God has worked wonders, again. Yahweh, the God of Israel, delivered the Israelites from the mighty hand of the Egyptians. The King of Egypt was defeated by the King of Israel, Yahweh. Much of Israel had forgotten her God, yet Yahweh remembered, heard Isarel’s cries, felt her suffering and decided to free Israel through Moses. Egypt was punished for their mistreatment of humanity. The King of Egypt would not let Israel go. Yet, God build a free nation through Moses and worked wonders for weeks in Egypt.
The Ten Insults toward Egypt
Each plague insulted a false god of Egypt. For example, Isis was the God in charge of protecting the Nile River, yet Yahweh turned the Nile to blood. Also Re was the Sun God of Egypt, however, yet Yahweh engulfed Egypt in three days of darkness. Yahweh was about justice and freedom. Egypt was about oppression. Freedom wins!
The Exodus Event is symbolic and literal. I was able to visit Egypt in 2006 and I saw where God worked in the past. However, God is not finished in Egypt. Christians and Jews still live in Egypt to this very day. Christians meet in church in Cairo weekly. I was able to worship God in Egypt just as the Israelites did a long time ago. My prayer is God liberates you form sin; just as God liberated Israel from the hands of the Egyptians. The story of the Exodus is retold every Passover by the Jewish people. Christianity stems from Judaism and therefore we are a part of this great history too. Let God liberate you today!
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