Episode 12 - The Road To Dothan: How God's Will Finds Us
EPISODE SUMMARY
Joseph is one of the most famous characters from the Bible. He was the one who shaped the story of the Israelites, and thus, shaped our history as we know it. However, many forget that the person who changed Joseph's fate was not Joseph himself, but an unnamed man who asked him the one question that would lead him towards the path God had chosen for him: “ma t’vakesh? - “what are you looking for?”
EPISODE NOTES
In the Bible, every character is important, even the ones without a backstory, or the ones who show up for only a few verses.
Every character has a purpose, and none of them had a more important purpose than the unnamed man who asked Joseph the one question that changed his fate: “ma t’vakesh? - “what are you looking for?”
That is how Joseph’s story begins.
Because he was favored by his father Jacob, Joseph was hated by his brothers. One day, when they leave home to pasture the flocks, Jacob sends Joseph to check on them.
When Joseph goes and doesn’t find them, he starts wandering around, looking for them, and meets the unnamed man who asks him “What are you looking for?”
The answer to that question leads Joseph to Dothan, where his brothers sell him to a caravan going to Egypt. Had that not happened, history would have been completely different.
Why was this encounter so important? How did it change the course of history? And why is the unnamed man one of the most crucial characters in the Bible?
In this episode of The Bible You Thought You Knew, I answer all these questions and more. So tune in to learn more about the role of providence in the bible, what lurking provenance is, and how all of this ties up to the history of humanity!
Key points discussed
The importance of minor characters in the Bible (01:20)
The man who lead Joseph to Dothan (04:49)
How one encounter changed history forever (11:35)
The role of Providence in the Bible (13:25)
The Lurking Provenance (19:19)
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