Blessed Adoption (Gen. 48) [Jay Thomas]

We begin our final lap in Genesis, and a final scene before the Book of Exodus. In this final scene, it is time for final blessings. Jacob is almost home. Not almost dead, but almost home! He calls Joseph and his sons, Ephraim and Manasseh. In a spiral of Gospel twists, he blesses Joseph as firstborn by adopting the two boys, so they can share the firstborn status with Joseph and thus be fellow brothers who receive land and heritage... and ultimately God himself. Do you see Him? Who? Jesus. Jesus is all over this, as always; the cross-purpose, cross-armed blessing of the gospel.