Necessary Endings (Gen. 50) [Jay Thomas]

The last chapter... Genesis 50. One chapter closes, another begins. My prayer is that we have had our understanding of the Gospel deepened in Genesis, from creation to the start of Exodus - a garden, a couple, a family, and now a nation; God's covenant promises; the terrible reality of sin; the glorious reality of redemption and a coming Redeemer as promised in Genesis 3:15. We are left on the note of redemption in chapter 50 - Joseph fully forgives his sinful brothers because God is ultimately judge and God is sovereign in His grace, to work the triumph of good from evil. Jacob and Joseph die, but in hope their bones would be delivered and one day raised to a new body. And then, finally, back to Forever Eden. The Gospel is the key of Genesis... the final movement.