| | Last night our housechurch came together for a meal that commemorated not only Easter, but the way that God was pointing to the coming, death, and resurrection of His Son through the Passover celebration. As a result, I think that this song stood out more to me:
Our enemy, our captor, is no pharaoh on the Nile
Our toil is neither mud nor brick nor sand
Our ankles bear no calluses from chains, yet Lord, we're bound
Imprisoned here, we dwell in our own land
Deliver us, deliver us
Oh Yahweh, hear our cry
And gather us beneath your wings tonight
Our sins they are more numerous than all the lambs we slay
These shackles they were made with our own hands
Our toil is our atonement and our freedom yours to give
So Yahweh, break your silence if you can
Chorus
'Jerusalem, Jerusalem
How often I have longed
To gather you beneath my gentle wings'
(Deliver Us, Andrew Peterson)
The first two verses are from the perspective of the Israelites in the interim when it seemed like God was silent. And yet how much more could it be the whole cry of sinful humanity, yearning for a Savior? God's answer was Jesus. The last verse is Jesus's words as He mourned over Jerusalem (Luke 13:34). God broke the silence with the Ultimate Lamb--the Ultimate Sacrifice for Jews and the rest of humanity alike. A much greater Exodus was accomplished as a result.
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