In the book of Genesis, as Joseph's life story is coming to an end, he faced death with confidence, but not because of his accomplishments.

Today on Truth for Life, Alastair Begg explains how, like Joseph, we can face our final parting

without fear and use it to bless those we will leave behind. We're in Genesis chapter 50.

It's interesting when the writer of Hebrews records out of all the things that might have been recorded concerning Joseph's life, in the great testimony of his experience, this is what it says in Hebrews 1122, by faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt, and gave instructions

about his bones. Isn't that, does this strike you as interesting at all? I mean, when you think of

all that we've discovered in the Sarah of Joseph, in the pit, how to the pit, Pharaoh, Potipher's

wife, the cup bearer, the butcher, the beggar,

the candlestick, make it, all that stuff. And here the guy says, and Joseph, by faith,

when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave news concerning

his bones. Why? Because it was so phenomenally significant.

You see, Joseph bore an Egyptian title,

Joseph married an Egyptian wife,

Joseph enjoyed an Egyptian lifestyle,

and yet he never bought the whole package.

Hebrews 1113 is a classic illustration.

All these people, in fact, turn to this and read it,

will you? Hebrews 11.13. All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not

receive the things promised. They only saw them from a distance,

and they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on the earth. People who say such

things show that they are looking for a country of their own. If they had been thinking of the

country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing

for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God,

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