1. A Pattern For Destiny
A Pattern of Salvation

2. The Favor of God Joseph Esther
Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made a richly ornamented robe for him. (Genesis 37:3)
Esther taken to the king’s palace and entrusted to Hegai And won his favor. (Esther 2:8-9, 15)

3. Divine Positioning Joseph Esther
. . . His brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt. (Genesis 37:28)
Esther made queen.
(Esther 2:17-18)

4. Trials, Tribulation, & Injustice
Joseph
Esther
Falsely accused by Potiphar’s wife, and put in the King’s prison. (Genesis 39)
Haman’s plot to destroy the Jews. (Esther 3)

5. Perseverance Joseph Esther
Requested cupbearer to remind Pharaoh of Joseph’s prison stay. (Genesis 40:14-15)
Cupbearer forgets Joseph (Genesis 40:23)
The king signs a decree to kill the Jews. (Esther 3:8-11)

6. Defining Moment God Creates a Crisis Only God Can Solve
Joseph
Esther
Pharaoh sends for Joseph to interpret the dream.
I cannot do it Joseph replied to Pharaoh, but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires. (Genesis 41:14-16)
And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?
. . . I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish. (Esther 4:14-16)

7. Promotion Joseph Esther
Put in charge of the whole land of Egypt. (Genesis 41:41-43)
The king grants Esther’s request.
Haman is hung on the gallows he prepared for Mordecai. (Esther 7)

8. Results in “salvation”
Joseph
Esther
But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. (Genesis 45:7)
King writes another decree in favor of the Jews, saving their lives.
The Jews strike down their enemies. (Esther 8-9)

9. A Godly Pattern For Fulfilling Destiny
The Favor of God
Divine Positioning
Trials, Tribulation, & Injustice
Perseverance
Defining Moment
Promotion
Results in “salvation”