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The story of Joseph who was sold into Egypt by his brothers and later be an instrument in God's hands in saving his family Israel from famine is one of the most beloved stories in all the Abrahamic religions.
There is an interesting Islamic tradition about the future descendants of Joseph. From the 14th century Islamic scholar Ibn Kathir's famous commentary on the Qur'an on Joseph's dream:
"O my father! Verily, I saw (in a dream) eleven stars and the sun and the moon, I saw them prostrating themselves to me." (Ch 12:4)
His father's face lit up. He foresaw that Joseph would be one through whom the prophecy of his grandfather, Prophet Abraham (pbuh), would be fulfilled, in that his offspring would keep the light of Abraham's house alive and spread Allah's message to mankind.
Joseph was the first born son of Racheal, and the birthright son of Israel. The birthright is tied to the priesthood. In Genesis Jacob gives his children and grandkids their patriarchal blessings. LDS members, usually in their youth, are given patriarchal blessings from the stake patriarch. In this blessing, one of the things given is the person's lineage in the house of Israel. Most members are declared to be descendants of Joseph of Egypt. Right now there are about 86,000 full time missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints spreading the true gospel to the world.
There is another Jewish tradition of a latter day prophet referred to as the messiah ben Joseph, who would restore the true religion of their fathers, bring back the temple, gather Israel back to the lands of their inheritance, and prepare the way for the messiah ben David. This messiah ben Joseph would then be martyred.
In the first temple that the LDS built in Kirtland, Moses visited and transferred "the keys of the gathering of Israel from the four quarters of the earth" to the prophet Joseph Smith. The LDS apostle Orson Hyde, who grew up a Jewish orphan, was later sent to Palestine and dedicated the land for the return of the Jews in 1841: https://www.lds.org/ensign/1991/10/orson-hydes-1841-mission-to-the-holy-land?lang=eng
Israel as a nation was guaranteed protection from all nations as long as it kept their covenants and were a righteous people. In 72 AD the nation was destroyed by Rome and scattered to the four quarters of the earth. The ten tribes had been scattered several centuries earlier. Prophets such as Isiah had predicted this would happen but also that in the last days God would remember the covenant with Israel and like a tender parent restore all her blessings.
After the New Testament apostles were killed, besides a few pockets that we know of such as the BoM peoples in the Americas where Israel's true religion lasted another three hundred years or so, the fullness of the gospel was taken from the earth because of apostasy.
The Biblical Joseph was sold into slavery of Egypt and would later be an instrument in the hands of God in saving his family(House of Jacob(Israel)) from famine. All of this foreshadows a future date when God would raise up a direct descent of the Biblical Joseph, a choice seer from his loins, who would be an instrument in God's hand in saving the house of Israel from spiritual famine with the restored gospel.
There is an interesting Islamic tradition about the future descendants of Joseph. From the 14th century Islamic scholar Ibn Kathir's famous commentary on the Qur'an on Joseph's dream:
"O my father! Verily, I saw (in a dream) eleven stars and the sun and the moon, I saw them prostrating themselves to me." (Ch 12:4)
His father's face lit up. He foresaw that Joseph would be one through whom the prophecy of his grandfather, Prophet Abraham (pbuh), would be fulfilled, in that his offspring would keep the light of Abraham's house alive and spread Allah's message to mankind.
Joseph was the first born son of Racheal, and the birthright son of Israel. The birthright is tied to the priesthood. In Genesis Jacob gives his children and grandkids their patriarchal blessings. LDS members, usually in their youth, are given patriarchal blessings from the stake patriarch. In this blessing, one of the things given is the person's lineage in the house of Israel. Most members are declared to be descendants of Joseph of Egypt. Right now there are about 86,000 full time missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints spreading the true gospel to the world.
There is another Jewish tradition of a latter day prophet referred to as the messiah ben Joseph, who would restore the true religion of their fathers, bring back the temple, gather Israel back to the lands of their inheritance, and prepare the way for the messiah ben David. This messiah ben Joseph would then be martyred.
In the first temple that the LDS built in Kirtland, Moses visited and transferred "the keys of the gathering of Israel from the four quarters of the earth" to the prophet Joseph Smith. The LDS apostle Orson Hyde, who grew up a Jewish orphan, was later sent to Palestine and dedicated the land for the return of the Jews in 1841: https://www.lds.org/ensign/1991/10/orson-hydes-1841-mission-to-the-holy-land?lang=eng
Israel as a nation was guaranteed protection from all nations as long as it kept their covenants and were a righteous people. In 72 AD the nation was destroyed by Rome and scattered to the four quarters of the earth. The ten tribes had been scattered several centuries earlier. Prophets such as Isiah had predicted this would happen but also that in the last days God would remember the covenant with Israel and like a tender parent restore all her blessings.
After the New Testament apostles were killed, besides a few pockets that we know of such as the BoM peoples in the Americas where Israel's true religion lasted another three hundred years or so, the fullness of the gospel was taken from the earth because of apostasy.
The Biblical Joseph was sold into slavery of Egypt and would later be an instrument in the hands of God in saving his family(House of Jacob(Israel)) from famine. All of this foreshadows a future date when God would raise up a direct descent of the Biblical Joseph, a choice seer from his loins, who would be an instrument in God's hand in saving the house of Israel from spiritual famine with the restored gospel.
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