- Bring out, rid of enemies, redeem
Exodus 6:4, 5, 6 And I have also established my covenant with thee, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of he Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments.
The Lord reassured Moses with a renewed promise that He will surely deliver His People through a Great Exodus. Moses needs God’s repeated promise to have the courage and strength to keep going and keep doing God’s will. And so do we. The promise is for us as we read and hear the history of God’s will and purpose. This Event sets the stage for God’s Salvation History in the Bible. God says to Moses, and to us: “I will do it. I will do what I said. I will keep My covenant promise. Trust Me.” God made a covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; God made a covenant with their seed; God made a covenant with us who believe. Be sure that God will keep His promise to save. We know this by hearing and receiving the Gospel by faith and when we take of the “blood of the covenant.”
First, the Lord will bring us out of our bondage. “Abide in my word…and the truth will set you free.” We are in bondage to Sin, Death and the Devil. We are slaves. We cannot stop sinning; we can’t stop death; and the devil is always nearby to destroy. We cannot escape the slavery, unless acted on from the outside, by an act of God. Jesus did this for us and brought us out of slavery.
Second, the Lord will rid us of our enemies. The world lies in the Evil One, but fear not, Jesus has overcome the world. This is the victory that overcomes the evil one—our faith. We are the overcomers, yea, we are more than overcomers through Him who loved us.
Third, the Lord will redeem us with His great power and judgments. God showed us His power in the Resurrection of Christ, and He showed us His judgments at the cross. Our sin is judged, and we are redeemed, which means, we are bought back and brought back to God where we belong.