The intentional disfigurement of Yosef in front of his brothers is a very strange affair. Not only do Yosef’s dreams come true, but we can assume a lot more behind them. Some see the concept of the Messiah in it, and others even expect that Judah will again have to submit to the coming Yosef.

Of course, Jews in Israel will be amazed when the Geulah/Final Redemption occurs. It just doesn’t mean that they a) throw someone in the pit for b) have to repent like Juda in Egypt.

Such a narrative is often used in the Ephraim movement to demand its entry and acceptance in Israel and justify its agenda.

My point of view is a little different.

Of course, we are dealing with concepts. We just have to a) understand the concepts correctly and b) use them appropriately in our reality without the puzzle pieces breaking off when they are put together.

If we look at the concept, it’s similar to a computer program. This is not written twice just because there are men and women. Only one program asks if the user is a woman or a man. The response can then cause the necessary changes in the program to produce the appropriate result.

The pattern or concept stays the same here as in a program, only it remains more variable in future use.

What am I trying to say?

We are dealing with two Messiahs. The Messiah ben Yosef in Egypt and the Messiah ben David (here Judah), who brings the tribes to Egypt to Yosef. Judah confesses their guilt to Yosef for him and collectively, which immediately brings about their salvation from the famine when Yosef reveals himself and assigns them lands abroad as chancellor under Pharaoh.

If we’ve been paying close attention, we’re already seeing the complexity of the pattern or program here. Firstly we must state that Yosef is the Messiah from abroad, here in Egypt, and Pharaoh remained the ruler. Accordingly, our program needs to know who the Messiah is in the Holy Land and his task. Judah was the Messiah in the land and had his brothers/tribes with him on their way to Egypt to buy food there. Judah also had a superior, his father, Yaacov.

So let’s follow this pattern for the ultimate salvation, the Geulah. So this will be in the land, and if Yosef is the messiah abroad, then Judah will be the messiah in the land of Israel, where the future salvation will take place. Yosef will come to Judah with his brothers because the Western world has fallen in ruins, and only Judah/Israel will have salvation. Just like in Egypt, was salvation from famine.

The only question is whether Yosef will likewise bow down to Judah and show remorse for the guilt of throwing his brother into the pit with Edom for over 2000 years or whether they will heap reproaches and accusations on him. The way the Western world – Ephraim – has behaved towards Judah for the last 50 years, it doesn’t look like they have any regrets here.

So, unfortunately, most of the Ephraim groups, who continue to see Judah as guilty and themselves as sinless, act in the wrong direction. They overlook that Judah also has a superior – HaShem – who plays this concept, pattern, or program before them.

What was the reason for Yosef to treat his brothers so harshly back then? He wanted and needed to determine whether they were acting on their own behalf again, or they were acting on their father’s behalf and acting responsibly regarding his relationship with his favorite child.

If Yosef/Ephraim woke up today and actually realized the pain they had caused their Father in Heaven for 2000 years and actually held themselves responsible for it today as Judah had done in Egypt, the “famine” would end, which is our tribulation today, that has begun since three years and will come to heat by the end of Sukkot. Ephraim could be received like the brethren in Goshem.

Yosef Werner