Empty Tomb

Genesis 50. I'm blogging a little later this morning. Yesterday, I had all three vehicles down. I worked late into the night and got two out of three back on the road again. Now I've got to get to work on our Wednesday Bible study, but first let me give you a parting thought on this final chapter of Genesis. Here we see the death and burial of two great men: father and son, Jacob and Joseph. The Bible teaches us that death isn't an accident, it's an appointment (Heb.9:27). The ratio of living to dying is still one to one: for everyone born, everyone dies--no exceptions. Thus we see the death of Jacob and Joseph in this final chapter of Genesis. Man began in a beautiful garden (Gen.2-3); We leave him, for now, in a coffin in Egypt. The book of Genesis ends with a full tomb. The Gospel story ends with an empty tomb! Praise God. "O death where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory?" (1 Cor.15:55-57).