Exodus¹ - The parable.

“These Are the Names.”


That’s 👆 the original Hebrew title of the book we call Exodus. A record written by our brother Moses, it tells a story of rescue, relationship, and restoration. While we often read it as Israel’s story, it is just as much the testimony of every believer.



Once, we were bound. God saw our captivity. He heard our cry. And He came down to rescue us.


Exodus is not just history; it is a living picture of how God sets captives free.


* It is God who sees people in bondage.

* It is God who hears their cry for help.

* It is God who sends deliverance.

* It is God who defines the path of rescue.

* And it is God who disciplines us when we refuse His way.


In many ways, Exodus reads like a parable — an earthly story carrying a heavenly meaning. That has always been God’s language. Even when He walked among us, Scripture records that He taught in parables again and again. It seems woven into His way of communicating truth.


In Genesis, we meet God as Creator, introducing Himself and His world to humanity. In Exodus, we meet God the Deliverer, revealing His strategy of salvation. Beyond the story of Israel, we see the journey of every sinner and the process by which God makes saints.


This is the story of freedom from captivity. It is the story of finding the way, the truth, and the life we are meant to live.


So let us indulge in this rich dessert(desert), walk through it slowly, and enjoy every step of the journey.


Happy new month. (February 2026)



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

I was wrong about marriage.

Image
Someone once joked and said that “Marriage is the number one cause of divorce.” No marriage, no divorce, right?😀🤦 But seriously, we live in wild times. People are marrying same gender, animals, themselves—even inanimate objects. And guess what? Some of these are legal in certain societies. But what did marriage originally mean? Biblically, it started with KNOWING  😉 — yes, sex. Adam saw Eve, liked her, and knew her. No priest. No parents. No papers. That got me thinking: when does marriage actually start? I've asked around — “ When did you get married? ” The answers are all over the place. To share a few, some say, “Wedding day.” Others, “When we paid dowry.” while others say, “When we started living together.” Again, is it either of them or some of them combined? But those factors didn't exist in Eden. So I turned to God with the same question. His answer? “ WHEN YOU COMMIT TO HER. ” Not when you sleep with her. Not when you sign papers. Not even when your guardians approve...
Read more

Wrestling with Scripture: A Minister’s Journal”

Image
This year, our fellowship set out on a mission: to grow past being  just members to being ministers —based on Paul’s charge in Ephesians 4:11–12: “ So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up… ” It’s a verse I’ve read and taught with excitement for years. But recently, something about it has been stirring me, bothering me even. Not because it’s wrong—God forbid—but because maybe… we’ve read it with assumptions(Assumpta 😁🤦). And if we’re going to contend for the faith once delivered, I must confront mine. Let's keenly look into that line... Paul says: “Christ himself GAVE...” That’s past tense. Not “is giving” or “will give.” He gave —once. (You'll see why I use the word once when we get to Judas.) That tense raises a question: Was this appointment of apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers a one-time act by Jesus while He walked...
Read more

Let’s Pray Right, Please.

Image
When Paul told Timothy to pray for those in authority, he said: “First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, requests, and thanksgivings be offered to God for all people; for kings and all others in authority, so that we may live a quiet and peaceful life with all reverence toward God and with proper conduct. This is good and it pleases God our Savior, who wants everyone to be saved and to come to know the truth.” — 1 Timothy 2:1–4 (GNB) Now, not many of us think of this instruction from Paul as a soul-winning strategy . Most times, we take it as a governance prayer guide because of how verses are broken up. Verse 1 is read on its own, verse 2 separately, verse 3 and 4 independently—and we miss the flow and connection. As a result, when we’re told to pray for leaders, we pray for their performance, not their salvation. We view them as civil servants in need of common sense, not sinners in need of salvation (#Jesus, Yeshuah, The God who saves). But here’s the truth: common sense...
Read more