In the Exodus from Egypt is hidden God’s eternal plan for salvation and is
> amazing proof of God's divine plan and foreknowledge...
>
> Egypt in the Bible represents the world and a place of bondage under
> an 'ungodly kingdom'... This is where we all
> start our spiritual journey, as we are all born slaves to sin just as
> the Israelites where slaves to Egypt. The head of Egypt was
> Pharaoh, who is symbolically Satan who ruled Egypt as god, and didn't
> want to 'let God's people go!'
> Satan is called the god of this world in 2 Corinthians 4:4
>
> Our journey of Salvation starts here...
>
> God wants to take us from 'Egypt' to a Promised Land... But there
> are steps we must go through just as Israel did. So the first thing
> God commanded Israel to do to start the journey was to put the blood
> of lambs on the door posts (entrance) to their homes, just as we must
> first accept the sacrificial blood of Christ which forgives us of sin
> and cleanses our hearts... After this God through Moses led them out
> of Egypt, the 'kingdom of darkness'.
>
> Next they travelled from Egypt until they came to the 'waters'... Pharaoh
> gave chase but God miraculously took them through the waters; this is
> symbolic of baptism as we are commanded to believe and be baptised in
> water, Acts 2:38 God then took them through the wilderness, testing
> His people and
> refining Egypt (the world) out of them by letting the older generation
> die off just as we are commanded to learn to die to self. God also fed them by
> 'manna from heaven' and water, struck from the rock just as we are nourished
> spiritually by the Word and Spirit (Living Word/Bread- Jesus, Living
> Water- Spirit).
>
> When they got to the edge of the Promised Land they again crossed
> water (baptism of Fire? Lk 4:14, 12:49) and were given boldness to
> take it as their
> own land just as Jesus "returned in the power of the Spirit" after His
> wilderness temptation!
>
> Our Promised Land is ultimately Heaven/New Jerusalem but can
> also be taken as entering our 'ministry' or true calling... Both Moses
> and the Lord Himself followed a similar pattern by coming out of
> Egypt, being led into the wilderness and then returning to bring
> deliverance to God’s people!
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