However, a close examination of the life of his namesake, Yosef, is illuminating.
One thing to also keep in mind is that 'Messiah' is a multidimensional term. Like 'Israel'. Israel equally refers to the People (Am Yisrael) the Land (Eretz Yisrael) but also Jacob, the man, the Patriarch. So too, 'Messiah' equally refers to a People, an Age, and also a man, an individual, that figureheads and ushers in the Age.