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A Lot of Joy from God!

Oleksandr Zhabenko

(Isaiah LVIII, 1-11)

Isaiah LVIII, 1 – a voice like a trumpet. There are good works about the trumpet (trumpet) at the following links:
https://www.facebook.com/Oleksandr.S.Zhabenko/

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https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/Matthew6-3.html

Isaiah foresees the Gospel truths about fasting and prayer, charity, which Christ teaches in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew VI).
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It is worth noting that Isaiah speaks more sharply, he has more exposure, while Christ speaks wisely. The difference becomes clearer if we remember that Christ is the Savior and Isaiah is the servant.

(Genesis XLIII, 26-31; XLV, 1-16)

Again, much of Jacob’s story is left out, including his dealings with Laban, his reconciliation with Esau, his story with Dinah and her brothers, genealogies, the beginning of Joseph’s story, his dreams, the jealousy of his brothers and their selling him into slavery in Egypt, how the Lord helped Joseph in Egypt, so that he became the second person after Pharaoh, and saved people from hunger, about the arrival of his brothers for bread. Omitted (to keep the reading short) is the story of the trial of the brothers and how they repented of what they had done to Joseph before their father Jacob and God.

The reading itself mainly talks about Joseph’s conversation with his brothers, their forgiveness and mutual reconciliation, as well as about God’s Providence, thanks to which the Lord directed the evil done to Joseph in such a way as to do good to all of them.

In this regard, Joseph is a (proto)type of Christ, the Savior of the world, and his story is a (proto)type of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Genesis XLV, 8 – So it was not you who sent me here, but God! And he made me… – important words so that people do not boast before God. Literally, so that the brothers would not attribute to themselves the merits of Joseph, that it was because of them that he became great, but no – not because of them, but because of God, Who magnified the righteous Joseph – and did it for them all, for common salvation. Similarly, in other such stories, sinful people (and even devils!) cannot boast that their sins supposedly contributed to God’s good.

(Proverbs XXI, 23 – XXII, 4)

The Greek and Hebrew texts differ greatly for a few verses, especially Proverbs XXI, 30 – which I believe says that the Lord is Most High, so nothing that is against Him really matters.

In general, the Lord through Solomon teaches to pay attention to one’s own desires (compare with the 10th or 9th and 10th commandments), righteousness, mercy, compassion, selflessness, the ability and desire to present as a gift and give (a manifestation of love), warns against hypocritical religiosity, shamelessness, testifies to the fact that the Lord gives people good things, in particular delivery and a good victory, teaches that a clear conscience and good reputation are more valuable than profits and wealth, reminds of the community between people before God and speaks about the value of the fear of God.

There is a good essay about the fear of God at the link:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/DialogueOnWordsChristFear.html

Glory be to Thee, our God, glory be to Thee!

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