Friday, 04 December 2009 01:00 | and posted in Mount Sinai
‘Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession.’ Exodus 19:5
The Israelites are a rag tag group of abused scar-bearing ex-slaves who have seen their baby boys drowned in the Nile and have never known true freedom. Talk about issues!
Yet, out of all the nations of the world, God has chosen them to be his treasured possession. But notice the ‘if’: if they obey God. First the Israelites need to learn what it means to be human again.
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