THE KEEPER OF THE STOREHOUSE
Genesis 41: 39: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God
hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
40: Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my
people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. 41: And
Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
Joseph is a picture of Christ Jesus the GodMan who has the key to
the storehouse of grace.
Christ
is the Only Fit One
Joseph was the only fit person
in all of Egypt to be over the storehouses. Pharaoh said, “there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:” (Gen 41: 38-39) Christ is the only fit one to be over the
storehouse of grace. God the Father
chose his Son and entrusted the work of salvation into his hand because Christ
is Discretion and Wisdom. The Psalmist
describes Christ, “A good man sheweth
favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.” (Ps 112:
5) The new heavens and the new earth
wherein dwelleth righteousness is created by Christ in his wisdom the same way
Christ created the first heaven and earth. (Jer 10:12) Just as God showed Joseph the famine before
as yet it came to pass, before the foundation of the world, God showed Christ
the famine of sin and depravity his people would fall into before it came to
pass. And Christ entered covenant with
God becoming Surety for his people, knowing he would have to die that shameful
death to save his people from sin, death and hell. There was but one fit man in Egypt and there
is but one fit Man by whom “many shall be
made righteous.” (Rom 5: 19) “For
there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”
(1 Tim 2: 5)
God
Has Given Christ All Authority
Pharaoh gave Joseph all
authority. (Gen 41: 44, 44) God set his Son, Christ Jesus, over all. (Eph 1:
19-23) Christ Jesus is not only absolute sovereign God, he is absolute
sovereign Man! (Mt 28: 18) The glorified GodMan “doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the
inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What
doest thou?” (Dan 4: 5) This one who
is absolutely sovereign has the names of his people engraved on the palms
of his hands. (Is 49: 16) Therefore, no one can stop Christ from calling and
saving all his people. (Jn 12: 32; 14: 3; 1 Pet 1: 3)
We
Must Go to Christ
When the people cried for
bread, “Pharaoh said unto all the
Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.” (Gen 41: 55) Sinner,
if we would be saved from the starvation of sin, God says, “Go unto Christ; what he saith to you, do.” What does Christ say do? “Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye
have no life in you.’ (Lu 13: 3, 5; Jn 6: 53) “Come unto me, all ye that labour
and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Mt 11: 28) Just as Joseph opened the storehouse and
saved all who came to him, Christ shall open the storehouse and save all who
come to him!