Joseph-Jesus

Post by **_Anonymous** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:17 am

Thinking back on the story of Joseph i can see a really strong correlation to Jesus life and ministry.Do you see Joseph as a type of Christ? Does the story have any relation to paul saying all Isreal shall be saved?(I am thinking about the part where Joseph recieved his father and brothers back).
The common threads i see are:
Jospeph's dream,his brothers bowing down
Jesus,everyone bowing down
Joseph being sold by Judah and becoming the ruler of the world.
Jesus being rejected by his people and being sold by Judas.
Joseph saving the egyptian people.
Jesus saving the gentile world.
Joseph recieveing the his family who sold him and left him for dead into his kingdom.
Jesus recieving Isreal back to himself in a similar way?

I realise it's kind of a stretch but it does seem to have some credibility.

Just curious about your opinion.

Post by **_Benjamin Ho** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:19 am

And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
Matthew 12:49-50 (ESV)

But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.” This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.
Romans 9:6-8 (ESV)