I Thought You Were Dead!
And they told [Jacob] saying,
“Joseph is still alive, and he is
governor over all the land of Egypt.”
Genesis 45:26
Imagine meeting someone you thought was dead!
That happened twice in the Bible. In the Old Testament,
it happened to the brothers of Joseph who betrayed him
years before. They told their father, Jacob, he was dead.
Decades later, those brothers stood before an Egyptian
leader who told them, “I am Joseph.” Their shock and
surprise reverberated throughout history.
In the New Testament, something more dramatic took place
on Easter Sunday, when One greater than Joseph rose from
the dead. After suffering gruesome death and hurried
burial,
Jesus Christ was quickened by the Holy Spirit on the third day,
and passed through the walls of the sepulcher, and began
appearing to His astonished disciples.
One day a entire world will be startled when they see Him,
whom they pierced, coming down from the clouds of glory.
But until then, we will serve a risen Savior and our lives are
completely different because of the reality of His vitality and
life-giving power. So “who is he who condemns? It is Christ
who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the
right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us”
(Romans 8:34).
"The Savior is risen for one and for all,
the Savior is risen for great and for small."
Adam Geibel
“The Savior Is Risen for You and for Me” hymn
