Season 4 Genesis 37:31-36 (Jen Bay)

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Genesis 37:31-36

Vs. 31 So they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a male goat, and dipped the robe in the BLOOD. 

Straight to the BLOOD OF JESUS

Here is a quick overview of my thoughts:

  • The coat was a symbol of Jacob's promise to Joseph

  • Jesus is THE PROMISE

  • The coat was dipped in blood as a sign, as proof that Joseph was dead

  • JESUS was beaten so severely and hung on the cross. His blood was a sign as proof that He was dead

  • The brothers that brought the coat to Jacob dipped in blood was the end of the dreams, the end of THE PROMISE on Joseph’s life. 

  • The Jewish rulers thought that once they had covered Jesus in His own blood, they had killed what He had PROMISED. 

THEY WERE ALL WRONG!

Jacob (and the brothers) and the Jewish Rulers were all deceived by human blood. 

  • Jacob didn’t have faith in what God had promised Joseph in his dreams

  • The rulers didn’t have faith in THE PROMISE of Jesus. 

All had taken their eyes off of God and put their faith only what the eyes could see blood. 


JOURNAL PROMPT: To the followers of Jesus

-Where have you set your eyes? Do you only have faith in what you can see?

-Do you believe in the PROMISE?

-Have you become desensitized to the Blood that was shed, how Jesus suffered for you?

John 19:1-37

The disgusting violence that was done to Him, for you, for me. He was covered in blood for you, for me. 

  • even after He was dead, they violently pierced His side.

On your own, read the amount of what was done to Him for you and me. 

Matthew 27:1-6

Mark 15:16-41

Luke 23:13-49

I don’t want to go here, but He has asked/told me to, so I am.

I don’t watch a ton of news, but for the past couple of days, I’ve felt like I needed to. As I was studying and preparing for this week, allowing God to connect the dots between the Blood on the coat and the Blood of Jesus. I took a break. I felt compelled to listen to an orthodox Jewish podcaster I trust to get his thoughts on what is happening. He urged his viewers to watch the footage of the current events in Israel. He asked. He begged us not to look away. Saying the only way to understand the evil is to see it. 

So I prayed and watched. The massacre, the horrific deaths, the human beings being hunted down as if it were a game. The blood. What I saw was the devil. Many devils laughing, celebrating the blood of God’s people. 

*I am not suggesting you watch if you are tempted to. Stop and PRAY!

I wondered why last week, as I began to look into our verses, the word blood was all I saw. Today, I know why.

  • The blood on Joseph’s coat was from an act of evil

  • The blood covering our Lord and Savior was due to brutality we don't want to imagine; it was an act of evil. 

  • The blood of the children, women, and men covering Israel today is an act of evil. 

In all these cases, the evil doers see the Blood and are deceived into thinking it’s a sign they have and are defeating God and His people.


Joy Lee