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Reading the Old Testament, things started off pretty good. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were pretty good guys. But then the sons of Jacob, they were horrible people, except Joseph. The fact that they repented is significant, I think, but regardless, the actual text of the Bible shows how the descendants of Joseph, not Judah, were given the birthright. Judah's promise was "until Shiloh comes", which I think is obviously a reference to Christ.
Then what did the children of Israel do? They were dragged, kicking and screaming, to Canaan. At one point, God wanted to destroy them all and let Moses become the father of a new nation, but Moses begged for leniency.
In the land of Canaan, what did Israel do? They completely forgot their God and turned to the Canaanite gods, doing all sorts of unspeakably evil acts. So God warned them and warned them again, finally driving them out of their homeland until they remember their God.
For the descendants of Judah, who outwardly obeyed the covenant but inwardly were still following the Canaanite gods, they were kicked out and brought back by prophecy to rebuild the temple. Coming back to their land, they were a minority, surrounded by people who hated them and wanted to destroy them. Only because of the Persian kings did they have a chance to survive there. When Alexander the Great came and conquered their homeland, they had new Greek masters, and most of the jews decided Greek was their thing now. The Maccabees lead a revolution that temporarily tried to restore the true God of Israel, but they failed, and what made matters worse, they force-converted the canaanites living all around them.
By the time Jesus comes in the First Century, there isn't much left to salvage of Judah let alone Israel. And how did the jews respond to Jesus? They murdered him. Jesus had nothing kind to say about the jews. He knew who they really were and what was in their hearts, and exposed them, multiple times.
Reading Pauls' writings, it's clear that he came to realize that the jews were a lost cause. No, God formed a new covenant with the Gentiles who accepted Jesus, and deposed the jews. The birthright now belonged to Christians, not the descendants of the jews and the force-converted canaanites.
Today we are in a literal war, a spiritual war, between powers and principalities and so forth. Satan has his kingdom, and the jews are in it. Satan has full control of their hearts, and it's clear by their behavior and degeneracy, that this has never stopped. We are in a fight for our very survival, and if we don't lean on our Savior we cannot win.
The deception of the jews goes deep and started a very, very long time ago, long before Jesus was even born. The scriptures we have today are just a sample of what used to be, as we found out with the Dead Sea Scrolls. Then, with the Book of Mormon, we realize even more ancient scriptures were taken from us by the jews. Ancient Israelites ca 600 BC were worshiping Jesus Christ and his future coming. They removed all that while they killed ALL the holy prophets. The only reason they couldn't get to Isaiah and some of the others were because of God's protection.
Once you realize what actually happened in our religious history, you have a lot of reasons to be angry and full of hate, but save for Jesus Christ!
Joseph infiltrated an established society, took over positions of power, had secret knowledge of upcoming catastrophies, took the resources of the native working men and used those resources to enslave literally everyone he could.
Sounds like a group we know.
He was a dutiful and faithful slave.
Let me quote you:
"Joseph infiltrated an established society"
No, he was a slave. He obeyed his masters.
"[Joseph] took over positions of power."
No, he was a very efficient and effective slave. Because of his ability to interpret dreams (given to him by God) and also his intense loyalty, Pharaoh put him in charge, made him second in command.
"[Joseph] had secret knowledge of upcoming catastrophies"
No, he interpreted Pharaoh's dream. As far as we know, the information was made public.
"[Joseph] took the resources of the native working men"
No, he had the people store their own food and grain. He managed the storage of the food and grain. We are not told what they were given in exchange for the storage. Perhaps Pharaoh seized if by force but this is unclear.
"... used those resources to enslave literally everyone he could"
He sold the grain back to the people. In the end, yes, pharaoh ended up owning everything, and Joseph owned nothing.
Pharaoh granted Joseph the right to emigrate into Egypt and set aside land for him as a favor.
"sounds like a group we know"
Joseph is the exact opposite of the "group we know". He saved Egypt. Everyone else was starving. Nations collapsed during that famine. Even Israel had to come begging for food, willing to trade all of their property for a few sacks of grain.
Joseph never took power to himself. He never violated the trust people put in him. He never rebelled against his masters. He never even said anything cross about them. He simply did his best to serve and love those around him in every way he could, despite the fact that they bitterly abused him.
Remember, Joseph of Egypt is NOT the ancestor of the jews. His descendants were bitter enemies of the jews. In fact, after King Solomon, the nation of Israel split in two. Joseph's descendants lead the 10 tribes in the Kingdom of Israel, and Judah ruled over themselves and Benjamin in the Kingdom of Judah.