Communion is a Representation of Jesus’ Covering
God elevated Joseph in Egypt to the point that his authority was second only to Pharoah himself. At the time of the great famine, Egypt was prepared because of Joseph’s leadership and controlled all of the food stores in the region. People traveled from all around to receive Egypt’s help during the famine, including the people of Israel and Joseph’s own family. It is interesting that in the Bible, Egypt is often used to symbolize the world.
Sometimes it looks advantageous to get in with the world. Sometimes what the world has seems really nice. The problem is, once you get in with the world, you discover what the world’s motivation really is. When you are married to the world, at first it seems as if it is providing for your needs and looking after you, but eventually you will become a slave to the world. Egypt would eventually come to dominate and enslave the nation of Israel.
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