Joseph: Beloved Son, Rejected Slave, Exalted Ruler ~ Review

Joseph: Beloved Son, 

                    Rejected Slave, 

                               Exalted Ruler

I was recently offered the chance to view and review Joseph: Beloved Son,
Rejected Slave, Exalted Ruler.  This video is an excellent way to share the story 
of Joseph with the little ones in your life.

Opening with Abraham receiving a vision from God about his descendants and their servitude in a foreign land.  
At the time Abraham had no children about which the vision could be about.

We are then taken forward 170 years, witnessing Abraham's great-grandson Joseph receiving a gift of a coat of 
many colors.   We see Joseph's pride in his position of favoured son and his brothers' resentment.  And we see 
the moment when his brothers decide that they have had enough of Joseph.

Going from favoured son, to hated brother, to foreign slave within a few hours time Joseph's life takes a sudden 
and dramatic change.  We see Joseph's pride even in Egypt until a remark about his pride opens his eyes to the 
sin in his own heart.  A noticeable difference in Joseph's attitude brings about a change in his position as a slave
until he is betrayed by his master's wife.

When Joseph's gift of interpreting dreams is revealed to Pharaoh, God's hand is again revealed in his life. Pharaoh's
dreams are the means of bringing Joseph's family once again into his life.   


This is an excellent teaching tool, perfect for homeschoolers, Sunday school, and the home setting.

About the Film:

releasing May 5, 2016 

by Media4Kids International 

distributed via Vision Video

Based on the powerful Old Testament story, the 90-minute animated feature film from the makers of Torchlighters 
and Jesus: He Lived Among Us recounts the story of Joseph, the favored son sold into slavery by his jealous 
brothers only to become second in command of Egypt.

Joseph is a young dreamer, spoiled by his father and so resented by his brothers that they secretly sell him to
a slave trader. Eventually landing in the dungeons of Egypt, the young man who lacked nothing suddenly finds himself alone, forgotten, and overwhelmed with despair. Yet it is in this deep prison that Joseph begins to change, and in his humility he cries out to God. 

 
As the years pass, his growing faith and gift for interpreting dreams bring him to the attention of the Pharoah, who exalts the young man to a prominent position. Having learned humble obedience to God, Joseph becomes instrumental not only in saving Egypt but the brothers who initially betrayed him. Joseph is a moving story that powerfully demonstrates God's hand in all things, big and small. 

 
For ages 5 and up.