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A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
FROM THE PIT TO THE PALACE
PART XIX
"I, the chief cupbearer of Pharaoh here at the palace in Egypt, went to see my master this morning.... When I walked in the room where he was seated, I noticed his face looking very miserable... I gently approached him... I did not want to upset him further... I have been in prison once already... And I do not want to repeat the experience... The moment the Pharaoh saw me, he shared with me why he was looking so miserable.... He had had two bad dreams during the night... So he had called in his magicians... For they should have been able to give him the meaning of these two dreams... But they had been unable to do so....I then spoke up... I reminded Pharaoh that some time ago he had been angry with me and had put me in prison... While there I had had a dream... I had not known what to make of that dream... But I had shared that dream with the young man who was in charge of the prison... And he had interpreted my dream for me... And his interpretation had come true... This young man is a Hebrew.... His name is Joseph... I was supposed to mention his name to Pharoah two years ago already... But I had completely forgotten about him...However, he will be the answer to Pharaoh's problems... So Pharaoh should have Joseph come before him even though he is nothing more than a Hebrew slave.... And a prisoner at that."... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that the chief cupbearer shares with Pharaoh his experience with Joseph while he was in prison....
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
FROM THE PIT TO THE PALACE
PART XIX
Pharaoh, the ruler of Egypt, has had two dreams in the night and it seems no one can interpret them for him. When the chief cupbearer sees Pharaoh that morning he suddenly remembers who was able to interpret his dream for him when he was in prison two years ago as you can read in Genesis 41:9-14
Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, "Today I am reminded of my shortcomings. Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he imprisoned me and the chief baker in the house of the captain of the guard. Each of us had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own. Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us, giving each man the interpretation of his dream. And things turned out exactly as he interpreted them to us: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged."
The chief cupbearer may believe that he should have mentioned Joseph to Pharaoh before this day but he will not have realised that God has prevented him from speaking to Pharaoh about Joseph since it had not yet been the time to do so. However, the time has come for Joseph to be released from prison according to God's schedule for him and, consequently, God gives Pharaoh two dreams that no-one can interpret, apart from the man chosen by God.
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