Mean? They Took My Coat!

THEY TOOK MY COAT!

GOD DID NOT EXPLAIN THIS STRIPPING AWAY TO ME? THE DREAMER COMES? STRIP AWAY MY COAT…

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com

*STRIP: often strip seems unfair, dishonest taking, to take away something, to remove all coverings, to leave bare, take off all the makeup.

Genesis 37:23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;

DO WE UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DAY DREAMER AND A DREAMER? WE NEED DREAMERS IN OUR CHURCHES AND OUR FAMILIES… THEY SA2-23Y THIS AS NEGATIVE… BUT THIS COULD BE LIFE SAVING.

Genesis 37:19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

MAYBE A BAD ATTITUDE GIVES BIRTH IN JOSEPH TO SOME BIG TROUBLE BECAUSE HE HAS A TATTLETAIL SPIRIT… HERE COMES THE DREAMER… IS GOOD… BUT A TATTLETAIL SPIRIT CAN OPEN NEGATIVE PROBLEMS… BAD ATTITUDES CAN NOT STOP GOD…

Genesis 37:2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.

Joseph had 10 half-brothers. Joseph brought his father bad reports on his half-brothers. We may walk in a DYSFUNCTIONAL WORLD… BUT GOD STILL MOVES… EVEN WHEN HE DOES NOT EXPLAIN WHAT HE IS DOING…

I WANT YOU TO SEE THAT I HAVE THIS ELABORATELY EMBROIDERED COAT… JACOB GAVE JOSEPH A COAT OF MANY COLORS… THE COAT OF MANY COLORS WAS MUCH MORE THAN JUST A GARMENT… THE MANY COLORS PROBABLY SPOKE AS TO WHERE THE BIRTHRIGHT WOULD BE GOING…

Genesis 37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

This is not a regular garment. It is a ONE-OF-A-KIND GARMENT. This garment tells a story. Jacob was married to LEAH and had 10 sons… To understand the story we must know JACOB really loved RACHEL, his second wife. JACOB WORKED 14 YEARS FOR RACHEL. Joseph was Rachel’s first son.

ON JOSEPH’S 17TH BIRTHDAY HE RECEIVED A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY PRESENT… This coat spoke of Jacob’s love for RACHEL. The coat symbolized LOVE, ASSURANCE and CONFIDENCE.

I HAVE A DREAM… I HAVE TWO DREAMS… BUT MY DREAMS NEVER REVEALED THERE IS A STRIPPING PROCESS.

Genesis 37:7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

Genesis 37:8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. 9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

BE CAREFUL HOW YOU HANDLE GOD’S BLESSINGS… BEING A BIG MOUTH BRAGGART… JACOB REBUKED HIS SON…

10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

WHILE THE ENEMY’S PLAN IS TO KILL JOSEPH OR AT LEAST MAKE JOSEPH BITTER AND HURT --- GOD’S PLAN WILL TAKE THIS STRIPPING AND RELEASE THE VICTORY PLAN…

Genesis 37:20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

HOW MUST JOSEPH HAVE FELT WHEN HIS HALF-BROTHERS STRIPPED AWAY THE COAT OF PROMISE AND ASSURANCE?

Genesis 37:23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;

DAD IS THIS THE COAT OF MANY COLORS? GUESS IT IS OVER? THE DREAM IS DEAD?

Genesis 37:31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;

32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no. 33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

YOU MAY HAVE STRIPPED BY COAT… BUT YOU NEVER KILLED THE DREAM…FOR GOD IS STILL WITH JOSEPH… ACCEPT THIS? IT MAY SEEM IT IS OVER BUT THE BEST IS YET TO COME.