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JOSEPH: THE FORERUNNER

“Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life …and God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.  So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God .” (Genesis 45:5, 7, 8).   “ Whither the Forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus… ” (Hebrews 6:20).   In the book of Genesis we find the story of Joseph, a type and shadow of our Savior, Jesus Christ.   We also find a pattern by which the sons of God may attain full maturity in the Lord in these last days.   Just as Jesus was a forerunner, Who went before us and overcame all things to provide salvation and eternal life to all who receive Him, Joseph also fulfilled that role for his family and for the world by providing a way for them to be saved during a time of great famine.   Joseph was one of twelve sons born to the Jewish patriarch Jacob.   ...
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THORNS IN THE FLESH

“And he said, Who art Thou, Lord?  And the Lord said, I am Jesus Whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks .” (Acts 9:5).    “And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me , lest I should be exalted above measure.” (2 Corinthians 12:7).   The conversion of Saint Paul to the Christian faith was a very dramatic event.   Before his conversion, Paul was convinced that he was on the side of right and was God’s holy messenger, even though he was busy persecuting, arresting, and even responsible for the martyring of the followers of Jesus Christ.   He had been raised as a Pharisee, a Jewish religious sect, and was trained under one of the most renowned Hebrew teachers of the time.   Like most Jews of his time, Paul’s faith and confidence were in the Law, and not in any kind of personal relationship with Go...
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I KNOW THE THOUGHTS THAT I THINK TOWARD YOU

Jeremiah was a Jewish prophet who lived around 600 years before Christ.   He is credited with writing two books of the Bible: Jeremiah and Lamentations.   He is referred to by many as “the weeping prophet” because of the difficult judgments that he spoke against his nation, and the burden of grief that he carried for them.     During his ministry, God sent Jeremiah to the leaders of Judah to tell them that the King of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, was coming against them to make war, and would defeat them in battle.  As a result, many of them would be carried into captivity and dispersed among the cities of Babylon.  All of this would happen because the Jews were no longer listening to God, but had, instead, turned to worshipping idols.  Jeremiah told them that God was bringing judgment on them and that they were not to resist Nebuchadnezzar or they would be resisting God.  The priests and so-called prophets of the time were outraged and rejected J...
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