1/2/2024 0 Comments Imagine a bible with no mosesAnd the reality is, and we talked about this was the main crescendo last. We are enslaved and there’s nothing we can do about it.īut then you have the Pharaoh and he just represents kings and leaders, but also he represents us when we are stubborn. And so as we read about them being saved from slavery, it’s a picture of us in our spiritual bondage outside of Christ. If we know the story, this what we’ve talked about so far Egypt was enslaving the Israelite people who were people of the. And especially when you read Revelation, it’s talking about this idea of Babylon, this evil empire that comes to defeat us slavery. Other passages throughout scripture move from Egypt to really Babylon. So this is our ultimate enemy, right? This is why we are in bondage, right? Because of. Egypt actually is representative of sin, satan, and death. I’m gonna give you nine different really images in Exodus that really is pointing to the Christian life. I’m gonna give you, this is on your notes, by the way, if you go to Passion creek.church/next you can quickly access the notes for today on an online version. However, they still also have these metaphors to what you and I go through. Some biblical scholars try to come up with this reality that the real, that there wasn’t a Moses, or that there wasn’t actually a crossing of the Red Sea and all those types of things. It’s important for us to not allegorize this to the point that the Exodus didn’t happen. And so there’s many parallels you can make as you read Exodus in fact, many of the New Testament writers make these comparisons for us. The story of Exodus is the story of the Christian life. So the story of Exodus, open your Bibles to Exodus chapter 14. May we not just be heroes only deceiving ourselves, but may we do the word draw near to us, God, as we draw near to you. And so in the name of Christ, God, just grant us your mercy for our sins and your grace for our sufferings as we hear your word today. And thank you that we can give you all that because of the cross. We are broken from un unmet expectations, and so we just give you all of that. Lord, we’re tired from the bondage of this world. Indeed, we have sin against others by not loving our neighbor as ourselves. We have sin against you in thought, in word. So he led the people around toward the Red Sea, along the road of the wilder.Īnd the Israelites left the land of Egypt in battle formation. When Farrell let the people go, God did not leave them along the mat along the road to the land of the Philistines, even though it was nearby for God said the people would change their minds and return to Egypt if they face war. I will be reading Exodus 13, verse 17 and 18.
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