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themselves, and for those Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, according to
the Egyptian custom not to eat food with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination to
the Egyptians.

Three groups of people are revealed here in type. The Egyptians are a picture of the
world. Joseph’s brothers are a type of the church. Joseph is a type of the overcomer in
Christ.
We find that those who will walk as overcomers will dine alone. The world despises
the overcomer. The church cannot eat from the same table, and therefore the overcomer
must dine alone. The overcomer can take food from his table, speaking of the revelations
of God, and send them to his brothers, but he will find that it continues to be his lot to abide
by himself. As much as his heart may yearn to be seated among his brothers, there is always
something that keeps the separation in place. This phenomenon is of God. It serves to keep
those who are numbered among the firstborn set apart unto their Father, and protects them
from being ensnared in the mixture and impurity of their brethren.
Many truths are discerned through a study of the life of Joseph. In Joseph we see the
preeminence to be granted to the firstborn.

Genesis 41:39-41
So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has informed you of all this, there is no one
so discerning and wise as you are. You shall be over my house, and according
to your command all my people shall do homage; only in the throne I
will be greater than you." And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "See I have set you
over all the land of Egypt.”

Pharaoh is in this instance a symbol of God who rules over the kingdoms of men.
Egypt signifies the world, and Joseph the firstborn from the dead. (That Joseph is a type of
the firstborn from the dead is seen in the event where his brothers took his coat and dipped
it in blood and told his father Jacob that a wild animal had killed him. Thus Joseph is
pictured as being dead, and later is revealed to be alive, a symbol of the firstborn from the
dead.)
We see then in this parable that the firstborn will be granted ruling authority over all
the earth. They will be granted divine wisdom and discernment in order to judge and rule
the people. Only the Father will be greater, and nothing will be done in all the earth apart
from the command of the firstborn from the dead.
At a time not far off, the Father will bring this Joseph Company out of their prison
houses. (Note that Joseph was in Pharaoh’s prison reserved for those who were ministers
in government.) Joseph stands in this instance as those who must be trained under a strict
discipline, where all personal freedom and liberty is removed, until they come to do nothing
except at the command of God. For a period, such restriction will seem to chafe greatly and
appear as a great injustice.

Genesis 40:12-15
Then Joseph said to him..., “Only keep me in mind when it goes well with you, and
please do me a kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this house.
For I was in fact kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done
nothing that they should have put me into the dungeon.”