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Excerpted from: Psalms: Book Three (Part Three)Also the fact that when God brought Israel out of Egypt, He made them His sons and daughters, His children. He said, "You are My son." That is in Exodus 4:22-23. He tells Pharaoh to let My son go out of Egypt. He is my firstborn.
So what it is talking about is that when God made the covenant with the Israelites, He made them His Family. And so they took on the surname, if you will, of Elohim. So He could very easily, without any problem, call them gods because they were part of God's Family. And He said, "You should have known this. By covenant I made you holy. By covenant I separated you out and made you a distinct people on this earth because I loved you," He says in Deuteronomy 7. And so He did all these things and exalted them above the peoples of the earth. He says, because you have done this poor job of judging My people (verse 7), you shall die like men. He says, because what you have done by doing all this poor judgment, by ignoring His law, you have basically repudiated the covenant. And in doing so, you are no longer in that exalted position. So you are going to die just like regular men.
Exodus 4:22
Excerpted from: The Father-Son Relationship (Part Three)Here we have a statement regarding Israel's future when they are regathered. They will be called "the sons of God." In this case though it is indicating a special place of dignity and sovereignty among the nations. We will get a little bit more of that by going back all the way to Exodus 4. In this context God is giving Moses his marching orders. He is just about set to leave his family and return to Egypt, and God is telling him what to say to Pharaoh.
Moses was instructed to designate Israel as God's firstborn son. This is a very great honor among nations. It is never applied to any other nation. If things had fallen correctly, and they had submitted to God, they would have had the characteristics of God as human beings.
Exodus 4:21-23
Excerpted from: New Covenant Priesthood (Part 1)The Bible uses a large variety of metaphors, imagery, similes, types, parables, allegories, and analogies as teaching tools. They are used either to hide or cloud a meaning, or sometimes to make them clear—so that there is understanding with God's people either way. Here, in Exodus 4:21, Israel is seen as a cohesive body—as a single human son. In other places, Israel is portrayed as a virginal woman, married to God—and, in other places, as a harlot, who is still legally married but in reality having departed from the marriage in terms of the performance of her duties.
Exodus 4:22
Excerpted from: Wilderness Wandering (Part 3)The entire nation becomes God's firstborn. It is something that He conferred upon them—a very significant honor. To be called a firstborn is an honor that God gives to those with whom He is highly pleased. When we get to understand this, we see that the entire church becomes the firstborn, and that honor is given to them.
Exodus 4:21-22
Excerpted from: Why We Observe Passover and the Days of Unleavened BreadNow Israel is not only His son, but he is also God's firstborn in this context.
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