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Zechariah 10
brings us back to the Exodus. God tells
us that He will restore the people. Like
Abraham, He tells the people that they will return and be so numerous that
there won’t be room for them. In fact,
God even tells them that they will pass through the sea of trouble on their way
back.
In comparing
this restoration to the Exodus, God intends to set up a pattern. He is our savior. He is the one who can restore us. He can take us out of bondage and bring us
into peace. He can cause us to prosper
when we have no reason to think we should.
There is
more to the Exodus comparison than this, though. God is sending the message that we will go
through turmoil. Sometimes the turmoil will
be brought on by our own actions like the Babylonian captivity. Other times the turmoil will be brought on by
the oppression of others like the Egyptian captivity.
The point,
though, is that God is bigger than our turmoil.
Self-inflicted or oppression, God can save us. He can take our repentance and bring us to
the Promised Land.
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