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Joseph (increase; addition) spiritually typified the coming of the Lord Jesus, as Joseph spiritually typified Christ the one who meets the condition of the increase (produces true believers typified as harvested crops).

John 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease.

1Corinthians 3:6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

There are 3.927 years from the birth of Joseph in 1916 BC to 2012 AD. The factors of 3.927 are: 3 [Purposed by God], 7 [Sabbath/perfect completion], 11 [final hour of harvest] and 17 [judgment/Heaven].

	Timeline of Events in Joseph Life

Joseph Age	Event	Year	Ref.
110	Dies in Egypt	1806 BC	Genesis 50:26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
44	End of the 7 Years of Famine	1872 BC	Genesis 45:6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. .
39	2 Years of Famine Brothers and Father (Jacob) come to live with him in Egypt	1877 BC	Genesis 47:9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage
37	7 years of plenty	1879-1886 BC	Genesis 41:28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh. Genesis 41:29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
30	Stood before Pharaoh	1886 BC	Genesis 41:46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
27	Imprisoned- Falsely accused by Potiphar's Wife	1889 -1886 BC	Gen 39-14 to Gen 41:14 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river
17	Reported Evil of his brother sold to the Midinites	1899 BC	Genesis 37:2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
0	Born	1916 BC

Joseph typified the Lord Jesus Christ

Jesus, savior; deliverer

Beloved of God

Joseph beloved of God

Genesis 37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

Lord Jesus Christ beloved of God

2Peter 1:17 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

A "KING"

Joseph as a "King"

Genesis 41:42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
Genesis 41:43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.

Lord Jesus Christ is the King of Kings

Revelation 19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

A great Deliverer (Saviour)

Joseph typified a Saviour

Genesis 50:19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
Genesis 50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

Lord Jesus Christ the Saviour

Luke 2:10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
Luke 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

Lord of Harvest:

Joseph as type of Lord of Harvest

Genesis 41:41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:46 ¶ And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
Genesis 41:48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
Genesis 41:49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.

Lord Jesus Christ is the Lord of Harvest

Matthew 9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
Matthew 9:38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

There are 3.927 Years from the birth of Joseph in 1916 BC to 2012 AD. The factors of 3.927 are: 3 [Purposed by God], 7 [Sabbath/perfect completion], 11 [final hour of harvest] and 17 [judgment/Heaven].

The number 3 is identified with purpose or established by God.

Deuteronomy 19:15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

The number 7 identified with Perfection/Completion of set::

Perfected completed work of God

Genesis 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made

Perfect Completed set of all churches typified by 7

Revelation 1:20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

Completion (sabbath) of harvest activity is identified with 7 and the end of harvest is associated with the end of the world:

End of 7 years typified a sabbath and the end of harvest activity

Leviticus 25:3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
Leviticus 25:4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard:

End of Harvest is the end of the world:

Matthew 13:38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
Matthew 13:39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

The number 11 is identified withe final hour of harvest that final tribulation in its entirety is typified as hour. There are 11 hours left from the first harvest identified with day in 2001 (summer) to the year 2012.

Matthew 20:8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
Matthew 20:9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

The final tribulation is identified with an hour, a day, a month, and a year. A 24 year period meets that spiritual reconciliation as 24 is integral to each time reference.

Note:
From the beginning of the Super-fullness and Completeness of time in 1988 AD or the 13,000th year [13 - super fullness] X [1000 - completeness] to the end of the 23rd harvest year [23 identified with judgment] is the beginning of the 24th year or the year 2012 AD

24 year period 1988 - 2012 (Rev. 9:15)	Explanation

24 hours (hours as years)	The natural harvest of figs occurs on a yearly basis. The Final Harvest is typified as half of a day or 12 hours. 12 hours from sunrise to sunset is a Jewish day. A day consisting of night and day is 24 hours.
24 Days ( equals 1 month)* 24 Years ( 24 days equals 24 years, days as years)	In 24,000 servants served King David (Picture of Christ) for each of the 12 months. A thousand years is as 1 day to the Lord, see 2 Peter 3:8. God sometimes uses the number count of people to signify the passage of time, for example, the 42 followers of Ahaziah (King of Judah) destroyed by King Jehu typified the spiritual 3 and 1/2 years of famine and the total reign of Satan of the physical organized churches throughout the last 19/18 years [1993/1994 AD to 2012 AD] of the Great Final Tribulation period.
A month is 24 days (days as years)	In 1Chronicles 27:1 -15, 24,000 servants served King David (Picture of Christ) for each of the 12 months. A thousand years is as 1 day to the Lord, see 2 Peter 3:8. God sometimes uses the number count of people to signify the passage of time, for example, the 42 followers of Ahaziah destroyed by King Jehu typified the spiritual 3 and 1/2 years of famine and the total reign of Satan of the physical organized churches throughout the last 19/18 years [1993/1994 AD to 2012 AD] of the Great Final Tribulation period.
*a month [The Hebrew word "chodesh" is used in reference to the words "new moon" in the KJV OT The verses in 2 Kings 4:23 and Ezekiel 46:6 reference the words "new moon" in association with the word [day.]

Summer is identified with day. The start of day is identified with the year 2000/2001 or 'Summer' in a 24 year final tribulation period from 1988- 2012 or the last remaining 12 years.

Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

The number 17 is identified with judgment/Heaven:

Genesis 37:2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.

A spiritual purchase of Land in Israel by Jeremiah for 17 shekels typified the acquisition of the eternal Kingdom or Heaven:

Jer. 32:9 And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.