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| Name | JOSEPH OF NAZARETH |
| Aliases | THE CARPENTER / GUARDIAN OF THE HOLY FAMILY |
| Status | DECEASED / LAST RECORDED WHEN JESUS WAS TWELVE |
| Birth | c. 1st Century BC | Marks & Identifiers | CARPENTER'S TOOLS |
| Place of Birth | BETHLEHEM / NAZARETH | Hair | DARK |
| Tribe | JUDAH (LINE OF DAVID) | Eyes | DARK |
| Parentage | OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID | People | HEBREW / GALILEAN |
| Occupation | CARPENTER | Species | HUMAN |
| Affiliation | HOUSE OF DAVID | Calling | A JUST MAN |
| Primary Mission | GUARD AND PROVIDE FOR THE HOLY FAMILY | Known Signs | THE ANGELIC DREAMS / THE FLIGHT TO EGYPT |
| Covenant Role | LEGAL FATHER OF THE MESSIAH | Divine Access | AN ANGEL APPEARED TO HIM IN A DREAM - MATT 1:20 |
| Divine Encounter Level | ANGELIC DREAMS | Classification | GUARDIAN / CARPENTER |
| Covenant Status | OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID | Known Miracles | NONE RECORDED |
| Divine Commission | CONFIRMED | Threat Assessment | HEROD'S SWORD / PUBLIC SHAME |
| Mission Status | COMPLETED | Archive Category | NATIVITY / PROVIDENCE |
Why he did not divorce Mary quietly: AN ANGEL TOLD HIM THE CHILD WAS OF THE SPIRIT
What name he was told to give: JESUS, FOR HE WILL SAVE HIS PEOPLE
The subject, a carpenter of Nazareth of the house of David, was betrothed to Mary. Finding her with child and being a just man unwilling to shame her, he resolved to divorce her quietly.
An angel appeared to him in a dream, telling him not to fear to take Mary as his wife, for the child in her was of the Holy Spirit, and he was to name the boy Jesus, for he would save his people from their sins.
The subject obeyed, took Mary as his wife, and named the child Jesus. He went with her to Bethlehem for the census, where the child was born.
Warned again in a dream, the subject fled with the child and his mother to Egypt to escape Herod's slaughter, and returned only after Herod died, settling in Nazareth.
The subject brought the child to the temple and to the Passover, and taught him his trade. He is last recorded when Jesus was twelve; the record preserves no account of his death.
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- A righteous man listens to God and obeys without complaint.
- Quiet obedience guards and provides for what God entrusts to us.
- Faithfulness is often shown in duties no one applauds.
