I am watching my favorite movie of all time: Joseph King of Dreams. I love the music and what strength I was able to gain from it as we suffered after the loss of our middle child to SIDS.
Never have I ever had a non-church movie have such an effect on me.
In SS today, I commented on how difficult it must have been for Joseph to be in the dungeon at the ironically-named "Liberty" Jail. It must have been more tough on him to be there and not have the normal discourse with Father, having seen him and the Son - and then having their pavilion covered for so long as he struggled in captivity.
Joseph of old truly suffered in prison before things got good. Joseph of Egypt had a role to save his people physically. Joseph of modern times had a role to save all of the tribes spiritually. He was given all the keys to do so in 1836.
Each one of us could be a Joseph within our families. We are to act as Saviors on Mount Zion (in terms of completing our genealogy and serving the Temple and many other ways, including food storage. Things are repeating again. We are in the seven year cycle that President Hinckley spoke of. We are in the 7th year of the 49 years. Then we enter into the Jubilee Year where Israel is released from captivity in our modern Egypt and Sodom. We will be relieved of wicked earthly governments and from our tax burdens and will return to God's system. A much better one - bar none!
Another note:
The animated movie was well-researched in the details they employ in the plot. Joseph mentions that he is learned in the language (writing and speaking) of the Egyptians. They were dominant in the region and the people who hoped to get ahead, learned this language. Therefore, it should be no surprise that, in the times of Nephi, as Israel aligned with Egypt to put off the Babylonian threat, that there was a similar intercourse with the Egyptians.
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