This week we look specifically at the back story of Joseph and Asenath. Although not a biblical text the story gives some insight into the marriage between Egyptian Asenath and the Hebrew Joseph, looking at the need for Asenath to set aside the foreign idols that she worships in order to repent and be restored to the Most High God before being married to Joseph.
This is particularly relevant as we get closer to the season of the Autumn Moedim and the Moed of Rosh Hashanah which is traditionally associated with the potential for the beginning of the Messianic reign of Messiah ben David and the return for his bride. It is also the day that Pharoah releases Joseph, his restoration and promotion to the viceroy of Egypt leading ultimately to the restoration of the family of Israel and their rescue from the famine in the world.
