The Blessings of Joseph and Messiah's Return

**The Blessings of Joseph**

I will read both blessings of Joseph, since Ephraim and Manasseh stand under the covering of their father's anointing.

First, Jacob's blessing in Genesis 49:22–26:

*"Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a well; his branches run over the wall. The archers have bitterly grieved him, shot at him and hated him. But his bow remained in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the Mighty God of Jacob — from there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel — by the God of your father who will help you, and by the Almighty who will bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies beneath, blessings of the breast and of the womb. The blessings of your father have excelled the blessings of my ancestors, up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills. They shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was separated from his brothers."*

Notice the crown on his head. When do you receive your crown? At the Feast of Trumpets. When did Joseph receive his crown on earth? At the Feast of Trumpets — when he was made second in command over all of Egypt. The prophetic pictures are layered and extraordinary.

Second, Moses's blessing of Joseph in Deuteronomy 33:13–17:

*"Blessed of the Lord is his land, with the precious things of heaven, with the dew, the deep lying beneath, with the precious fruits of the sun, with the precious produce of the months, with the precious things of the earth in its fullness, and the favor of Him who dwelt in the burning bush. Let the blessing come on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was separated from his brothers. His glory is like a firstborn bull, and his horns like the horns of a wild ox. Together with them he shall push the peoples to the ends of the earth. They are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh."*

When Messiah returns, He comes with ten thousands of saints and thousands upon thousands. Ephraim and Manasseh — Jew and Gentile — one new body, one new man. We see that in Daniel and in Revelation. That is who Messiah is coming with, and we all want to be a part of that beautiful blessing.

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