LIVING WATERS
For the proclamation of the Gospel and the edification of the Body of Christ
Discarded and Exalted
In the Old Testament, the church finds absolute silence about its existence and dignity. However, here and there, there are some types, figures or shadows that announce it in anticipation. For anointed eyes, it is not difficult to appreciate the beauty of these prefigurations.
Asenath and Sephora. Two non-Jewish women, wives of prominent characters. The first is the Egyptian wife of Joseph, a type of Christ. The second, the Midianite wife of Moses, another type of Christ. Asenath and Joseph, her husband, typify the church and Christ, respectively. The same is true of Zipporah and Moses her husband. Zipporah was united to her husband during her dark life in the wilderness; Asenath was united to Joseph at the time of his exaltation.
Two moments, two women, united to two husbands in different positions; but there is only one glorious reality. It is, simply, the church, in its rejection in the world, today, and in its exaltation, tomorrow.
The church in the world. Sephora united to a she-goat herder, stripped of the glory and rank he enjoyed in Egypt, forgotten by his brethren for 40 long years. What nights in the open! What straits, what toils and labors! And above all, those long silences shared with a fugitive from justice. No glory, many tears. No applause, much melancholy.
The church in glory. Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, Egyptian priest; but, above all, wife of Joseph, the governor, the first after Pharaoh, and before whom every knee bends. She is chief in lineage, and in her betrothal; what feasts there were on her wedding day; what a waste of food, drink, and revelry! Her husband -the fairest of the sons of men- has been exalted, from prison to the throne of the first power of the world. His glory and splendor, who could overshadow them? No one, never.