Genesis 45: Joseph's veiled appearance and the Suffering Messiah

"Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, " Have everyone leave my presence!" So there was no one with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers. And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him and the Paraoh's household heard about it." Genesis 45:1-2

Before he could reveal his real identity, Joseph tested his brothers in a way that might seem cruel at first sight. One might think that this is probably a way for Joseph to take revenge from being sold to the Egyptians out of jealousy. But, in my opinion, it is rather a way to test if a change of heart really occured with his brothers.

What do Joseph and Yeshua have in common? Both have been estranged from their brothers.

Joseph has been elevated to a high position in Egypt and he physically looks very different from the average Hebrew. He probably also had to adapt to the Egyptian etiquette. Over the Centuries, the image of Yeshua ben Yosef, a child of Israel, has been distorted in a tremendous way by Christianity. He has been robbed  His Hebrew Name and Jewish ID to the point that many Jews think that Yeshua is a "goy". Yeshua is commonly assimilated with pagan stuff such as Santa Claus. In addition, a lot of Jews are taking Yeshua for responsible for the numerous persecutions they underwent in the Christian world.

In Genesis 45, verses 5 to 8, Joseph reassures his brothers and reveals Hashem's plan of compassion:

"And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God send me before you to preserve life. For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive many survivors. So it was not you who sent me there, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt."

In the same way, as the veil of blindness is progressively being removed, many Jews do realize that Yeshua, the Messiah of Israel, is their long lost brother, who endured the Cross for them not to perish, but to be saved massively.