Genesis 48:21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
Oh Friends, ever noticed whenever you visit the land of your ancestors, a nostalgic feeling overtakes you, especially if you’ve never lived there? Just seeing where they walked and talked, lived and loved, awakens memories of stories you’ve heard. That’s the lure of the land: The land which our forefathers cherished, held sacred, from which they earned their livelihood, on which solid dreams were built. That’s why Jacob said those words to Joseph, the land gets into our blood, becomes a part of us. And though Jacob lived seventeen years in Egypt, he never wanted to be buried there; ‘I am to be gathered to my people,bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite.’ (Gen.49:29) But those last five years of the famine were quite rough,although Joseph looked after his family. No bread in the land. The people used up their money buying corn from Joseph, enriching Pharaoh’s coffers. Then they brought their animals and Joseph gave them bread in exchange. And when that was exhausted, they pleaded with Joseph; ‘Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh; and give us seed, that we may live and not die, that the land be not desolate.’ (Gen.47:19) So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, except the priests’ portion, for Pharaoh fed them, and he moved everybody to the cities. Then he decreed that from thence, a fifth part of their produce would be Pharaoh’s, the rest theirs. ‘And they said, Thou hast saved our lives; let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.’ (Gen.47:25) Wow! That’s why they revered Joseph, although he was an outsider. He at least kept them alive, which gave them HOPE. Now my question Friends; where’s our modern-day Joseph? The interpreter of dreams, the far seeing, caring administrator, who’s not only out to rob the people for his and his cronies benefit? Where was that keeper, the People’s safeguard, when the crooks on Wall Street, and those other streets of deals were setting the people up to fail, while enriching themselves and living extravagantly? How come there was no government overseer checking these schemes? Where was the People’s guardian? Hobnobbing with those same crooks or turning a blind eye to their evil endeavours? And now that everything crash, the house of cards tumble down, the People’s guardian coming to them, expecting them, who already seriously suffering from the aftermath of the crooked schemes and the numerous natural disasters recently befallen them, to ante up more to bail out the crooks, or else the nation will fall. Tough! They’ve bailed out enough! Let those who profited from the schemes bail out the remainder. Buffet’s put five billion in Goldman Sachs. Let the many others do likewise. It’s about time the rich pay for their crimes against the common man. And if the nation crumbles, so be it. Hopefully they will rebuild on a solid foundation this time. And who’s to say the 700 billion they’re asking for will stabilize the situation eh? Originally it was just a few billion, but every day more fallout comes to light. Someone termed it a financial Pearl Harbour. Nonsense! The Japanese came upon Pearl Harbour stealthily. This situation’s of their own making. Any sensible, non-greedy person knows that you can’t build on lies and fraudulent schemes forever, it must implode sometime. And these are the keepers of the gates? No wonder the world’s in such a mess, during the most prosperous and advanced times ever. Oh Friends, I never meant to talk about the financial meltdown, but seeing Joseph’s handling of the situation in Egypt, and how we’re handling this one, it struck a sensitive nerve. And it does have something to do with our greedy, selfish, evil, materialistic society, that’s turning away from God. For when you turn away from God; He turns away from you. Let’s hope all these disasters wake us up and lead us back to the God of our fathers. Much LOVE!…when yuh doh hear…yuh does feel…
Oh Friends, ever noticed whenever you visit the land of your ancestors, a nostalgic feeling overtakes you, especially if you’ve never lived there? Just seeing where they walked and talked, lived and loved, awakens memories of stories you’ve heard. That’s the lure of the land: The land which our forefathers cherished, held sacred, from which they earned their livelihood, on which solid dreams were built. That’s why Jacob said those words to Joseph, the land gets into our blood, becomes a part of us. And though Jacob lived seventeen years in Egypt, he never wanted to be buried there; ‘I am to be gathered to my people,bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite.’ (Gen.49:29) But those last five years of the famine were quite rough,although Joseph looked after his family. No bread in the land. The people used up their money buying corn from Joseph, enriching Pharaoh’s coffers. Then they brought their animals and Joseph gave them bread in exchange. And when that was exhausted, they pleaded with Joseph; ‘Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh; and give us seed, that we may live and not die, that the land be not desolate.’ (Gen.47:19) So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, except the priests’ portion, for Pharaoh fed them, and he moved everybody to the cities. Then he decreed that from thence, a fifth part of their produce would be Pharaoh’s, the rest theirs. ‘And they said, Thou hast saved our lives; let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.’ (Gen.47:25) Wow! That’s why they revered Joseph, although he was an outsider. He at least kept them alive, which gave them HOPE. Now my question Friends; where’s our modern-day Joseph? The interpreter of dreams, the far seeing, caring administrator, who’s not only out to rob the people for his and his cronies benefit? Where was that keeper, the People’s safeguard, when the crooks on Wall Street, and those other streets of deals were setting the people up to fail, while enriching themselves and living extravagantly? How come there was no government overseer checking these schemes? Where was the People’s guardian? Hobnobbing with those same crooks or turning a blind eye to their evil endeavours? And now that everything crash, the house of cards tumble down, the People’s guardian coming to them, expecting them, who already seriously suffering from the aftermath of the crooked schemes and the numerous natural disasters recently befallen them, to ante up more to bail out the crooks, or else the nation will fall. Tough! They’ve bailed out enough! Let those who profited from the schemes bail out the remainder. Buffet’s put five billion in Goldman Sachs. Let the many others do likewise. It’s about time the rich pay for their crimes against the common man. And if the nation crumbles, so be it. Hopefully they will rebuild on a solid foundation this time. And who’s to say the 700 billion they’re asking for will stabilize the situation eh? Originally it was just a few billion, but every day more fallout comes to light. Someone termed it a financial Pearl Harbour. Nonsense! The Japanese came upon Pearl Harbour stealthily. This situation’s of their own making. Any sensible, non-greedy person knows that you can’t build on lies and fraudulent schemes forever, it must implode sometime. And these are the keepers of the gates? No wonder the world’s in such a mess, during the most prosperous and advanced times ever. Oh Friends, I never meant to talk about the financial meltdown, but seeing Joseph’s handling of the situation in Egypt, and how we’re handling this one, it struck a sensitive nerve. And it does have something to do with our greedy, selfish, evil, materialistic society, that’s turning away from God. For when you turn away from God; He turns away from you. Let’s hope all these disasters wake us up and lead us back to the God of our fathers. Much LOVE!…when yuh doh hear…yuh does feel…
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