Look at him there at the river, a big, strong, healthy man, on this side running from God, on the other side a limping prince. Oh, my. How that he said, “Joseph, my son, put your hand on my hip, limping prince, and swear by God that you’ll not bury me down here.” I wonder why? Took him up in Palestine and buried him. Joseph, when he died, said, “Don’t you bury me down here.” Wonder why? Said, “Take my bones and bury them up in—up in the promised land, up in Palestine.” Why? It’s not written in the Word; it’s between the lines. They were prophets. They knowed that, what was going to take place. Along came Jesus, the One that Job saw, his Redeemer. And they wanted to be buried the same way Job was, same place he was, same way he was. So then when Jesus came on Easter morning, when He rose from the tomb, the…Said, “Many of the saints that slept in the dust of the earth, rose and come out of the grave and entered into the city and appeared to many”: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Job. What was it? Look brother. They knowed there was no resurrection down in Egypt, the resurrection was in the promised land.

Speak to the Rock, 1953-05-12, Jonesboro, AR, §26