04/26/2025 – “The Doer”
“He removed the scroll from the ark in the Chamber of Scrolls, laid it on the table, and unrolled it.
‘We’ve spoken of Joseph’ said the teacher, ‘in the Book of Genesis, how he was a shadow of the Messiah, and how even the rabbis saw this.’
‘Yes,’ I said, ‘the redeemer who is despised and rejected by men.’
‘And imprisoned,’ he said, ‘Some translations say that Joseph was put in charge over the prisoners and their work. And the rendering is accurate. But the original Hebrew says something a bit different. And every word is crucial. It says this: ‘And the ruler of the dungeon gave into Joseph’s hand all the prisoners who were in the dungeon. And all that they did there, he was the doer of it.’ One could interpret that to mean that he was in charge of their labors or responsible for their work. But what it literally says is that whatever they did, Joseph was the one who did it.’
‘So, what would that mean as a shadow of the Messiah?’
‘Messiah would likewise be numbered with the sinful, with those under judgement. He became as one under judgment. And all the acts of the sinful, all that they did… all that we did, He, Messiah, became the doer of it. He was counted as the doer of our sins, the One who made our mistakes, the One who failed in the doer of our sins, then we become no longer the doer … of our own sins …. no longer the ones who sinned, who failed, who transgressed, and fell. In the gray of God, we are released from being the doers of our deeds … that we might become the doer of His deeds.’
‘The doer of His deeds? What exactly does that mean?’
‘Just as He was joined to our works, we are joined to His good works. We are reckoned as being the doers of it. We become the doers of His works the works of perfect righteousness. And in all that we now do, all that is good, He is the One who does it in us. That’s the secret. Live in such a say that whatever we do… He is the doer of it.’
The Mission: Let God become the doer of your works, and you become the doer of His works. Whatever you do, let Him do it in you.”
Genesis 39:22; Isaiah 53:12; Philippians 2: 13-14; 4:13
Soli Deo Gloria!