For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.ROMANS 15:4+Watch, Read, KnowThis is ...  Read More

And at the end of eight days, when He was circumcised, He was called Jesus.LUKE 2:21+Circumcision and Name of JesusHis name is rightly called on this day "Jesus," which is [translated] "Savior," for S...  Read More

Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die, but God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob." Then Joseph made the sons of Is...  Read More

Joseph said to them, "Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good."GENESIS 50:19-20+Meant for GoodNow, because [Joseph] hears that his b...  Read More

[Jacob] drew up his feet into the bed and breathed his last and was gathered to his people.GENESIS 49:33+Falling Asleep in FaithThis is a form of speech which belongs entirely to the saints and the go...  Read More

This is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him.GENESIS 49:28+Suitable BlessingsIf [these prophecies] are compared with the New Testament, we...  Read More

"I wait for your salvation, O LORD."GENESIS 49:18+I Will WaitI understand this statement to mean that the great man and patriarch Jacob foresaw that the most grievous calamities and dangers were threa...  Read More

"He has washed his garments in wine and his vesture in the blood of grapes."GENESIS 49:11+From Cleansing to CleansingWe are not only made drunk by the Spirit and know what "the Spirit of wisdom and un...  Read More

"He has washed his garments in wine and his vesture in the blood of grapes."GENESIS 49:11+What Christ's Blood BringsWe should give thanks to God for having been baptized and absolved unto the promise ...  Read More

"The scepter shall not depart from Judah ... until Shiloh comes; and to Him shall be the obedience of the peoples."GENESIS 49:10 (according to Luther's translation)+The Kingdom of ChristThis golden te...  Read More

“Assemble and listen, O sons of Jacob, listen to Israel your father."GENESIS 49:2+Threat and PromiseThe main teaching and argument of this chapter is why and to what end God threatens and promises. He...  Read More

"Behold, I am about to die."GENESIS 48:21+No Need to Fear DeathWe are in death. We see that we die and breathe out our life, that the body decays and is consumed by worms. . .. But he who believes, as...  Read More