16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head. 17In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”
18Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days. 19Within three days Pharaoh will lift your head off of you and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”
20On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker. 21Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand. 22But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted the dream to them.
23The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.
“How many there are who are willing to preach the cupbearer’s sermon but are unwilling to preach the baker’s sermon!” (Boice)
It appears that the baker was guilty, he did something against the Pharaoh and what is striking is the three day period.
Do you remember Haman?
Ester 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
Our pastor described the hanging, it’s not with a rope. They used a pike, a pole and they impaled a person on it and raised the pole in the air where the person writhed in pain until they died!
And Joseph was forgotten again.....”23The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.”
But the Lord was with him. Remember, Gods timing not ours.
Have you ever been forgotten or failed to keep a promise?
Blessings, David
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