Monday, January 31, 2011

Redeemed for What?

I ran across this post last Fall, and have been planning on sharing it here ever since.
I'd half forgotten about it until we started a new Bible reading plan with the new year, and I read Genesis and Exodus and began to ponder the symbolism Chris talks about in here.


Redeemed for What?

"I was reading the Exodus story in the past couple days, and was struck by a few things that I want to share here.

The story of the deliverance of Israel from Pharaoh is a type for the deliverance of the Church from sin and death. God comes to redeem His people, his chosen ones, and to bring them into a land flowing with milk and honey. But as we read Exodus, we find that God early on gives a specific purpose for Israel to leave Egypt...." Continue reading