R.C. Sproul

God was involved in that.

God was working His good plan even through your evil plan.

That's hard for us to grasp, but it's a principle that we find throughout Scripture.

God worked through Pharaoh to bring about His redemptive work of the Exodus.

Pharaoh meant it for evil.

God meant it for good.

God worked through the betrayal of Judas for the atonement of Christ.

God's intent was perfectly righteous.

Judas meant it for evil, and he is responsible for his wicked intentions.

And so we see in this enormously important passage a reaffirmation that God is Lord of history.

And Joseph is saying, even while what you did was evil, God was bringing everything together for good for those who love him.

God worked through your treachery to provide for your own salvation, your own rescue from the famine.

God used your evil intents for his righteous purposes.

It's an amazing thing.

And so he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.

So we read at the end of this book that Joseph dwelled in Egypt, he and his father's household.

And Joseph lived 110 years.

And he saw Ephraim's children to the third generation.

And the children of Makar, the son of Manasseh, were also brought up on Joseph's knees.

He had a wonderful time with his grandchildren.