Out of Egypt:

why did i call this blog "Out of Egypt"?

I have never been to Egypt, nor do I know as much about it as one might wish. When I named this blog, I was not thinking of a literal journey out of Egypt, but rather of the exodus from sin to freedom in Christ. No believer has yet arrived at perfection, but rather we press on to take hold of that for which Christ has taken hold of us (Phil. 3:12-14). We are still in the desert, rather than glory (Heb. 11:13-16). Yet it is sufficient to have Christ's presence as our cloud and pillar of fire, to have His Word as our manna, to have His Spirit as the water coming from the Rock, and to have His Cross as the sign on which we look for salvation (John 3:14-15).

We are bound for the Promised Land, but we aren't there yet. The "theology of glory" would have us enjoy the riches of Egypt - but we could not enjoy them purely until both we and they have been refined by fire. Then, at the Last Day, we may say to the Lord, "You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance" (Ps. 66:12).