Broad meadows

In the first two examples and in the one below, I have given the result of following symbols and types through scripture to gain prophetic insight that can be incredibly specific, as we have shown in the first two examples. In this third example, I will introduce a concept that I have termed “merging”.

The account below is from Genesis 40, the account of Joseph, the cup bearer and the baker. This was the account that basically introduced the concept to me and acts as something of a template for other accounts. When I’m in a biblical account, the most obvious part is the context of the story containing the characters (types) and symbols, objects animate or inanimate. Typically nouns. It should be obvious that symbols merge with types in a story, but also that they also merge into one overarching prophetic/spiritual concept. This part is easier to see when you can set it in historical fulfillment. It becomes trickier when those event haven’t taken place, yet.

Example 3: Genesis 40.

I thought of copying and pasting the whole story in this spot, but I think I can do a good job of summarizing and hopefully analyzing the text for you. If you’d like to have it open or read beforehand, feel free.

In the story, Joseph is in prison when two other men join him there, the cupbearer and baker for pharaoh. They each have dreams that Joseph is able to interpret for them, through symbolism, no less. To the cupbearer he says that in three days he would be restored to his position. To the baker, he tells him that in three days pharaoh will “hang you on a tree”. We could talk about the other symbolism in the dreams, such as the meaning of the three vines or the persecution of the Messiah and his followers by the ravens (the demonic, from parable of the sower) by pecking away at the bread his body, the church as being prophetic, but we will just focus on the first set of symbols.

Using the concept that all of the characters in the account merge into one idea, let me characterize it this way: The messiah would come and hang on a tree (the baker), to restore men (the cupbearer) to God (pharaoh) and Joseph (Jesus) would be second only to the Father (pharaoh) because of his sacrifice. As with the other two examples, this shows that Jesus and only Jesus can be the promised messiah.

The three examples that I have given are the results of following symbols through scripture and not the process itself. I will be going through a series of writings specifically following the cup through the Bible to its surprising prophetic conclusion.