“Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”
Genesis 41:15 (NIV)
This dream is all about food! Not sugar plums, but grain.
Notice that the dream was given to an “unbeliever”, and that the dream warned of impending disaster.
Notice that the interpreter was a man named Joseph, a man whose brothers called “that dreamer”
(Ge 37:19)
(Ge 37:19)
Notice that Joseph points to God as the One who knows the answers to dreams. Surely God is the God of dreams!
It is fascinating to consider that our dream world – a very mysterious world to us- is the domain of our God. He is truly God and is God over all things including our dreams.
The purpose of this dream is revealed in the chapters that follow, which describe the salvation of Abraham’s descendants from starvation. In chapter 48 we read that Judah, his son Perez, and his sons Hezron and Hamul were among Jacob’s descendants that were saved by Joseph, thus continuing the line of Judah from whom the Ruler would come. Joseph was made the regent of Egypt, because God gave the Pharaoh a dream, and gave Joseph the answer, which gave the world hope. Hope that God would keep His promise to Abraham, hope that God would bless the world through the offspring of Abraham. The hope of the Messiah.
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