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After I had written the previous article that dealt with Joseph receiving a new name with his new position, I began to think back when I first started study this section of the Bible. I remembered thinking: "Could an Egyptian ruler really humble himself to place a foreigner in charge of the entire land of Egypt?" Yeah I know, through God all things are possible and having this type of faith is invaluable to have as we make our way through this awesome journey called life. But what if we could also track the spiritual things we believe -- in the natural realm as well? What do you think will happen to your faith? I tell you this, you will become unmovable and the next time someone approaches you that has a limited mindset and ask the question: "So you actually believe in things you can't see?" I wish I could be there to see the look on their face, when you give the reply: "But I do see the things that I believe." Okay real quick, let's take a moment to look at the Egyptian kingdom during the days of Joseph. First let me point out that Joseph was taken to the land of Egypt during the time period of 1700 BC. This is important to know being that the Egyptian kingdom was a totally different place at this time. The Egyptians had just gone through a major downgrade when it came to their prestige and dominance in the world. This was a period in which the dominance of what they called the "Middle Kingdom" was coming to an end. This Middle Kingdom contained the Egyptian rulers of the Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth dynasties. Actually the Twelfth dynasty was the dominate one in which the land of Egypt thrived under between 2000 BC and 1800 BC. The following dynasties that followed after, weren't as dominate and became weaker in their reign as time went on. Now the reign of the Middle Kingdom is dated to be between the time periods of 2000 BC and 1600 BC. Understand that Joseph was taken to the land after it had fallen into disarray, during the time period of 1700 BC. The reason why this is important, is for the fact that around this time the Egyptian kingdom had been invaded by a nomadic group that was called the "Bedouins." The Bedouins were desert-dwelling Arabs (not Egyptians) that could be found throughout the desert belt that included places like the Sahara, Negev, Sinai, and the Western and Arabian deserts as well. Being that the Egyptian kingdom had became so weak at this point, the Bedouins were able to seize parts of the Egyptian land without having to face little to no resistance. Because of this, the Egyptian kingdom fell into total disarray and the "Second Intermediate Period" had been ushered in. While Upper Egypt remained under the control of the Fourteenth dynasty -- the Bedouins would make up the infamous Fifteenth dynasty and ruled the middle to lower parts of the Egyptian kingdom. The Bedouins would later be known as the Hyksos kings and their total reign in Egypt would be around 1700 BC and lasted for only 108 years. So this means that Joseph was in the land of Egypt, while that land was under the rule of a foreign king. I find it very interesting that Pharaoh was himself, a foreigner and had came into power by force, and so therefore they're weren't very many people that surrounded him he could really trust. This is why the Egyptian king was so open-minded and sympathetic when it came to Joseph, being that they were close in their nationality and he knew he could trust him more than the people that had already surrounded him. Also keep in mind, that the Arabs descended from Abraham's oldest son Ishmael, and Israel descended from Abraham's youngest son, Isaac. Something else to keep in mind -- Joseph was thirty years of age when he was promoted to second-in-command. He lived to be 110 years old, and the rule of the Hyksos Egyptian kings was for only 108 years. This would explain why the scriptures had informed us later on that a Pharaoh had came into power that did not know Joseph: "Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph." (Exodus 1:8) Just like I stated earlier, I know through God all things are possible, but regardless of what people might say -- whenever God does something, there is always a sound reason of credible evidence that supports the things that God does. This is one of the mysteries that I myself was blessed to stumble upon and I thank God everyday for allowing me that privilege to gain this type of understanding when it comes to Him. With this website, I'm hoping that I can help others to see how God moves within their natural lives here in the 21st century, just like He's been doing since before the 1st century of humanity. Actually, tracking God is something that we all are able to see -- the problem comes, when after we see how God just moved and because of our limited perceptions and finite mindsets; we tend to give credit to the things we do understand. Because of this approach, we tend to play things safe and claim that were just being rational, smart and level headed. We limit ourselves to the things we do understand, and if it can't be backed by those things that we're familiar with -- then guess what? We dismiss the issue all together. Why do people believe that the knowledge that they have or the resource that they're learning from is the "Holy Grail" of all information? If we know everything that there is to know, then why are we still researching, exploring and making new discoveries everyday? It's in our make up as human beings, to challenge the so called impossible and unfamiliar. For we know that, if we are truly honest with ourselves -- that we are limited to the things that we choose to be limited by. Understand that being rational deals with having a reasonable understanding and knowledge in the things we wish to believe in. But in order for us to gain that understanding and acquire that knowledge, we must first discover and explore the things we wish to have an understanding of. Should this be different when it comes to one's spiritual quest in life? Why should we dismiss the task just because we can't track it with the things that we have grown familiar with? Joseph gets married and begins to start and build his own family. He's blessed to have two sons - who were they? What comes next for the dream interpreter? Does his dream interpretation for Pharaoh come to pass?
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