They
told him(Jacob), “Joseph is alive! In fact, he is the ruler of all Egypt.”
Jacob was stunned; he did not believe them,' Genesis 45:26.
Had you been Jacob and
believed your son to be dead for over 20 years, what would your response have
been to the news the brothers brought back from Egypt?
Obviously
Jacob was shocked at what he heard. It was unbelievable. It reminds us of the
reaction of the disciples at the news, 'Jesus is alive,' that first Easter
morning: how none of them would believe without evidence. Only as each disciple
met with the risen Lord, did they believe.
Jacob, on seeing the evidence of the
carts,(v 27), (and no doubt the 'best things of Egypt' v23, that Pharaoh sent),
believed. We believe in heaven, not because of what others have told us or even
what the bible says, (as true as that is). No! We believe because of the
evidence, the taste of it that we have now, the presence of Jesus within us made possible by the Holy Spirit.
(1 John 5:9–12). The things that were sent from Egypt were convincing proof
that what the brothers were saying was true. Our personal experience, here and
now, of the presence of Jesus in our hearts is convincing evidence that what we
have been told and what the bible says, is true. God bless you all.
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