HI FELLOW WATCHMEN,
 
IF YOU HAVE READ PARTS 1, 2, AND 3, YOU KNOW THAT I AM CONVINCED THAT OUR GREAT AND MIGHTY DELIVERANCE, THE RAPTURE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE SUDDEN DESTRUCTION, SHOULD TAKE PLACE AFTER TWO YEARS OF THE FINAL 7 YEARS, WHICH WILL BE IN THE FALL OF 2010.  ALSO, IN GEN. 45:1, WE LEARN THAT TWO YEARS INTO THE FAMINE WEEK, A GREAT SEPARATION TOOK PLACE, AND JOSEPH (JESUS) REVEALED HIMSELF TO HIS BRETHREN.
 
IN GENESIS 45: 6--7, WE READ, "FOR THESE TWO YEARS THE FAMINE HAS BEEN IN THE LAND, AND THERE ARE STILL FIVE YEARS IN WHICH THERE WILL BE NEITHER PLOWING NOR HARVESTING.  AND GOD SENT ME BEFORE YOU TO PRESERVE A POSTERITY FOR YOU IN THE EARTH, AND TO SAVE YOUR LIVES BY A GREAT DELIVERANCE.  I AM CONVINCED THAT THE GREAT DELIVERANCE IS REFERRING TO THE RAPTURE OF THE BRIDE, OUR ESCAPE FROM THE SUDDEN DESTRUCTION OF 1ST THESS. 5, JUST LIKE LOT ESCAPED THE SUDDEN DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH ON THE SAME DAY.  JESUS TELLS US, "EVEN THUS SHALL IT BE ON THE DAY THE SON OF MAN IS REVEALED."
 
THIS WILL PROBABLY BE MY LAST POST THAT DEALS EXCLUSIVELY WITH JOSEPH AND THE FAMINE WEEK.  I HAVE DISCOVERED A FEW MORE GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR THIS POST, THAT SEEM TO FIT JOSEPH'S 7-YEAR FAMINE WEEK BEING A PROPHETIC TYPE OF THE FINAL 7 YEARS, LEADING UP TO THE 2ND COMING OF CHRIST.  TYPOLOGY NEVER ALLOWS US TO FIT IN ALL OF THE VERSES AND ALL OF THE DETAILS IN ANY GIVEN TYPE, BUT HERE IS A LITTLE MORE THAT I BELIEVE THE LORD IS SHOWING TO US, REGARDING THE PARALLEL BETWEEN JOSEPH (THE MOST COMPLETE TYPE OF CHRIST FOUND IN THE ENTIRE WORD), AND JESUS.
 
GEN. 45: 8 SAYS, "HE (GOD) HAS MADE ME... LORD OF ALL HIS HOUSE, AND A RULER THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT."  WHEN JESUS RETURNS TO EARTH THE 2ND TIME, HE IS NOT COMING AS THE MEEK SACRIFICIAL LAMB OF GOD.  HE IS RETURNING AS THE LION OF JUDAH, IN ALL POWER AND MAJESTY AND GLORY.  HE IS RETURNING TO RULE AND TO REIGN, FROM THE NEWLY BUILT TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM.  AS VERSE 8 TELLS US, HE IS RETURNING AS THE LORD OF ALL OF GOD'S HOUSE.  EGYPT IS A TYPE OF THE WORLD, SO THIS VERSE IS TELLING US THAT JESUS WILL BE RULING ALL OF THE WORLD WHEN HE RETURNS AS KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.  WHAT AN EXCITING DAY THAT WILL BE!
 
GEN. 45:15 SAYS, "HE (JOSEPH) KISSED ALL HIS BROTHERS AND WEPT OVER THEM, AND AFTER THAT HIS BROTHERS TALKED WITH HIM."  THIS HAPPENED AFTER TWO YEARS OF THE FAMINE WEEK WERE COMPLETED.  CAN YOU JUST IMAGINE THE TEARS OF JOY THAT WILL BE SHED BY JESUS AND BY US AS HE IS REVEALED TO US AT THE TIME OF THE RAPTURE.  JOSEPH WAS NOT TOO KINGLY OR TOO FAR ABOVE HIS BROTHERS TO KISS THEM, WEEP OVER THEM, AND TO SIT AND TALK WITH THEM.
 
WHAT A DAY THAT IS GOING TO BE WHEN JESUS TREATS US JUST LIKE JOSEPH TREATED HIS BRETHREN!  HE WILL SHED TEARS AS HIS LONG-AWAITED DAY HAS FINALLY COME.  HE SUFFERED A CRUEL AND AGONIZING DEATH FOR EACH ONE OF US.  OF COURSE, HE WILL SHED TEARS FOR US, WHEN HE FIRST REVEALS HIMSELF TO US.  OF COURSE, HE WILL SHOW US AFFECTION AND HE WILL NOT BE TOO BUSY TO SPEND TIME WITH US.  JOSEPH DID ALL OF THIS AFTER TWO YEARS INTO THE FAMINE WEEK.
 
IN ANOTHER FEW WEEKS, WE HAVE EVERY REASON TO EXPECT THIS SAME GRAND REUNION TO TAKE PLACE WITH JESUS AND HIS BRIDE.  I AM FILLED WITH HOPE, WITH ANTICIPATION, AND WITH EXCITEMENT, AS TO WHAT THIS DAY IS GOING TO BE LIKE.  HOW ABOUT YOU?  WE HAVE EVERY REASON, BECAUSE OF GEN. 45, TO EXPECT THIS GRAND AND GLORIOUS REUNION TO TAKE PLACE TWO YEARS INTO THE FINAL 7 YEARS--THE FALL OF 2010!!!
 
GEN. 45: 17 SAYS, "AND PHAROAH SAID TO JOSEPH (JESUS), "SAY TO YOUR BROTHERS... DEPART, GO TO THE LAND OF CANAAN (HEAVEN)."  HALLELUJAH!!!  CANAAN REPRESENTS HEAVEN.  WHAT AN AWESOME TYPE OF OUR RAPTURE!!!  OUR RAPTURE IS OUR DEPARTURE TIME!
 
I FEEL THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ALL OVER ME AS I WRITE THIS PARAGRAPH.  I FEEL LIKE SHOUTING.  HOW CAN ANYBODY THINK THAT GEN. 45 IS NOT A TYPE OF THE RAPTURE?  LET'S PUT THIS PROPHETIC TYPE IN PROPER PERSPECTIVE NOW.  HERE IS MY PARAPHRASE OF GEN. 45:17.  "AFTER TWO YEARS INTO THE FINAL 7 YEARS, GOD SAYS TO HIS SON, JESUS, "SAY TO YOUR BLOOD-BOUGHT BRIDE, YOUR DEPARTURE, YOUR RAPTURE, IS AT HAND.  IT IS NOW TIME FOR YOU TO GO STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN!!!"  I SAY AGAIN, WHAT AN AWESOME TYPE OF THE RAPTURE GEN. 45 IS!!!
 
I HAVE SAVED THE BEST TYPE IN THIS POST FOR THE LAST.  IT WILL SHOW US HOW MUCH THAT JESUS HAS BEEN LONGING FOR HIS WEDDING DAY.  GEN. 46:29 (29 IS THE NUMBER OF DEPARTURE) SAYS, "AND JOSEPH (JESUS) MADE READY HIS CHARIOT, AND WENT UP TO MEET ISRAEL, HIS FATHER, TO GOSHEN, AND PRESENTED HIMSELF UNTO HIM, AND HE FELL ON HIS NECK,, AND WEPT ON HIS NECK A GOOD WHILE."  ISRAEL HERE REPRESENTS JACOB AND ALL THE REST OF HIS OFFSPRING, MANY PEOPLE, ALL OF HIS FAMILY.  GOSHEN IS A CITY IN EGYPT, WHICH IS A TYPE OF THE WORLD.
 
JOSEPH KNEW THAT JACOB AND ALL HIS OFFSPRING WERE ON THEIR WAY TO MEET HIM.  BUT HE WAS TOO EXCITED, FILLED WITH ANTICIPATION AT SEEING JACOB AND ALL THE OTHER BRETHREN, THAT HE COULD NOT WAIT FOR THEM TO ARRIVE AT HIS DWELLING PLACE.  HE TOOK A CHARIOT AND RACED OUT TO MEET THEM.  AGAIN JOSEPH WAS FILLED WITH TEARS, FILLED WITH EMOTION, FILLED WITH ANTICIPATION, AND FILLED WITH EXCITEMENT.
 
THE SEPARATION FROM HIS BRETHREN HAD BEEN A LONG ONE INDEED.  JOSEPH MANIFEST HIS GREAT LOVE FOR THEM BY NOT WAITING FOR THEM TO GET TO HIS PLACE, BUT INSTEAD HE RUSHED OUT TO MEET HIS BRETHREN.
 
NOW LET'S COMPARE THIS TO OUR RAPTURE DAY, TO GET THE FULL EFFECT OF THIS TREMENDOUS PROPHETIC TYPE OF JOSEPH'S LOVE FOR HIS BRETHREN, AND JESUS' LOVE FOR HIS BRETHREN, AND HIS LONG WAIT OF ALMOST 2000 YEARS.
 
1ST THESS. 4: 16--17 SAYS, "FOR THE LORD HIMSELF WILL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT, WITH THE VOICE OF AN ARCHANGEL, AND WITH THE TRUMPET OF GOD.  AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST.  THEN WE WHO ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN, SHALL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS, TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR. AND THUS WE SHALL ALWAYS BE WITH THE LORD."
 
JESUS IS NOT GOING TO BE SITTING BACK ON HIS THRONE IN HEAVEN, WAITING FOR US TO GET THERE.  NO SIREE!  JUST LIKE JOSEPH, HE IS COMING TO GET US.  HE CANNOT JUST SIT BACK AND WAIT FOR US TO ARRIVE.  JOSEPH HAD TO HOP ON HIS CHARIOT AND RACE TO MEET HIS BRETHREN.  THE ANTICIPATION, THE EXCITEMENT, THE LOVE, AND EMOTION THAT JESUS MUST FEEL AT THE TIME OF THE RAPTURE MUST BE TREMENDOUS, AND ALMOST BEYOND OUR COMPREHENSION.
 
IF JESUS LOVED US ENOUGH TO LOWER HIMSELF TO LEAVE HIS THRONE IN HEAVEN, AND SUFFER A CRUEL AND AGONIZING DEATH FOR EACH ONE OF US, HOW MUCH TO YOU THINK HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS DAY?  HOW MUCH MORE DO YOU THINK HE WANTS US TO BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS GRAND AND GLORIOUS DAY?  JESUS CANNOT WAIT.  WHEN HIS FATHER GIVES HIM THE SIGNAL, JESUS IS GOING TO LEAVE HIS THRONE IN HEAVEN ONCE AGAIN, AND HE IS GOING TO RUSH OUT TO MEET US, JUST LIKE JOSEPH RUSHED OUT IN HIS CHARIOT TO MEET HIS FAMILY.
 
WHAT AN AWESOME PROPHETIC TYPE OF JOSEPH PARALLELING THE LIFE OF JESUS.  SUCH LOVE, SUCH WONDROUS LOVE, THAT JOSEPH HAD FOR HIS BRETHREN, AND THAT JESUS HAS FOR US!!!  PLEASE DO NOT TAKE OFFENSE AT THIS PARAPHRASE OF GEN. 46:29, BUT I BELIEVE THE LORD IS SAYING SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HIS BRIDE TODAY:
 
"AFTER TWO YEARS INTO THE FINAL 7 YEARS, JUST LIKE JOSEPH DID TWO YEARS INTO THE FAMINE WEEK, I WILL LEAVE MY THRONE IN HEAVEN, AS MY FATHER GIVES ME THE SIGNAL, AND I WILL RUSH OUT TO MEET WITH YOU, AND REVEAL MYSELF TO YOU, MY CHILDREN.  I HAVE WAITED TOO LONG TO JUST SIT BACK AND WAIT FOR YOU TO ARRIVE IN HEAVEN.  I LONG TO SEE YOU, AND FOR YOU TO SEE ME.  I HAVE ANTICIPATED THIS DAY FOR ALMOST 2000 YEARS.  I HAVE PREPARED A MAGNIFICENT PLACE FOR YOU, AND I LONG FOR YOU TO BE  THERE WITH ME FOREVER.  I HAVE PLANNED THIS GREAT ESCAPE FOR YOU, SO DO NOT LOOK BACK AT THE THINGS IN THE WORLD, LIKE LOT'S WIFE DID.
 
SEPARATE YOURSELF FROM THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD, FOR ALL THAT IS OF THE WORLD, THE LUST OF THE FLESH, THE LUST OF THE EYES, AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE, IS NOT OF GOD, MY FATHER, BUT IS OF THE WORLD.  AND THE WORLD WILL PASS AWAY, AND ALL OF THE LUSTS THEREIN, BUT HE WHO DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER WILL NOT PASS AWAY, BUT WILL LIVE WITH ME FOREVER.  AND WITHOUT HOLINESS, NO MAN SHALL SEE THE LORD, SO BE YE HOLY, AS I AM HOLY.  OUR WEDDING DAY IS ALMOST HERE, MY CHILDREN, SO I SAY UNTO YOU, BE SPIRITUALLY READY.  DRAW NEAR UNTO ME, AND I WILL DRAW NEAR UNTO YOU ON THAT LONG-AWAITED DAY.  LET YOUR HEARTS, "PREPARE YE THE WAY OF THE LORD."
 
GO BACK AND RE-READ THE FIRST THREE PARTS OF THIS SERIES AND GET A FIRM GRASP ON ALL THAT THE LORD IS TRYING TO SHOW US ABOUT THE PARALLEL BETWEEN JOSEPH AND JESUS, AND ABOUT THE PARALLEL OF THE 7-YEAR FAMINE WEEK, WITH THE FINAL 7 YEARS, IN WHICH WE ARE CURRENTLY LIVING.  IT HAS CERTAINLY FILLED ME WITH EXCITEMENT AND ANTICIPATION.  I TRUST THAT IT HAS DONE THE SAME FOR MANY OF YOU.
 
JOSEPH (JESUS) SEPARATES HIMSELF FROM EVERYONE ELSE, AND ONLY REVEALS HIMSELF TO THE BRETHREN.  AT THE SAME TIME, A GREAT AND MIGHTY DELIVERANCE FROM THE HORRORS OF THE 7-YEAR FAMINE TAKES PLACE WITH JOSEPH'S (JESUS') BRETHREN.  BOTH OF THESE EVENTS TAKES PLACE AFTER TWO YEARS OF THE FAMINE WEEK, WITH FIVE YEARS STILL REMAINING IN THE FAMINE WEEK.
 
GOD HAD TO PUT THIS TWO-YEAR AND FIVE-YEAR SEPARATION INTO HIS WORD FOR A REASON.  JOSEPH IS THE GREATEST TYPE OF JESUS THAT WE CAN FIND ANYWHERE IN THE ENTIRE WORD OF GOD.  IT CANNOT BE A COINCIDENCE THAT THE FINAL 7 YEARS REVOLVE AROUND JESUS, AND THE FAMINE WEEK OF 7 YEARS REVOLVES AROUND JOSEPH.  THEREFORE, I MAINTAIN THAT WE HAVE EVERY REASON TO EXPECT JESUS TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO US, AND FOR THE GREAT AND MIGHTY DELIVERANCE TO TAKE PLACE, AFTER TWO YEARS INTO THE FINAL 7 YEARS, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE FALL OF 2010.
 
EVEN SO, COME LORD JESUS!  AS YOU LONG TO COME FOR US, WE ANTICIPATE WITH GREAT EXCITEMENT OUR LONG-AWAITED WEDDING DAY!!!  REVELATION 22:17 SAYS, "AND THE SPIRIT AND THE BRIDE SAY, COME!  AND LET HIM WHO HEARS SAY, COME!"  VERSE 20 SAYS, "SURELY, I AM COMING QUICKLY."
 
MARANATHA!
 
RON REESE
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