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AATHAVAN💚 May
18, 2025. 💚
Sunday
"Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!" (Isaiah 30:1–2, KJV)
The Old Testament is a shadow of the New Testament. Just as the people of Israel were enslaved under Pharaoh in Egypt, today, in our spiritual lives, we are often enslaved by sin. Just as Moses delivered the Israelites from the bondage of Egypt, the Lord Jesus Christ has redeemed us from the bondage of sin.
We repeatedly read in the Scriptures that God warned Israel not to return to Egypt. Yet, many of them, disobeying God’s word, longed to go back. The reason? The journey to Canaan was through the harsh desert. Rather than enduring the tough path to Canaan, the rebellious children of Israel preferred to find strength in Egypt’s abundance and take refuge in its shadow.
“And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?” (Numbers 14:3) Not only that,
“And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.” (Numbers 14:4)
Yes, dearly beloved, even today many live like the rebellious Israelites. The spiritual path of Christ is not easy—it requires us to endure afflictions. But many, even after experiencing the joy of forgiveness and tasting the love of our Lord Jesus Christ, are unwilling to endure hardships. Like the Israelites who desired to return to Egypt, they desire to return to their former sinful lives. Why? Because the way of unrighteousness offers fleeting, superficial prosperity.
About such people, Apostle Peter warns:
“For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.” (2 Peter 2:20)
And again, “For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.” (2 Peter 2:21)
In today’s meditation verse,
the Lord declares:
"Woe to the rebellious children... that walk to go down into Egypt... to trust in the shadow of Egypt!" (Isaiah 30:1–2)
Yes, beloved, we must reject our old ‘Egypt’—our past life of sin. That life is one of curse. The Lord warns:
“And now therefore hear the word of the Lord, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.” (Jeremiah 42:15–16)
Did not Christ say, “I am the way”? (John 14:6) Even if the path is like a desert wilderness, the way shown by Christ is sufficient for us—for in it is eternal joy.
“The Lord hath said
concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly
that I have admonished you this day.” (Jeremiah 42:19)

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