezekiel 37:15-28 “Again the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, ‘As for you, son of man, take a stick for yourself and write on it: For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions. Then take another stick and write on it, for Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, his companions. Then join them one to another for yourself into one stick, and they will become one in your hand.”
“And when the children of your people speak to you, saying, ‘Will you not show us what you mean by these?’ – ‘say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD/Yahweh Elohim: Surely I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand. And the sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes.”
“Then say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD/Yahweh Elohim: Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again. They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God.”
“David My servant shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them. Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children's children, forever; and My servant David shall be their prince forever. Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary in their midst forevermore. My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be their God, and they shall be My people. The nations also will know that I, Yahweh, sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.”
The prophesy of Ezekiel is unfolding today. Judah, the House of Judah and those associated with him are coming together with Joseph through his son Ephraim, the House of Israel and those associated with him. Yes, opposition has risen between the Two Houses but a true remnant from the House of Judah and a true remnant from the House of Israel, those who walk in the understanding of Ezekiel 37, are coming together as loving brothers and becoming one in the Yeshua’s hand. Scripture does not say everyone must come into the tribe of Judah or that everyone is to come into the tribe of Ephraim. Scripture says that all twelve tribes will be recognizable and come together, unified in one purpose and heart to serve Yeshua in His Kingdom. No longer will there to be a separation between Jews and Ephraim (gentiles). All twelve tribes are coming home just as Yahweh declared through His prophets and through the testimony of His Son, Yeshua.
2 Chronicles 30:10-13 “So the runners passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun; but they laughed at them and mocked them. Nevertheless some [a remnant] from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem. Also the hand of God was on Judah to give them singleness of heart to obey the command of the king and the leaders, at the word of Yahweh [to meet at His appointed time]. Now many people, a very great assembly, gathered at Jerusalem to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread [Passover] in the second month.”
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