May 2 2014
Jesus in Joseph
Genesis 45:1-10, Luke 24:36-44
‘God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.’ Do you know who said this? It sounds like the kind of thing Jesus would say, but it wasn’t him. It was Joseph. He said it to his brothers when they discovered he was alive and had become ruler of Egypt (Gen 45:7). But it’s not the only statement made by Joseph that resembles Jesus. In fact the whole pattern of Joseph’s life had strong similarities to Jesus. As a result some Bible scholars even consider Joseph to be a kind of ‘Jesus’ of the Old Testament.
In this post I will highlight a number of parallels between Jesus and Joseph, but I will focus on one specific one; the moment that Joseph revealed himself to his brothers after his promotion and how it compares with the moment that Jesus revealed himself to his disciples after his resurrection. More
Apr 14 2015
God was ‘One of Us’
John 14:8-11 Jesus said, “If you’ve seen me you’ve seen the Father”
“What if God was one of us?” This was the catch question in the song ‘One of Us’ written by Eric Bazilian and sung by Joan Osborne in 1995. Many people have wondered what motivated the song. And for many Christians the most intriguing question is; did the writer know that the Bible says God was indeed one of us? That is obviously a question only he can answer. But in an interview about ‘One of Us,’ Eric Bazilian said something that interests me; he said
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