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The Exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land was originally supposed to take around 11 days based on the direct journey from Egypt to Canaan, but the journey took 40 years due to the Israelites' disobedience and wandering in the wilderness.
We may be the modern day “Moses” (of sorts), but how long we spend in the desert and whether or not we make it into the “Promised Land” is entirely up to us.
We live in the last days.
We don’t live in the last day.
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
Luke 4:18-19
Jesus quoted Isaiah but left out the last portion of the verse:
“to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,”
Between the favorable year of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God is thousands of years.
We know that because its been at least 2000 years and there hasn’t been a judgement day yet.
We should carry ourselves as though we live in the year of the Lord’s favor, not the day of vengeance of our God.
The gates of heaven will be wide open (contrary to popular belief) [Rev. 21:25]
They’re open because there’s no intention of keeping darkness out.
When given the opportunity, it won’t want to enter.
Eden didn’t cease to be Eden just because there was a snake 🐍 in it.
The presence of evil isn’t what tarnishes; it’s our co-opting with it that does.