dream managers pass the dream on. they pass it on to someone else.
that’s what genesis 48 and 49 are all about. in genesis 48 you see the blessing of ephraim and manasseh. in 49 you see the blessing of the twelve sons of jacob. have you caught on that the twelve sons of jacob are going to become the twelve tribes of israel? every time you read about the tribes you’re just reading about a family that started back here.
but have you ever wondered why there was no tribe by the name of joseph? joseph got a double blessing. his two sons would become tribes. there is a tribe of ephraim and there is a tribe of manasseh. that’s the reason. they each get a blessing. they have the dream passed on.
in genesis 48 as manasseh the oldest and ephraim were blessed they’re sitting in front of jacob to get this blessing that joseph wants them to get. remember jacob was the younger son. joseph was a younger son.
genesis 48.12-14 (msgg), joseph took them from israel’s knees and bowed respectfully, his face to the ground. then joseph took the two boys, ephraim with his right hand setting him to israel’s left, and manasseh with his left hand setting him to israel’s right, and stood them before him. but israel crossed his arms and put his right hand on the head of ephraim who was the younger and his left hand on the head of manasseh, the firstborn.
so ephraim is going to get the greater blessing. why? because GOD knew who was to get the greater blessing. the blessing is GOD’s not jacobs. so HE moves israel to cross his arms and once again the younger gets the blessing.
if you feel like GOD can’t bless your life because of some circumstance of your birth, some circumstance of your life, the book of genesis says that’s not true.
just a thought from the front porch…
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