Rags to Riches - Genesis 40-41

Michel de Nostredame, or more popularly, Nostradamus, was a French occultist and astrologer who lived during the sixteenth century. He was famous for writing reams of supposed prophecies, written in poetry form. Since his death, many people have tried to interpret his prophecies and claim that he predicated momentous historical events hundreds of years before they happened. Yet if you actually read his works, you will find that they are so vague and cryptic, that you could read anything into them.

This is so completely different from the prophecies we find in the Bible. We'll see this in this text. Joseph is given a special ability by God to interpret dreams and through them, speak God's prophetic Word. Joseph’s interpretations, prophetic words, are anything but vague and wishy-washy. They are clear, unambiguous and very specific – and every single one of them comes true. These are the characteristics of genuine biblical prophecies – none of this “I sense…, I have some kind of a feeling etc.” – no – declaration of God’s Word, which is clear, true and never returns void. What we will see in this passage is that because God is sovereign, he will achieve all his purposes through his Word, he will not fail.

Preacher: Rev. Antonio Coppola.

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