In typology, more than any other character in the Bible, it is Joseph and his life that foreshadows the life of Yeshua. Looking back from the New Testament, here are six awesome ways we can see the Messiah in Joseph’s life. PATTERN ONE: -Joseph was in prison next to two criminals. -On the cross, Yeshua […]

We are never really told why the cupbearer and the baker were sent to prison. Most likely they had somehow offended the oriental sensibilities of the semite Pharaoh who was now sitting on the throne. Remember it was Orientals…semites….not Egyptians who were currently ruling over Egypt. However, much more important than knowing why they were […]

Let’s go over the dreams the cupbearer and the baker had. First, it’s interesting to note that numbers stand out in each of the three sets of dreams involving Joseph. In the first dream Joseph had about his family bowing down to him, a sequence of 12 was prominent. In the dreams the baker and […]

Next to divine visitations, dreams are the highest revelatory method. It is no exaggeration to say that dreams play a central role in the story of Joseph. In fact it was the sharing of his dreams that got Joseph into his current predicament in the first place. I wonder if Joseph ever thought about the […]

Today we begin Genesis Chapter 40. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James Version, click here. So he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, in the same place where Joseph was kept.-Genesis 40:3 Joseph is now 28 years old and sitting […]