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What the Bible says about Pharaoh as a Type of Satan
(From Forerunner Commentary)
God's experience with Israel (recorded from Exodus through Deuteronomy) is helpful in understanding this. Slavery in Egypt, where they faced certain, ignominious death, represents the world, and Pharaoh represents Satan. Leaving Egypt symbolizes what justification accomplishes in God's spiritual plan: It frees from bondage.
But God did not stop working with them at that point. He revealed His law to them, and then commanded them to choose to live by it. They had to endure a forty-year pilgrimage, enduring many trials along the way, before they finally were delivered into their inheritance, the Promised Land, which represented salvation. However, many perished along the way because they did not live by faith, as shown by their disobedience to His revealed law.
John W. Ritenbaugh
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Twenty-Nine)Related Topics: Bondage | Bondage to Satan | Bondage to Sin | Bondage, Release from | Bondage, Spiritual | Egypt | Egypt as Sin | Exodus | Promised Land | Promised Land, Journey to | Sin Produces Slavery | Sin, Bondage to | Sin, Slavery to | Slavery | Slavery to Satan | Slavery to Sin
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