Theme: In the Book of Genesis, God has given us an anticipation of every big idea that comes to full flower in the life, death, resurrection, and return of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Theme: Though from the whole of Jacob’s sons will come a mighty nation, from only one son will come the One Who will reign eternally over all the nations.
Theme: Just as Jacob went down into Egypt in the hope of Israel being raised by God’s promise, so Christ went down into death on the cross for our sins in hope of resurrection – and his resurrection is our hope, too.
Theme: Joseph is alive from the dead and eager to save his estranged family from death, revealing the mercy of the resurrected Christ which His people must also show to one another.
Theme: To rescue his brother from death, Judah offers himself as a substitute, foreshadowing the work that the Lion of the Tribe of Judah would do for His brothers on the cross.
Theme: The favored Son of God remains faithful in righteous deed and spiritual words of life and death while He suffers undeservedly for our redemption.