The Lamb King

Chapter 8 God’s Deliverance Out of Egypt and His Care For the Israelite Nation (1446 BC)

The night of the Passover, Pharaoh was awakened by the cries of death, and found his own son dead. Finally, he had enough and ordered the entire nation of Israelite slaves to leave! A whole nation had been freed! This freedom was something that the Israelites would always remember. Every year they would celebrate the Passover hol- iday with a special meal. God had used Moses to deliver His chosen people out of op- pression and enslavement, and now this emancipated nation was looking forward to a land of its own - God’s Promised Land. Lovingly, God took care of the Israelites on their long passage from Egypt to the Promised Land through numerous, mighty miracles. He was the King of this freed nation and wanted them to trust Him and depend on Him as He instructed them how to live as His people.

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