1. Rice, When Bad Things Happen To God’s People, pages 40, 41, 45, 46. Close 2. Ibid., page 40, 41. Close 3. We believe this translation more clearly represents what actually happened than does the KJV: “God meant it for good,” or the NIV: “God intended it.” In His creative resourcefulness, God gave this incident His own meaning, and used it to achieve His purposes. Joseph was a type of Christ, and the same principle is illustrated in Acts 2:22, 23, where we see that God gave His own meaning to Christ’s death. Close 4. Rice, When Bad Things Happen to God’s People, page 41. Close 5. Martin, Suffering Man/Loving God, pages 68-69. Close 6. Rice, When Bad Things Happen to God’s People, page 23. Close
7. Ibid., page 45. Close
8. Ibid., page 45. Close
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