And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth. And Joseph said,
Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year. When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands: Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land?
Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's. And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands. Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's. Genesis 47
Those who have thought that they rule the world in every era since have used this formula, they take -
All the money
All the animals
All the land, and all moved to the cities
All the people, all slaves
This sounds familiar and they have kept on taxing the people in all countries of the world. It was such a successful plan that the evil ones very quickly adopted every aspect of this story, to ensure that they can continue to have total control over every person on the earth. We do know this also -
For every beast of the forest is Mine,
and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
I know all the fowls of the mountains:
and the wild beasts of the field are Mine.
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee:
for the world is Mine, and the fulness thereof. Psalm 50:10-12
So, the day is coming; when everyone will have to give an account for all of their actions to the One Who actually owns everything and twice owns every person on earth, by His creation and His redemption!
But, in the meantime, we are seeing this tyranny increasing to alarming levels at present and their aim would be to continue to repeat this story down to the finest detail in these closing scenes. They are using mind control, in various forms, that they have been developing for a very long time. They are constantly coming up with new methods to enslave us and to take our freedoms from us. Brainwashing is one of their preferred options; their latest slogan, being pushed by them onto us all, is - “You will own nothing, and you will be happy”. This one has really enraged all of those who are awake to their tactics - so they are “pulling out all stops” to fight back against these evil ones, in a worldwide movement now. (Please note carefully the satanic blending of truth and error - as Christians, stewardship is one of our most important principles that we live by and we do not own anything, it all belongs to God, we manage it all under His direction, but we are happy and totally free in Him. See text above.) It will be interesting to see how it all (Revelation & GC) plays out in the various twists and turns from now on, as we continue to heed Christ’s advice to -
Watch
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, Who left His house, and gave authority to His servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the Master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: Lest coming suddenly He find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch. Mark 13:33-37
