Genesis 45 The “Revelation”
“And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me,” (v. 10)
God longs for us to “dwell in His land”,” to be near to us. His greatest desire is that we would walk with Him in righteousness and faith. Joseph revealed himself to his brothers solely for that purpose, that they all might dwell together in peace. He forgave his brethren, realizing God’s purpose for it all now, just as God has forgiven those who accept Christ through faith. All that call upon Him shall be saved. God has revealed Himself to us in these “last days” for that same purpose, so that we may dwell with Him in peace. This is evident in Eph. 2:14, where we see the middle partition has been broken down, and we now have free access to our God. God wants us to know Him, to become His friend, and to come to Him with our pleas, as we would our earthly father. That is the relationship we see here.
Goshen was given to Joseph’s family for them to dwell in. It was the richest of the land, sort of a land that “flowed with milk and honey”, a “Promised Land of sorts. We see that Israel is still there well into the Book of Exodus.
“And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed them not” (v. 26). It was almost too good to be true, that his son had “returned from the dead” as he must have thought. Not only do we rejoice in the Lord, and in His presence, but He rejoices in us too! This is more amazing than our rejoicing in Him, (which is quite amazing in itself), that He should stoop to our level. God wants to be near us, and hopefully, we desire to be near Him. Love is like that, it is possessive, and there is no greater love than the love of God, and no greater possession than His love provides. I wonder if our reunion with Christ will be such an experience. I tend to think so. I, for one, will hardly believe that I made it into Heaven, though it is by God’s grace only. It still seems too good to be true.
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