Heb 11:22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
Gen 50:24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Gen 50:25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
Gen 50:26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Exo 13:18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
Exo 13:19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
Joseph made a prophecy- the children of Israel would be brought out of the land of Egypt and taken to the land God promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. When that prophecy was being fulfilled he wanted his bones taken from Egypt to that promised land.
It was by FAITH that Joseph made that prophecy. His FAITH that it would come to pass was a REAL ABIDING FAITH!
He BELIEVED!
We need to BELIEVE every single word of GOD!
JESUS SAID--
Joh_14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Joh_14:28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
If we have FAITH we KNOW HE WILL COME AGAIN UNTO US!
Were Joseph's bones taken from Egypt to the promised land a year after his death?
No.
We they taken two years after his death?
No.
Were they taken 100 years after his death?
No.
Were they taken 200 years after his death?
No.
What about 300 years after his death?
No.
Think about the length of time involved here. YEARS! Many, many years!
It came to pass just as Joseph prophesized.
How many people knew of that prophecy and as the years passed decided that Joseph's bones would just remain in Egypt forever, just like they would? It's safe to say a lot of people had to have believed they'd never be freed from Egypt's enslavement. It came to pass.
Jesus WILL return.
It's been thousands of years since Jesus made that prophecy, THOUSANDS of YEARS!
And Jesus isn't slack concerning that promise!
Once that promise is fulfilled it means a whole new world. It means something completely different from what we can imagine. It means the END of humanity as we know it, and while that is a GREAT thing because SIN and all its horrors will be no more, it's also the end of the chance for ANY more humans to be saved. The number of people that are saved from Adam to the last person will be all there are and NO MORE.
Humans are sinners.
Humans have a Savior.
Humans will be saved.
Our Savior will save ALL that come to HIM, but ONCE He returns, ONCE it is all finished, all humans will be saved that are going to be saved. No more will squeak in under the wire. There won't be any second, third, fourth, fifth, and so on -- chances. All the chances will be over.
Just imagine what it has to take for our GOD to make the final determination that all who choose salvation have made that choice, and all who don't choose salvation never will choose it.
Throughout our lives people have had to make awful choices concerning who lives and who dies in a group of people. This is a decision that haunts many of them for the rest of their lives- and that's a human being who has the excuse of not being infallible. A human being can make the decision and then fall back on 'they did the best they could', and it'd be true. God has to be make this decision and it has to be a perfect decision and one that will include ALL HUMANS that would choose SALVATION. There will come a time when GOD knows that any future human beings will NOT choose to be saved and that there is no more reason to wait, none.
He tarries, but He's NOT slack concerning the promise He's made to us.
Just as Joseph had FAITH when he made his prophecy.
We NEED to have FAITH that ALL JESUS' PROPHECIES WILL COME TO PASS!
We need to BELIEVE!
Our SAVIOR WILL RETURN FOR US! This is the truth! This is the Gospel of Salvation through HIM!
ALL IN HIS LOVE!
PLEASE Lord help us have the FAITH we need to believe fully in YOU and YOUR PROMISES!
PLEASE.
ALL BY YOUR GRACE!
Gen 50:24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Gen 50:25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
Gen 50:26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Exo 13:18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
Exo 13:19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
Joseph made a prophecy- the children of Israel would be brought out of the land of Egypt and taken to the land God promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. When that prophecy was being fulfilled he wanted his bones taken from Egypt to that promised land.
It was by FAITH that Joseph made that prophecy. His FAITH that it would come to pass was a REAL ABIDING FAITH!
He BELIEVED!
We need to BELIEVE every single word of GOD!
JESUS SAID--
Joh_14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Joh_14:28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
If we have FAITH we KNOW HE WILL COME AGAIN UNTO US!
Were Joseph's bones taken from Egypt to the promised land a year after his death?
No.
We they taken two years after his death?
No.
Were they taken 100 years after his death?
No.
Were they taken 200 years after his death?
No.
What about 300 years after his death?
No.
Think about the length of time involved here. YEARS! Many, many years!
It came to pass just as Joseph prophesized.
How many people knew of that prophecy and as the years passed decided that Joseph's bones would just remain in Egypt forever, just like they would? It's safe to say a lot of people had to have believed they'd never be freed from Egypt's enslavement. It came to pass.
Jesus WILL return.
It's been thousands of years since Jesus made that prophecy, THOUSANDS of YEARS!
And Jesus isn't slack concerning that promise!
Once that promise is fulfilled it means a whole new world. It means something completely different from what we can imagine. It means the END of humanity as we know it, and while that is a GREAT thing because SIN and all its horrors will be no more, it's also the end of the chance for ANY more humans to be saved. The number of people that are saved from Adam to the last person will be all there are and NO MORE.
Humans are sinners.
Humans have a Savior.
Humans will be saved.
Our Savior will save ALL that come to HIM, but ONCE He returns, ONCE it is all finished, all humans will be saved that are going to be saved. No more will squeak in under the wire. There won't be any second, third, fourth, fifth, and so on -- chances. All the chances will be over.
Just imagine what it has to take for our GOD to make the final determination that all who choose salvation have made that choice, and all who don't choose salvation never will choose it.
Throughout our lives people have had to make awful choices concerning who lives and who dies in a group of people. This is a decision that haunts many of them for the rest of their lives- and that's a human being who has the excuse of not being infallible. A human being can make the decision and then fall back on 'they did the best they could', and it'd be true. God has to be make this decision and it has to be a perfect decision and one that will include ALL HUMANS that would choose SALVATION. There will come a time when GOD knows that any future human beings will NOT choose to be saved and that there is no more reason to wait, none.
He tarries, but He's NOT slack concerning the promise He's made to us.
Just as Joseph had FAITH when he made his prophecy.
We NEED to have FAITH that ALL JESUS' PROPHECIES WILL COME TO PASS!
We need to BELIEVE!
Our SAVIOR WILL RETURN FOR US! This is the truth! This is the Gospel of Salvation through HIM!
ALL IN HIS LOVE!
PLEASE Lord help us have the FAITH we need to believe fully in YOU and YOUR PROMISES!
PLEASE.
ALL BY YOUR GRACE!
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