Joseph Honored and Given Worldly Authority: Subduing the Spirit of Jesus Christ by Worldly Recognition

Genesis 41:37-57

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The Pharoah of Egypt, who governs over Joseph, is the same relationship that Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had with Daniel. The Pharoah and Nebuchadnezzar both symbolize the global government of the mark of the beast. The purpose of the global government is to subject the living God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit to their authority. Joseph and Daniel were exposed to that subjection, and it is happening to the followers of Jesus Christ today. People are being subjected by the thing that has power over physiology, which is able to form thoughts, emotions, feelings, and behaviors. Its aim is to make the person the seat of government for the mark of the beast while destroying the body as the temple of the Holy Spirit, “…it opposes and exalts itself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that it sits in the temple of God, showing itself that it is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4

• Like with Joseph, the Word of God is considered good if it prospers the global government.
• Like with Joseph, the person is flattered in the name of God, but God is not honored.
• Like with Joseph, a person is established with authority, but not God’s authority.
• Jesus Christ is the one to whom God gives His power, authority, and honor.
• Like with Joseph, honor, prestige, authority, and materialism are used to subdue Jesus Christ.
• Like with Jospeh, a new identity is used to subdue the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
• Marriage and a new name are given from God to transform our identity.
• Like with Joseph, Jesus Christ gathered an immeasurable harvest.
• Like Joseph, Jesus gave birth to forgetting His “brothers” to be fruitful among the whosoever.
• Globally, economies are struggling and there is a famine of the Gospel of Christ.
• The global government is proclaimed as the cure to economic and religious troubles.
• Come to Jesus Christ during these times of economic and spiritual famine.

Like with Joseph, the Word of God is considered good if it prospers the global government. Pharoah and everyone under him found the idea of Joseph to be a good one, which was to use the coming famine as an opportunity to gain control of the resources of the whole land. “So the advice was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.” Genesis 41:37 That scripture verse is prophetic in revealing how a crisis is being created in national economies as a method for gaining control of world resources. Those who govern by the mark of the beast plan to govern over the economies of the world through a global economic system. The masses of people under them, who live by the mark of the beast, like that idea and are complicit.

Like with Joseph, the person is flattered in the name of God, but God is not honored. The government of the mark of the beast pours out compliments onto those who cause them to prosper, as said here “And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God? Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you” Genesis 41:38-39. With all of the churchy sounding compliments, there is no sincere recognition of the Living God. They are flattering the person in the name of God but not serving the God of the person. That is what politicians do when they greet every religious leader in their own language. They flatter Christians on Resurrection Sunday, then the next day they push to conform the constitution to the global government of the mark of the beast. That is how the system of humanism works, which is the clothing worn by those who live for the mark of the beast. Humanism and the churches are the “two horns like a lamb” of the beast, “Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.” Revelation 13:11 They want to subdue the Spirit of Jesus Christ with churchy sounding flatteries and using the name of God in vain.

Like with Joseph, a person is established with authority, but not God’s authority. Those who govern by the mark of the beast establish the body as the seat of government for their authority. They do that by the thing that has power over physiology and is able to form thoughts, emotions, feelings, and behaviors. “…opposes and exalts itself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that it sits in the temple of God, showing itself that it is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4 It empowers a person with authority from their throne, which is within the mind and heart of the person. The words of the person are the words of those who govern by the mark of the beast, as said to Joseph, “You shall be over my house, and all my people shall be ruled according to your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you.” Genesis 41:40. Those who govern by the mark of the best endows a person with all the tools necessary to be successful. Those tools include uncanny knowledge, heightened intuition, extraordinary skills, authority, amazing physical abilities, etc. With those tools, their global people are established to govern over cities, states, and nations, “And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.” Genesis 41:41 They want to subdue the Spirit of Jesus Christ by empowering with authority from the mark of the beast.

Jesus Christ is the one to whom God gives His power, authority, and honor. Those who pride themselves on building a global economy think they have absolute authority with the thing that has power over physiology. The world follows after it and even boasts, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with it?” Revelation 13:4 It has even set itself up as God in the temple of God, our body. However, it is Jesus Christ who receives power, authority, praise and honor from God His Father. In Jesus Christ is the Spirit of prophecy, and there is none as discerning and wise as Him. As followers of Jesus Christ, we read the Bible in the presence of the Holy Spirit to see prophecy unfold before our very eyes. The testimony of Jesus Christ is the Spirit of prophecy. God has given His Son Jesus charge over all His house as He sits on the right hand of the throne of God. Jesus Christ has been given all authority on earth and in Heaven and the day is coming when every knee will bow, and tongue confess that He is Lord. Jesus Christ is wearing the signet ring of God His Father.

Like with Joseph, honor, prestige, authority, and materialism are used to subdue Jesus Christ. Those who govern by the mark of the beast empower their conduits with authority, possessions, prestige, honor, and every human entrapment. Worldly rewards for the human being are the only thing that humanism knows, which is the clothing worn by those who live for the mark of the beast. They have no belief in any Divine rewards. That is what Joseph was experiencing under Pharoah, “Then Pharaoh took his signet ring off his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand; and he clothed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck. And he had him ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he set him over all the land of Egypt.” Genesis 41:42-43 They want to subdue the Spirit of Jesus Christ with honor, recognition, prestige, and authority. Jesus Christ overcame the temptation of having worldly honor, possessions and authority and would not ride in the second chariot of a Godless world. He has conquered sin and death and as this verse says, “…at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2:10-11

Like with Jospeh, a new identity is used to subdue the Spirit of Jesus Christ. The followers of Jesus Christ serve a God that lives and sees, and that is the meaning of the name that was given to Joseph by Pharoah, “Zaphnath-Paaneah.” The god of this world has power over physiology, uncanny knowledge, and heightened intuition, but it is as dead as the technology of robotic humans. It relies on human physiology to function, unlike God who was living before creation existed. The new name was given to Joseph, along with a wife and authority, to signify his value and importance to Pharoah. Joseph was able to move around in society with confidence and respect instead of being ridiculed and rejected. “Pharaoh also said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no man may lift his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.” And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath-Paaneah. And he gave him as a wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On. So Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.” Genesis 41:44-45. Those who govern by the mark of the beast gives a complete identity makeover to those who serve them. The person is given a new image, their esteem is built-up, they are shown respect, given a feeling of authority, and are able to confidently move around in society. Ridicule, scrutiny, belittlement, and disrespect is taken away. They are also given a spouse as a sign of their inauguration into the society of the mark of the beast. Those who govern by the mark of the beast want to subdue the Spirit of Jesus Christ with an identity respected by their society.

Marriage and a new name are given from God to transform our identity. As followers of Jesus Christ, we are given a new identity in the name of Jesus. We are given the new name of “Christian” and are married to Christ into the family of God. God has given us authority over sin through His Son Jesus Christ, and we walk confidently in this Christless world with dignity knowing we are part of the family of God. Our destiny is eternal life in the society of the New Jerusalem. Likewise, Jesus is known by many names in the Old Testament, but He was given a new name, “Jesus Christ”, which means Messiah and Savior. He has conquered death and sin and has been given authority on earth and in Heaven, and nothing can lift a hand or foot without His consent. The wife of Jesus Christ will accommodate all of His followers in the new heaven and new earth, “Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.” And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the Holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God.” Revelation 21:9-11.

Like with Joseph, Jesus Christ gathered an immeasurable harvest. Jesus Christ was about thirty years of age when He began His public ministry. At that time, He had gone out from under the authority of any earthly leadership. He was not under the direct leadership of the Pharisees, Sadducees, nor the Romans. At the same time, He went throughout the region with the mission given to Him by God, as symbolized by Jospeh, “Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.” Genesis 41:46. The harvest was ripe for harvesting when Jesus walked on this earth, and the souls who came to Him were abundant. For two thousand years, the Bread of Life was gathered, and the food of God’s word existed in every city, as prophetically represented here, “Now in the seven plentiful years the ground brought forth abundantly. So he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities; he laid up in every city the food of the fields which surrounded them.” Genesis 41:47-48. So many souls have come to God through Jesus that the promise to Abraham has been fulfilled, and continues to this day, to make his descendants as innumerable as the sand of the sea, “Joseph gathered very much grain, as the sand of the sea, until he stopped counting, for it was immeasurable.” Genesis 41:49

Like Joseph, Jesus gave birth to forgetting His “brothers” to be fruitful among the whosoever. Joseph had two children while married to the daughter of an Egyptian priest, who was given to him by Pharoah, “And to Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him.” Genesis 41:50. Jesus Christ brought many souls to God before the famine of the Word of God, which we are experiencing today. The names of the two sons of Joseph are prophetic in explaining the ministry of Jesus, Manasseh and Ephraim. Manasseh means “Making Forgetful,” “Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: “For God has made me forget all my toil and all my father’s house.” Genesis 41:51. Jesus Christ had to forget about the house of the Pharisees, Sadducees, and all His unbelieving Jewish “brothers”. They would not accept Him as the Messiah and New Covenant. After forgetting them, He became fruitful in His ministry to the whosoever and was greatly afflicted and crucified by His “brothers.” The name of Joseph’s second son means “Fruitfulness”, “And the name of the second he called Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Globally, economies are struggling and there is a famine of the Gospel of Christ. After WW2, the years of abundance in the Gospel of Jesus Christ ended. That is when the global government under the mark of the beast began. Today, it is practically illegal to talk to the younger generations about the Gospel of Jesus. The churches have gutted the Divine meaning from the Bible as they embrace the community family frame-of-mind. They embrace humanism empowered by the mark of the beast. Throughout the Bible, the Word of God said this would happen. Communities everywhere have established policies against the spread of the message of the Cross. The Holy Spirit prophetically refers to this here, “Then the seven years of plenty which were in the land of Egypt ended, and the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph had said.” Genesis 41:53 This also refers to the troubled national economies of today, nations around the world are struggling to keep their economies afloat. The global government of the mark of the beast is applying pressure and coercion on nations to conform their economy to the agenda of establishing one global economy.

The global government is proclaimed as the cure to economic and religious troubles. Nations around the world are suffering economic instability and at the same time there is the famine of the testimony of Jesus Christ. The famine is not something the global leaders are concerned about because they are declaring that there is plenty within a united world. That is spoken by the Holy Spirit here, “The famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.” Genesis 41:54. National leaders are stressing the importance of a global democracy where all nations cooperate to experience economic prosperity. In other words, they are saying that whatever the national economies are suffering now, it will be solved under the global government of the mark of the beast. At the same time, religions around the world are suffering a collapse of their beliefs, as said here, “…which opposes and exalts itself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that it sits in the temple of God, showing itself that it is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4. They have established humanism as the global god, which serves the human being and discards the Divine. The churches are employed to establish the principles of humanism among there congregation. Humanism and the churches are the two horns like a lamb of the beast, “Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.” Revelation 13:11

Come to Jesus Christ during these times of economic and spiritual famine. The followers of Jesus Christ understand that the global government is established on the mark of the beast as described throughout the Bible, as described through the life of Joseph, Daniel, and many others. There is no secret that the global economy is already solidifying and the thing that has power over physiology is well established in this world. It governs the masses of the world by its ability to form thoughts, emotions, feelings, and behaviors. It is the mark of the beast. During this time of economic and spiritual deprivation, the Holy Spirit tells us to go to Jesus Christ and to do whatever He says, “So when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Then Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, do.” Genesis 41:55 Christ’s message to us is summarized like this, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16. As time progresses under the global government of the mark of the beast, the famine of the Spirit of Christ will bring global chaos and lawlessness. With the lawlessness, the global economy will collapse and bring worldwide calamity, as the Holy Spirit says here, “The famine was over all the face of the earth, and Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians. And the famine became severe in the land of Egypt.” Genesis 41:56

At the same time that people look to the global government as the solution to their problems, the followers of Jesus Christ will be looking to Him to see us through the severity of the times, “So all countries came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all lands.” Genesis 41:37

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11