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Detailed Outline of Stephen's Defense

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Acts 7:2-8 Revelation to Abraham
- Call of Abraham (v2-4)
- Covenant of Circumcision (v5-8)

Acts 7:9-19 Rule of Joseph
- Promotion of Joseph (v9-10)
- Provision for the Famine (v11-13)
- Passage to Egypt  (v14-16)
- Persecution by Pharaoh (v17-19)

Acts 7:20-36 Record of Moses
- 1st 40 years: Moses was raised (v20-22)
- 2nd 40 years: Moses was rejected (v23-29)
- 3rd 40 years: Moses was ready (v30-36)

Acts 7:37-43 Rebellion against God
- Revelation of the Prophet (v37)
- Reception of the Lively Oracles (v38)
- Rejection of Moses (v39)
- Return to Egypt (v40-41)
- Relegation to Babylon (v42-43)

Acts 7:44-50 Residence of God
- Joshua brought in the Tabernacle (v44-45)
- David beget the Thought (v46)
- Solomon built the Temple (v47)
- God's being on His Throne (v48-50)

Acts 7:51-53 Resisting the Holy Spirit
- Defiance to the Holy Spirit (v51)
- Disdain of the Just One (v52)
- Disobedience to the Law (v53)

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Seven Weepings of Joseph

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Private
1. Repentance (remorse) of his brethren - Gen 42:24
2. Refraining from his brethren - Gen 43:30

Before his brethren
3. Revelation of himself - Gen 45:2
4. Reconciliation with his brethren - Gen 45:14-15
5. Reassurance to his brethren - Gen 50:17

Before his father
6. Reunion with his father - Gen 46:29
7. Respect (remembrance) for his father - Gen 50:1

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Joseph, a picture of Christ Part 2

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Seven marks of Joseph's Exaltation (Gen 41:42-45)
1. Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand (His Power)
2. Arrayed him in vestures of fine linen (His Person)
3. Put a gold chain about his neck (His Position)
4. He made him to ride in the second chariot which he had (His Prominence)
5. They cried before him, Bow the knee (His Pre-eminence)
6. Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; (His Purpose)
7. He gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On (His Partner)

Seven steps of the Lord's Exaltation (Phil 2:9-11)
1. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him
2. And given Him a Name which is above every name
3. That at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow
4. Of things in heaven
5. And things in earth
6. And things under the earth
7. And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father

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Joseph, a picture of Christ

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Seven steps of Joseph's Condescension
1. Stripped of his coat (Gen 37:23)
2. Cast into the pit (Gen 37:24)
3. Sold to Ishmeelites (Gen 37:27)
4. Brought into Egypt (Gen 37:28)
5. Sold to Potiphar (Gen 37:36)
6. Cast into prison (Gen 39:20)
7. Bound with fetters (Ps 105:18)

Seven steps of the Lord's Condescension (Phil 2:7-8)
1. Made Himself of no reputation
2. Took upon Him the form of a servant
3. Made in the likeness of men
4. Being found in fashion as a man
5. He humbled Himself
6. Became obedient unto death
7. Even the death of the cross

Seven marks of the Lord's Humility (John 13:4-5)
1. He riseth from supper
2. Laid aside His garments
3. Took a towel
4. Girded Himself
5. He poureth water into a bason
6. Began to wash the disciples' feet
7. And to wipe them with the towel wherewith He was girded.

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Joseph, the prototype Overseer

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Joseph was an overseer in
* His parent's house
* Potiphar's house
* Prison's house
* Pharoah's house

"An overseer must be blameless...one that ruleth well his own house...he must have a good report of them which are without."

"Thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth."

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The Dreams and Joseph

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Three Pairs of Dreams
* About himself (sheaves & stars) - His dignities
* About the baker & butler (branches & baskets) - Their destinies
* About Pharoah (cows & corns) - Egypt's deliverance

Joseph is a foreshadow of Christ
* His dignities speak of Christ is Supreme
* Their destinies speak of Christ is Sovereign
* Egypt's deliverance speaks of Christ is Saviour

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Typical Men in Genesis Part 2

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Abraham - Sojourning : Divine Call
Isaac - Sonship : Divine Conception
Jacob - Service : Divine Care
Joseph - Suffering & Splendor : Divine Control

Abraham - Faith
Isaac - Love
Jacob - Hope
Joseph - Faith, Love & Hope

Romans 8:29-30
"For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified."

Foreknowledge - Jacob (did foreknow)
Predestination - Isaac (did predestinate)
Election - Abraham (called)
Justification and Glorification - Joseph (justified and glorified)

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Four Arks

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Ark of Noah - God's provision in Christ
Ark of Joseph - God's promise in Christ
Ark of Moses - God's preservation in Christ
Ark of Tabernacle - God's presence in Christ

Pitch in Noah's Ark - Suffering of Christ - Our Salvation
Gold in God's Ark - Glorification of Christ - Our Satisfaction

The Spirit of Christ "testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow". 1 Peter 1:11

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