[See WE 3139-41, explaining Gen. 50:15.] 3142. They are here called "the brothers of Joseph" for the reason spoken of above [WE 1925, 2466, 2898], which is that from the posterity of Jacob and in the tribe of Judah the Messiah was born. All in the whole world will also speak in this way, both he who is called Jacob and he who is called Israel, for everyone will acknowledge, because in his own conscience he knows, that he has held God the Messiah in hatred; because man is evil from infancy, and loves nothing but the world, and thus rejects love toward God the Messiah. Then those who are called Israel will likewise say, "Perhaps Joseph will hold us in hatred, and repaying will repay us for all the evil that we did to him." For they do not know their own judgment before it has been pronounced, and everyone is called to account for the crimes he has committed and then thrust down, so to speak, into damnation. From this damnation, however, those are snatched away by God the Messiah who, through belief in Him, are children of Israel. This is confirmed in the Word of God the Messiah, as I was also allowed to observe