The book of Revelation is all about making fully known the person and plan of Jesus for the redemption of mankind. In it we see the establishment of the new covenant and the kingdom of God. This first week focusses on chapter 1-12 and a victorious Jesus who has already defeated and disempowered the enemy, satan.

Joseph was used by God to bring salvation to the house of Israel, with obvious parallels to Jesus. 

Jesus is the ladder upon which the agents of grace ascend and descend. He's the one who reconciled Heaven and Earth. 

Just as Isaac is the son of promise, Jesus is the fulfillment of all the promises of God. Just as Isaac is the son of laughter, Jesus is the bringer of joy. Just as Isaac was the son of sacrifice (where is the lamb, Isaac asks), Jesus is the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. 

The Abrahamic blessing is realised in Jesus. Jesus is the seed of Abraham. Abraham was searching. He was looking for Jesus, for the Kingdom of God. The church is that City. 

Noah means "He will comfort us in sorrow. We see Jesus as the One who brings comfort. We see Jesus in the flood with our guilty consciences washed away in Baptism. And we see Jesus in the ark - Jesus is the ark that carries us from the old world to the new.

Jesus is the second Adam who comes in search of the lost Adam. In Christ all will be made alive.

All scripture finds its fulfillment in Jesus Christ so we should look to Jesus to interpret the Old Testament. Here in Genesis we see the Trinity in the first three verses of Genesis. All creation is the handiwork of Christ. Not only is Christ the creator of creation, He is the redeemer of creation.