OUR FATHER WHO REDEEMS HIS PEOPLE FROM THE OPPRESSOR

The book of Isaiah chapter 19 verses 4 - 5 says this;

I will hand the Egyptians over to the power of a cruel master, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

The waters of the river will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and dry.

The spiritual kingdom of Egypt is a system of authority established by deception, political oppression, tyranical control over its subjects and ultimately, total enslavement.

This system, modeled by pharonic Egypt's marginalization and enslavement of the children of Israel, works to gain control of God's people in order to reduce their numbers and influence. This type of system inflames racial and cultural animosity and then works to eradicate disfavored groups of people.

In contemporary times, this pattern is repeated on a global scale in order to subjugate populations that were formerly free.

Against this back drop, the Lord, in Isaiah chapter 19, intervenes to save His people from oppression and bondage like He did when His people were being held captive in the land of Egypt.

Like in the land of Egypt, multiple avenues of intervention will be used to loosen the grip of spiritual Egypt over God's people.

Verses 4 and 5 describe two paticular conditions that spiritual Egypt will suffer.

Firstly, as the Egyptians struggle to gain dominance, they will find themselves under the rule of a cruel and brutal master.

The people of kingdom of Egypt will lose heart under the violent and harsh rulership of their new king and they will have to endure the same cruelty and harshness they inflicted on God's people.

Concurrently, the supplies of water needed to quench the thirst of their arid land will dry up and they will be parched by the judgement of a drought that will completely drain their main river.

In the end, Egypt's efforts will add up to nothing and God's people will be set free.

Amen.

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