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Beloved, things are never—never—out of His control. O, that we might remember this, that we might let these words sink and remain in our hearts: do you not know that He must be about His Father’s business?  For, as it happens, His Father’s business sometimes means trouble. After all, He came to be the ransom—the Redeemer—of the world, and that means pain, suffering, and sacrificial death. The Cross: that is His Father’s business. It’s a bloody business, one chock full of grie

For you, Jesus, the Israel of God, repeats and completes the life of Moses. For you, this new and better Moses was born. For you, He fled from the sword of Herod. For you, He was called out of Egypt. For you, He was called to the Cross. For you, He suffered the whips, the thorns, and the nails: the bleeding and the dying. For you, He was called back to life. For you, He shatters the shackles of sin and death that once bound you by His grace. You, He carries out of Egypt, acro