VA YESHEV “and (Jacob) settled.”

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VAYESHEV GEN 37:1- 40:23

Joseph; a messianic foreshadowing. 

Jn. 1:43 The day following Yahusha would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moshe in the TORAH, and the prophets, did write, Yahusha Ha Netzarat of Nazareth, Ben Yoseph.

Road to Emmaus – Lk 24:27 And beginning at Moshe and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

Ben Yoseph is the age old madrash, an ancient Jewish expectation that Israel’s Moshiach will likely come in two appearances! First, as Moshiach Ben Yosef of Ephraim based upon the record of Torah Parsha Vayeshev and second as Moshiach Ben David based upon 2nd Samuel 7:12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son. 

In the plain sense of the text – the PASHAT we have the ‘drash’ worker in wood would be set forth (Ez 37:15 two sticks the worker in wood…Matt 13:55 Is not this the worker in wood’s son? Is not his mother called Miriam?

There was always an expectation that Moshiach Ben Yosef would act as the precursor to Moshiach Ben David. Moshiach Ben Yosef was the first to wage war against the forces of evil that oppress Israel and to do battle with the descendants of Esau…Ob 1:18…this is where we are at prophetically today…the followers of Messiah Yahusha are the ones who are awake to the evil  oppressions coming from Esau…And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for יהוה  hath spoken it.

Moshiach ben Yosef’s function according to the rabbis is to prepare Israel for the final redemption –  they say: “he will be the one who will be at the end of the worlds time and his title will be Moshiach Milchamah (the anointed for battle) he will descend from Yosef for this is the title of Moshiach.”

And the rabbis go on to say; “the battle of Gog and Magog is identified with Moshiach Ben Yosef who suffered for the sins of Israel as Yosef suffered for the sins of his own brethren.” THIS IS REMARKABLE COMING FROM JUDAISM.

Tie that in with this: Jn:11:50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

• Ber 37:2 Joseph feeds the flock of Jacob scattered in the nations.
• V.2 the bad report is that most are asleep and have squandered their inheritance.
• Matt 3:17 This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. (beloved of the father)
• V.3 Israel loves Joseph – Israel = the land – it longs for Joseph, it’s legal heir
• V.3 Birthright tunic – an upper coat reaching to the wrists and ankles, such as noblemen and kings’ daughters wore” 2 Samuel 13:18, says that the daughters of King David wore similar coats, it’s the Malki-kings, Tzadik-righteous garment. 
• V.5 hated without a cause. Jn. 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
• V.7 Joseph will reign and have dominion over the 11 tribes plus the matriarch’s and patriarch’s. The prophetic First-fruits wave sheave where every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Messiah ben Joseph is Lord of all. 
• V.12 Then his brothers went to feed their Aleph-Tav fathers flock in Shechem
• V. 13 I will send you to them – Jn. 3:34 For He whom Elohim has sent speaks the Words of Elohim, for Elohim does not give the Spirit by measure. The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand.
• V.14 valley of Hebron! What its a mountain – ‛êmeq – it’s a mystery about to be revealed. 
• V.15 Yahusha ‘the certain man’ will find Jospeh wandering in the field of the world He is looking for his tribal brothers (James 1:1 Greetings: to the twelve tribes scattered abroad, My brothers, count it all joy when you fall. Yahusha – the certain man enables Joseph to find his brothers. 
• V.18 They conspired against him to kill him. As did the leaders of Israel…Matt 26:3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, And consulted that they might take Yahusha by subtilty, and kill him. 
• V. 20 kill him and cast him into some pit. Ps. 119.85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy TORAH. Simeon which means ‘hated’ is said to be the one who said this…for he hated his brother. Yahusha informs his audience in Jn.15:25 that the account of Joseph is all about him. Jn.15:25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their TORAH, They hated me without a cause.
• V. 20 He’s rejected by his brothers. Jn.1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
• V.21 Reuben…the past legitimate holder will not want to kill you!
• V.23 
• V.24 The pit of exile will be depleted and drinking H20 will disappear in the exile!
• V.25 around a future Purim or Pesach they will again conspire to enslave us in WHO health camps run by Ismaelites and Amalakites – S.A.tan’s seed.
• V.33 Kingdom birthright will be torn to pieces: 1 Kings 11:30-38 The prophet Ahijah took Jereboam’s coat…”Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and will give ten tribes to you (Jeroboam)…I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand (Solomon’s hand) and give it to you — ten tribes. And to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for Myself, to put My name there. So I will take you, and you shall reign

Parallelisms between Joseph’s life and Messiah, the son of Joseph life

Remember how this biblical account of Joseph all started? Joseph was looking for his brothers in Genesis 37:17 and he was told they were in Shechem, which means – shoulders, upper back, where the burden of punishment or scourging’s is meted out then later Dothan. 

The word Dothan is very telling, Dothan’s root is Dat – religious law – so the one with the righteous garments prepared for him by his father goes to a place of scourging’s to shoulder the burden of the family of Jacob/Israel. In Dothan he is judged by the /religious law of his brothers and thrown into a pit only to be raised to glory!

• He had a miraculous birth.
• He was given a garment: Katanet Pasim – to sleeves and ankles (the same description of the garment of a High Priest – 2 Sam 13:18 – a garment ripped and divided and soaked in blood – a REMEZ of the split kingdom and later, Golgotha.

• Sent ahead to preserve life.

• A Shepherd. 

• He was hated by his brothers. 

• The only begotten Son of the Father, whom the Father loves with an everlasting love. 

• Rejected by his brothers and hated without a cause. 

• He was prophesied to be the future leader of His brothers. 

• Sent to check on the welfare of His brothers. 

• Sought after the lost sheep of Israel/Yaakov. 

• He was conspired against.  

• He was handed over to Gentiles because his brothers didn’t want to be the agents of his death. 

• He was thrown into a pit/grave, but was not found in the pit/grave. 

• He was stripped of His garments. 

• He was sold for silver. 

• He has a garment dipped in blood.

• He is dressed up like a gentile given a gentile nickname He takes a bride from the nation, who’s the daughter of the priest of sun god worship. 

• He has sons that are half Hebrews and half spiritual gentiles, reared around pagan sun god worship.

• He’s unrecognizable to his Jewish brethren in this state. 

• The gentiles knew him as Zaphnath Paaneah/ the Savior or bread man of life. But he’s unknown to his brothers.

• Begins to minister at 30 years of age.

• He performs a miracle with bread. With just a small amount he is able to feed thousands (20% set aside for 7 years. Do the math, for 7 years of famine – it would run out without a miracle. Miracle of multiplication of grain.

• Yoseph provides physical bread Yahshua provides spiritual bread.

• He’s a descendant of Perez, the son of Judah through Tamar.

• He resisted temptation (Potiphar’s wife).

• He was falsely accused of a crime he didn’t commit. 

• Although Divine (diviners cup) emptied Himself of all Divine privilege and humbled Himself to become a servant of men.

• He was handed over to the Gentiles to be killed. 

• He was imprisoned along with two other criminals, one was promised life (cup bearer), the other dies in his sin by being hung on a tree, one a cup bearer the other a baker Illustrating the future redemptive work of bread and wine

• The baker was hung on a tree and had his head encircled by an acacia basket.

Yahshua was killed by being hung on a tree, His head encircled by acacia thorns

• He was exalted to the right hand. 

• He would be separated from His brothers for a long period of time. 

• At first the brothers reject Joseph’s leadership, only later after a long separation do they accept his leadership – after 2 years! A day is but a thousand years!

Zec 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

Joh 19:37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.