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GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART LVII
"I, the "Egyptian" official in charge of the grain distribution, have just revealed to the eleven men in front of me that I am their brother Joseph... This news has come as a total shock to them, of course....That is not surprising....After all, the last time they saw me was when they sold me to a group of merchants on their way to Egypt....That is twenty-two years ago....They know that when I arrived in Egypt at that time I would have been sold as a slave...They know too that there was no hope for me to ever leave behind my life as a slave...Once a slave always a slave...To them it is, therefore, unthinkable that I, the "Egyptian" offical, am not the person they have believed me to be these the last two years... I can see that the revelation that I am, in fact, their long-lost brother Joseph is something beyond their grasp....I must have them come close to me....And repeat to them that I really am their long-lost brother Joseph... I must explain to them as well that God allowed me to be sold as a slave in order to save many lives."...Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that the "Egyptian" official reveals to his brothers that God allowed him, Joseph, to be sold as a slave so that he can save many lives.
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART LVII
Joseph realises from the expressions of fear he can see on the faces of the men in front of him that he needs to speak kindly to his brothers as you can read in Genesis 45:4-5
Then Joseph said to his brothers. "Come close to me." When they had done so, he said, "I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt. And now do not be distressed, and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, for it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you."
Joseph understands that God has allowed him to be sold into Egypt so that their lives will be saved.
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