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Monday, November 17, 2008

Our New Old Home

I've been reading through the book of Exodus this last week. It has been so interesting to me to see the parallels between the people of Israel and those of us who identify ourselves as followers of Christ.

One thing that has stuck with me has been the correlation between the ultimate destination of the Israelites and our ultimate home. It is very interesting that we refer to heaven as home. But what kind of home is one that you have never been to? We refer to ourselves as ambassadors to a foreign land, but are there any US ambassadors who have never been to the US? In the same way, the people of Israel were going home, but it was not a home that they were familiar with, but do you know who was familiar with it, those who had gone before them. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, all came from the land that was flowing with milk and honey and now God was bringing his people back to the land he had promised long before they were every born.

Christ came from our ultimate home, and he is there waiting on us. Those of us who have been saved from the shackles of sin are having to endure this desert while we travel home. We must continue to allow our faith in the unseen push us forward through the realm of the seen. May the God that shepherded the Children of Israel through the wilderness also shepherd us through this temporary land with our eyes firmly fixed on the land that we have been promised.