“Back to Egypt” was a recurring theme in the early days after the Israelite Exodus. Time and time again, whenever things seemed to get the least bit rough, the Israelites started complaining and begged to go back to Egypt. Forgetting the fact that they had been slaves and that Pharaoh ordered the death of their infant sons, the Israelites constantly sang the praises of their captivity: Everything was good in Egypt! We had plenty of food and water and we weren’t in danger of being killed by anyone!
The Israelites did not count themselves dead to Egypt. Although they had been rescued from slavery by God and come into a covenant relationship with Him as His chosen people, they still retained a sort of twisted allegiance to Egypt. Egypt remained in their hearts. It was a sort of escape hatch: Oh well, if this doesn’t work out, we can always go back to Egypt!
This is a beautiful song, written and performed by Andrew Peterson (author of the Wingfeather Saga). I couldn’t help thinking of this song while writing this post.
~ A Servant of the King
To the praise of His glory
The Director says
This made my day. Thank you so much!
Ayden Black says
Are you LDS? Or are you just very religious?
Gillian Adams says
No, I am not a LDS. I am a Christian and my faith is very important to me so I write about it here on my blog!