“And
Pharaoh gave Joseph to wife Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.”
Gen. 41:45
Joseph, Rachel’s eldest son, turned
out a lot better than Benjamin. There are over one hundred ways that Joseph is
a picture of Christ. I required my Bible college students to find 50 Old
Testament examples and 50 New Testament correlations of ways he did in order
for them to pass their Christology class. Joseph’s marriage to Asenath is one
of those examples. She is a Gentile, a pagan, the daughter of a pagan priest,
separated by birth from the family of God.
But Joseph accepts her as his bride.
He, the picture of Christ, took a Gentile bride. He welcomed her and bore
children through her. Two tribes of Israel are named after the sons she bore to
Joseph. His father accepted them and called them by his own name. That is good
news for all Gentiles. We are accepted in the Beloved, called by His Name, and
made part of the Father’s family forever. What a beautiful picture.
Dear Father, Thank You for welcoming
me into Your family. Amen.
The Friday Benediction
Until Monday, my friends, may the good God envelop
you with His grace; may you prove the common confession of faith, “I believe in
the holy Christian church and in the fellowship of the saints”, and may you be
enriched with joy and hope as you exercise that confession this weekend. Amen
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