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Deuteronomy 17:16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
Romans 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Galatians 4:9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
Revelation 11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Galatians 2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
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We have been delivered from the bondage of the law of death, in which people who did not follow many of its precepts would be stoned with stones until they are dead. If you are not familiar with the curses of the law, read the last part of Deuteronomy.
In the previous covenant, this was based on God taking the people of Israel out of Egypt with a mighty hand and wonders.
The current covenant is based on Jesus taking on the curses meant for us by dying on a cross.
To return to following this law of death in the current covenant, is like returning to Egypt.
In the same way where the people would say "if only we would have stayed in the land of Egypt instead of dying in this wilderness" - today, people seek to follow laws and precepts that say taste not, touch not, handle not, as if Jesus had not died on the cross instead of relying on the Holy Spirit to restrain sensual indulgence.
So the two are the same. Returning for the same reason, going back makes sense to the flesh that is hostile to God, but also communicates that Jesus died in vain according to the letter to the Galatians.
Romans 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Galatians 4:9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
Revelation 11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Galatians 2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
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We have been delivered from the bondage of the law of death, in which people who did not follow many of its precepts would be stoned with stones until they are dead. If you are not familiar with the curses of the law, read the last part of Deuteronomy.
In the previous covenant, this was based on God taking the people of Israel out of Egypt with a mighty hand and wonders.
The current covenant is based on Jesus taking on the curses meant for us by dying on a cross.
To return to following this law of death in the current covenant, is like returning to Egypt.
In the same way where the people would say "if only we would have stayed in the land of Egypt instead of dying in this wilderness" - today, people seek to follow laws and precepts that say taste not, touch not, handle not, as if Jesus had not died on the cross instead of relying on the Holy Spirit to restrain sensual indulgence.
So the two are the same. Returning for the same reason, going back makes sense to the flesh that is hostile to God, but also communicates that Jesus died in vain according to the letter to the Galatians.