DAY 3 EXODUS 7:1–7
No story is more humbling, more beautiful, and more hope-instilling than the biblical story of redemption.
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f someone were to ask you what the Bible is about, what would you say? How would you describe the content of God’s word? What would you tell people to convince them that the Bible is the most important book ever written? The Bible is more than a history book, a theology book, a book of practical everyday wisdom, or a book of hope for troubled times. The Bible is essentially a grand origin-to-destiny narrative. It’s God’s story, accompanied by his explanatory and applicatory notes. One big theme holds together all the different parts of the Bible and all its different genres of literature. That theme is the theme of redemption. The Bible is the story of God’s unleashing his power in order to provide the one thing that everyone needs: redemption. We need to be redeemed not just from the trials of life or our inadequacies or our weak- nesses. No, we need to be redeemed from our sin. The main target of God’s redeeming grace and power is not something outside of us, but something dark and destructive that lives inside of us. The biblical story is marked by moments when God unleashes his redeeming power, so that his plan marches on until sin is fi- nally and completely defeated and peace and righteousness reign on earth forever and ever. The liberation of Israel from Egypt is one of those redemp- tive moments. The children of Israel cannot be exterminated in Egypt because the Messiah must come out of Egypt to provide final redemption for the chosen children of God (see Hos. 11:1). God demonstrates his lordship over every aspect of creation by unleashing his power in ten mind-blowing plagues. He is a
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