God is raising you up in this generation. Amen. To be part of the Benjamin Generation. I said the Benjamin Generation! “What is the Benjamin Generation, Pastor Prince?” Okay, remember this. You asked! Before we talk about the Benjamin Generation, we need to talk about Joseph. First of all, you see the beloved son.
He was the beloved of his father, Jacob. Our Lord is the beloved of His Father. He came amongst His brothers. His brothers did not receive Him, He had supernatural abilities of dreams and visions and his brothers didn’t acknowledge him. They were jealous of him. So the Jewish people, the people of his flesh and blood did not accept him and you see how he became the bread of life to the Gentile world because they sold him for 20 pieces of silver.
The Lord Jesus was sold for 30 pieces of silver, the price of a slave. Anyway, you all know the story of Joseph very well. He became the bread of life to a lost, dying, crying, sighing world. Amen. Who benefited from Joseph’s wisdom? Who did Joseph actually save? The people of the world. Egyptians! So in a sense, for 2000 years, the Jewish Messiah has become the bread of life to a predominantly, look around you, Gentile world.
But Joseph never forgot his father’s house. He never forgot Israel. He never forgot his brothers. And today they think just when the brother saw Him, they thought with his Johnny Depp makeup and all, they thought that he’s a Gentile, just like Jewish people today. They think of Jesus like a Gentile. “He’s a Gentile Jew.
” You know? You can understand that. “He’s a Jew for the Gentiles. He’s not a part of us.” For 2000 years, where are we now, prophetically speaking? Where are we now? We’re coming to that place, finally, there’s a famine. For 2000 years, even though God is still merciful to the nation of Israel, you know the sufferings they went through.
And they never came to a place: “Maybe it’s because we sold our brother.” But they’re coming to that place. They’re coming to that place. So after for a while, when there was famine, Jacob sent his sons to Egypt and Joseph saw them. Amen. And the Bible says, you can read the story yourself, you know the story.
I’m coming to the core of what I want to share. Joseph actually said to them: “You are spies.” Now, what does he want? He actually spoke strangely to them in such a way that he wants them to see their sin. Before he can save them, right? To see whether there’s a change in them because they didn’t care about how their father felt.
The father loved Joseph. When they went back, they deceived the father. They didn’t care if the father died. He wants to know whether there’s any change of heart, whether they still care about their father, whether they still care. Is there a change of heart, alright? So he spoke roughly to them and the Bible says: “He bound Simeon.
” He says: “You know something? To prove you’re not spies,” “you mentioned to me you have a youngest brother.” “Go bring your youngest brother here.” “There’ll be no more bread” “until Benjamin stands in front of me.” Amen. “Your brother won’t be released. Simeon.” Simeon, one of the brothers. Simeon, his name means “hearing.
