THE GATE OF JOSEPH (THE GATE OF PROSPERITY)

Genesis 49:22-29

Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; his branches run over the wall. The archers bitterly attacked him, shot at him, and harassed him severely, yet his bow remained unmoved; his arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (from there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel), by the God of your father who will help you, by the Almighty who will bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that crouches beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb. The blessings of your father are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents, up to the bounties of the everlasting hills. May they be on the head of Joseph, and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.

Joseph, the son of Jacob and great-grandson of Abraham

also known as: Joseph Zaphenath-paneah (Gen. 41:45)

Joseph was the older of 2 sons of Jacob by Rachel (Genesis 30:23-24). He was born in Haran in northwest Mesopotamia, in what is now Turkey.

When he was born, Rachel said, “God hath taken away [Hebrew: 'Asaph] my reproach.” “The Lord shall add [Hebrew: yoseph] to me another son” (Genesis 30:24).

Joseph was a child of probably 6 years of age when his father returned from Haran to Canaan and lived in the old patriarchal town of Hebron.

Joseph was exceptionally handsome—known as being “beautiful in form and beautiful in appearance” (Genesis 39:6).

When he was about 17 years old, Joseph incurred the jealous hatred of his brothers (Genesis 37:4). They “hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.” Their anger was increased when he told them his dreams (Genesis 37:11).

Jacob, desiring to hear tidings of his sons who had gone to Shechem with their flocks, some 60 miles from Hebron, sent Joseph as his messenger to inquire about them. Joseph found that they had left Shechem for Dothan, so he followed them there.

As soon as they saw him coming, they began to plot against him, and would have murdered him had not Reuben intervened. They ultimately sold him to a group of Ishmaelite merchants for 20 pieces (shekels) of silver, 10 pieces less than the current value of a slave, for “they cared little what they had for him, if so be they were rid of him.” 

These merchants were going down with a varied assortment of merchandise to the Egyptian market, and there they took Jospeh and ultimately sold him as a slave to Potiphar, an “officer of Pharaoh’s and a captain of the guard” (Genesis 37:36).

“The Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake,” and Potiphar made him overseer over his house.

At length, a serious false charge was brought against him by Potiphar’s adulterous wife, claiming that Joseph tried to rape her. Joseph was immediately cast into the state prison (Gen. 39; Gen. 40), where he remained for at least 2 years.

After awhile, the “chief of the cupbearers” and the “chief of the bakers” of Pharaoh’s household were cast into the same prison (Gen. 40:2). Each of these new prisoners experienced a dream during the same night. With God’s help, Joseph interpreted each dream for them. His explanation proved to be completely accurate.

This led to Joseph’s being subsequently remembered by the chief butler when Pharaoh also had strange and disturbing dreams. At his suggestion Joseph was brought from prison to interpret the king’s dreams, because no one else was equal to the task.

Pharaoh was very pleased with Joseph’s wisdom in interpreting his dreams, and with his wise counsel about what to do about the coming events he predicted. Pharaoh set him over all the land of Egypt (Genesis 41:46), and gave him the name Zaphnath-paaneah.

He was married to Asenath, the daughter of the pries of On, and thus became a member of the priestly class. Joseph was now about 30 years old.

As Joseph had interpreted, 7 years of plenty came, during which he stored up great abundance of grain in numerous storage granaries he built for the purpose. These years were followed by 7 years of widespread famine, when people from many distant lands came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain (Genesis 41:56-57; 47:13-14).

PRAYER POINTS

1.   EVERY CURSE OF POVERTY FOLLOWING ME FROM MY BACKGROUND, BE BROKEN NOW, IN YESHUA’S NAME!

2.   EVERY MINDSET OF POVERTY THAT IS IN ME, BE REVERSED TO PROSPERITY, IN YESHUA’S NAME!

3.   THE SPIRIT OF LAZINESS, SLUMBER, AND SLEEP THAT WANTS TO BRING POVERTY IN MY LIFE, BE UTTERLY DESTROYED, IN YESHUA’S NAME!

4.   I DISCONNECT MYSELF FROM WRONG ASSOCIATIONS AND THE LINE OF POVERTY, IN YESHUA’S NAME!

5.   EVERY SPIRIT OF POVERTY THAT HAS BEEN CONTROLLING THE PROSPERITY GATE IN MY LIFE, I COMMAND YOU TO DEPART AND GO TO THE PIT, IN YESHUA’S NAME!

6.   I SHALL NOT LIVE IN POVERTY IN THE NAME OF YESHUA!

7.   MY FAMILY SHALL NOT LIVE IN POVERTY IN THE NAME OF YESHUA!

8.   MY CHILDREN SHALL NOT LIVE IN POVERTY IN THE NAME OF YESHUA!

9.   MY MINISTRY SHALL NOT LIVE IN POVERTY IN YESHUA’S NAME!

10.       I RECEIVE THE WISDOM AND POWER OF GOD TO CREATE GREAT WEALTH, IN THE NAME OF YESHUA!

11.       I DECREE THAT I SHALL EXPERIENCE EXTRAORDINARY INCREASE AS MANY PIPELINES OF PROSPERITY ARE OPENED UNTO ME IN THE HIGH PLACES, IN YESHUA’S NAME!

12.       I DECREE THAT MANY AVENUES FOR SUPERNATURAL REVENUES ARE OPENED UNTO ME AS I OPERATE IN THE CYCLE OF SUPERNATURAL PROVISIONS, IN YESHUA’S NAME!

13.       I DECREE THAT EVERYDAY IN EVERY WAY, I AM BECOMING MORE AND MORE PROSPEROUS, IN YESHUA’S NAME!

14.       I NOW TAKE FULL POSSESSION OF THE GATE OF JOSEPH; I PROCALIM IT FULLY OPENED, AND IT SHALL NOT BE SHUT FOREVERMORE, IN YESHUA’S NAME!

15.       I POSITION THE ANGELS OF THE LORD TO GUARD MY GATE OF PROSPERITY, AND I SHALL PROSPER FOREVER, IN YESHUA’S NAME!

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