What impressions do you have about the Savior and His mission as you read about the similarities between Joseph’s life and the atoning mission of Jesus Christ?
"3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours." (Genesis 37:3)
"17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." (Matthew 3:17)
"26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt." (Genesis 37:26–28 )
"14 ¶ Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him." (Matthew 26:14–16)
"5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance." (Genesis 45:5–7)
"18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised," (Luke 4:18)
"12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families." (Genesis 47:12)
"35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst." (John 6:35)
And here's the commentary entitled: “God sent me before you to preserve you.” :
"Have you noticed any similarities between Joseph’s life and the atoning mission of Jesus Christ? To see some examples of these similarities, try comparing:
Genesis 37:3 with Matthew 3:17.
Genesis 45:5–7 with Luke 4:18.
Genesis 47:12 with John 6:35.
What impressions do you have about the Savior and His mission as you read these passages?"
The Savior is truly our great Healer. He healed all our physical wounds, and so all our physical sufferings are already taken care of. He made immortality free for us. We will all be resurrected after we die, just as He was resurrected. He is the firstfruit of resurrection. Our spiritual healing is what we need to work on because Jesus did not take away our responsibility when He atoned for our sins (the cause of our being separated from God or spiritual death). We need to do our part, repent, and do all that God wants us to do in order for us to qualify to return to His presence and live with Him and with our family members again, forever. It's our spiritual salvation and exaltation that we need to focus on right now, because our physical salvation is already covered by the Lord Himself.
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