Slavery has been a part of the human experience on planet earth almost from the beginning for many different reasons. In the case of Israel, the entire Bible book of Exodus is the remarkable story of God's deliverance of the entire nation of Israel from Egyptian slavery and God's subsequent several months of instruction of them regarding how to live as the 'chosen people of God'.
Did you know that as part of God's initial explanation to Abraham of the Covenant of Land and People which we've been tracing for the past several days, God predicted these centuries of slavery for Israel? Genesis 15:13,14 "The LORD said to Abraham, 'Know for certain that for 400 years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there. But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions..."
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Today’s Scripture is Ephesians 3. Choose below to read or listen.
Pastor Doug Anderson “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)
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