Welcome to the Word of the Lord Endures Forever with Pastor Will Whedon.

Okay, it's impossible for me to read about the full and donkey without thinking of Zechariah 9 and the Palm Sunday donkey with its full and how they carry Jesus into his holy city,

where he met his passion, and blood stained his garments, first in the garden, and then after his scourging.

The Word of the Lord endures forever is a daily verse-by-verse Bible study with the church,

past and present.

Pastor Whedon is leading us in a study of the book of Genesis, chapters 37 to 50.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit,

be with you all. Amen.

Greetings, people, love by God.

Well, last time we wrapped up Genesis 48. Jacob recall had been in the

middle of blessing the two sons of Joseph when Joseph had interrupted his father. He did not like the

fact that Jacob had crisscrossed his hands, thus putting his right hand the hand of favor upon

the younger Ephraim rather than the the first-born Manasseh.

He first tried to move his father's hand, and when Jacob clearly resisted, had proceeded to explain

that his father was doing this incorrectly, giving the prime blessing to the younger lad.

Jacob had let Joseph know that he knew exactly what he was doing

and that he was well aware that it was troubling to his son.

But he made it clear to Joseph that he was actually prophesying.

And as always with Revelation, it's not our job to argue with God,

but to hear, to listen, to believe, and to marvel.

So Jacob explains that Ephraim will indeed be greater than his brother Manasseh, though both of them will be great,

and their offspring shall form a multitude of peoples.

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