In Joseph’s first dream, eleven sheaves (similar to those above) belonging to his eleven brothers bow down to Joseph’s sheaf. (Genesis 37:5-8) That is not the immediate result Joseph had hoped for from a dream of God. Nevertheless, his prophetic destiny, confirmed by his two dreams ...
But an angel visited him in a dream, according to the Bible, and told him not to be afraid. Mary had conceived through the Holy Spirit and would bear a special child. That "huge aha moment" shaped the rest of Joseph's life, says Kleba, and still speaks to many Christians of the ...
The signs will usually come from different people and in multiple different ways. For instance, when Mary was going to have Jesus, the angel appeared to her. Then the angel appeared to her cousin Elizabeth and testified. And when Joseph planned to leave Mary due to fear, an angel confirmed...
Twenty-one-year-old James Gribble, a streetcar conductor, scanned the avenue ahead, but his mind swirled with visions of the future. Life was treating him well in Philadelphia with its many amenities in 1904, compared to his hometown of Mechanicsburg, PA. What opportunities might lie ahead?
That’s where Mary and Joseph, the parents for the Son of God, were likely born and raised. We mustn’t think anyone too weak, untrained, or undistinguished to fulfill God’s plans. An Unknowing Participant The Roman emperor Caesar Augustus—not a believer in God—unknowingly carried ...
and the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.16When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”17God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant...
13 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.” 14 So he got up, took the child an...
As they have shared how God is working in their lives, I have become an advocate for them before the throne of grace.If you know Bill and Terri, you can skip this part and go to the exercise. But it may be a good thing to review who and where they are....
That means the dreams you dream are sometimes God talking to you. Why do I believe that? Well, the book of Job (33:14-18) says this: For God speaks in one way, and in two, though man does not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men...
We are all aware that Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph when the angel appeared to her and she conceived Jesus by the working of the Holy Spirit. Joseph became aware of her being pregnant and was planning to divorce her quietly. But then the angel appeared to him in a dream exp...