Redemption
is for our security, whereas sanctification is for God’s purpose. If we are
shortsighted , we may see only redemption, which is for our benefit. But if we
have the proper discernment, we shall
see that redemption must be followed by sanctification (Rom. 6:22), which is
for the fulfillment of God’s purpose.
In the eyes of God all the children of Israel had been
dead and buried in graves in Egypt. That was their situation before the
passover . The land of Egypt was a huge cemetery in which God’s people had been
buried. Hence, from God’s point of view, His people in Egypt were dry bones. The picture of the dry bones in Ezekiel 37
illustrates the condition of the children of Israel in Egypt: they were dry
bones that needed to be resurrected and formed into an army (Ezek. 37:1, 10). The
exodus from Egypt, therefore, was actually a resurrection. (Life-study of
Exodus, pp. 305, 307-310)
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