“But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.”
You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. The most important theological statement of the Joseph narrative — you intended harm, God intended good — is the statement that holds both human guilt and divine sovereignty simultaneously without erasing either. The application: the both/and of human intention and divine sovereignty is the theological foundation that allows forgiveness without denying wrongdoing. The brothers intended harm; God intended good. Both are true.
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