I'm so pleased with my boy!

Jesus Christ said of the Old Testament (the part of the Bible that was finished hundreds of years before his birth), "the Scriptures testify of me." Jesus said of Moses, "He wrote of me." To investigate this, I challenged my fourteen year old son to find seven unique similarities between Jesus and the patriarch Joseph (who lived more than a thousand years before Jesus). There are dozens of similarities. Joseph is known as a prophetic "type" or symbol of the Lord Jesus. I thought the exercise would take him an hour or so. In about 10 minutes he came up with the seven, including one I've never thought of! I'm so pleased with my boy!

Here are the seven:
1- Both Jesus and Joseph knew their future by revelation
2- The sons of Israel didn't believe the predictions about either
3- The conspiracy/betrayal against both involved multiple pieces of silver
4- Each was about 30 yrs old when entering his office
5- Both went from Canaan to Egypt
6- Each dealt with two criminals, one who would be condemned and one who would be forgiven (that's the one I never thought of before)
7- In each narrative, the betrayers meant it for evil, but God meant it for good to save many people

Here is a more comprehensive list:
http://www.aletheiacollege.net/bl/1-4Joseph_As_A_Type_Of_Christ.htm