by Anne Hamilton | Sep 4, 2024 | Anat, appointed time, Deborah, faithline, Joseph
Like all mantles, Joseph’s mantle is an inheritance that ultimately comes from the great Giver of all gifts, the Lord Himself. And unless it returns to His hands for repair and mending, it becomes increasingly tattered and defiled. As we’ve seen, it passed through the...
by Anne Hamilton | Aug 17, 2024 | Anat, Joseph
Back two episodes ago, we learned how the spirit that influenced Joseph to dispossess the Egyptians—the Canaanite war-goddess Anat—was trounced by Deborah and Barak. Together they opposed the Canaanite king Jabin and his general Sisera and, through a manoeuvre worthy...
by Anne Hamilton | Aug 9, 2024 | faithline, mantle
I’m just going to press the pause button on the series about Joseph’s mantle to look briefly at Reuben’s. John’s gospel has the mirror-like symmetry of an epic Hebrew poem. In addition, one of its major themes involves the passing of mantles to various disciples:...
by Anne Hamilton | Aug 5, 2024 | Anat, appointed time, Deborah, Joseph
In many respects, dispossession of inheritance didn’t start with Joseph. His father Jacob dispossessed Joseph’s uncle Esau of his birthright and the blessing of the firstborn. Joseph’s great-grandparents Abraham and Sarah started the generational pattern by...
by Anne Hamilton | Jul 22, 2024 | faithline, Joseph, mantle
Joseph always had dreams of having power over others. He dreamed of his sheaf of grain standing upright in the field while the sheaves of his brothers came to bow down to it. And then, to make matters worse, he dreamed that eleven stars, as well as the sun and the...
