Family Reunion, Incognito

Joseph will experience a divinely appointed . The dust of twenty plus years of will be blown away in an instant.

“God does not at the end of the day, but at the end He does ” (Anonymous 16th Century Saint).

will bring to the surface what is in the human .

1. The
   Genesis 42:5-7 Why did he recognize them but not vice versa?

   1. He was and they still had their beards.
   2. He was dressed in Egyptian royalty , they in shepherd’s.
   3. There were ten of them and only one of him and the process.
   4. They thought he was .
   5. Two different .

2. The

1. His (Genesis 42:7-14)
2. His (Genesis 42:19-20)
   Joseph had two goals in mind:
   1. Move his brother, , and his father, , to Egypt.
   2. Move his ten brothers’ hearts to .

3. The
   For 22 years the ten brothers had all dealt with the inward guilt of two sins: 1. & toward Joseph and 2. to their Father.
   In Genesis 42:21-22 we see:

Evidence of Genuineness:

1. Genesis 42:28 – Hearts
2. Genesis 44:12-13 – Tore Their
3. Genesis 44:32-34 - Steps Up

4. The

   1. at discovery of silver in their bags (Genesis 42:35)
   2. grief of Jacob (Genesis 42:36)
   3. Judah takes for Benjamin (Genesis 43:9)
   4. Jacob finally God (Genesis 43:14)
   5. Brothers return showing honesty (Genesis 43:21-22)
   6. Joseph shows &
      (Genesis 43:23)

5. The

1. of Genesis 37 Dream (Genesis 43:28)
2. Joseph’s reunion with Benjamin (Genesis 43:29-30)
3. Seating (Genesis 43:32-33)
4. A Final (Genesis 43:34)

“We live in a world where our with people become intertwined with God’s for us. No one lives his life in a .” (Erwin Lutzer)

“Praise God for the hammer, the file, and the furnace. The hammer us, the file us, and the fire us.” (Samuel Rutherford)