A Big Plate For Benjamin: Joseph and His Brothers In Egypt (Genesis 43:16-34) [04/23/2020]

Before I start, I’d like to offer a big shoutout to Clary Rouge (who has since deleted her content) for liking my last post a few days ago! Thanks for being my first like on any of this! I’m sorry I didn’t get to you sooner 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🤷🏼‍♂️🌺🌸🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋 but thanks for being here when you were anyway 😊😊😊😊😊💝💘💖 (ok, I’m getting a little hyped, but whatever) and I hope she sees this if she returns… but anyway, Joseph was so happy to see Benjamin that he cried, and I wish that I could see my family again… if I can, I’d probably cry heavily because I would be able to see my niece again 😭😭😭😭😭💗💗💗 as it is, I’m devastated that I haven’t seen her in over two months! I wish the coronavirus would be gone fast! I pray against it as I type this… but in the meantime, I should not drink coffee with creamer very much, or anything dairy, for that matter, because it makes me want to throw up 🥛🧀🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 (hahaha I’m on this emoji kick 😂😂😂😂😂 and I love it) — I know the ending, but I won’t spoil it for you because I know the story but many other people don’t, and I wish to make it interesting for you 😎😎😎😎😎 — this passage is found in pages 26-27 of my NKJV Bible, pages 34-35 of my NASB Bible, pages 58-59 of my VOICE copy, and page 57 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I love how Joseph and his brothers saw each other again, but they still had no clue what he was like. What was Joseph doing to them? Was he keeping an appearance of some kind? If so, that’s not good, for masking something is a terrible idea and can actually count as hypocrisy. But I haven’t seen any hypocrites in Jacob’s family yet. Of course, there’s the problem in Joshua 7 about Achan and his deception in the midst of Israel, provoking God to anger in those days, but this doesn’t occur in Acts 5:1-11 when Ananias and Sapphira try and deceive Him, for Jesus had already died for them and other people. But that married couple had never received Jesus, and the Greek for “died” there is when they breathed their last, and they don’t go to Heaven, but wind up in Hell, where they wait to be rejected one final time in the lake of fire (Revelation 20:15) and God forgets they even exist after that (see an example of Jeremiah 23:39, see also Isaiah 65:17). It’ll be non-stop fun with Him in New Jerusalem, with endless fruit fields, waterparks, roller coasters, jungle beds suspended high in the air by very large trees, and more! But before that, we need to preach the Gospel to all creation, as Jesus had commanded in Mark 16:15. (Of course, there’s debate if that’s authentic, since it’s not found in many early manuscripts, but I believe Jesus meant for all creation to be saved by their own free will, as the Bible also teaches.)

I find it funny that I have little to say here, too, so I’ll continue my comments in chapter 44. In the meantime, do you want prayer for anything? Let me know in my e-mail: ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each e-mail, write them down, then tape them to my bedroom walls! Meanwhile, I need to avoid dairy products most days, including deciding to drink coffee without creamer, if I want ☕ I also want to drink plenty of water, too, so I don’t get dehydrated. But I’ll see you soon in chapter 44!

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