The Hebrew word used in this promise reflects more than just physical freedom; eventually it denotes a spiritual freedom. The word גאל [ga’al] is the action of the closest relative who pays a ransom for the one in bondage.
People in slavery or bondage of any kind are most concerned with one thing – freedom! They cry, “Get me out of here!”
God first revealed Himself as “Father” through the Passover.
God warned Abraham that his descendants would be afflicted in a foreign land for over four hundred years (Genesis 15:13.) Life was good for Israel’s (Jacob) family but not for long:
Purim is the last on the yearly cycle of the biblical holidays. As winter fades our hearts turn to the spring when life bursts from the cold, hard ground. Actually the month of Nissan begins God’s calendar. On the 14th of the Hebrew month of Nisan we celebrate the first and most important of the feasts of the Lord – Passover.
God chose Abram (renamed Abraham) to be the father of Israel and many nations but for many years Abraham and Sarah remained childless.
The Seed of the woman was to have a unique birth and specific family tree. Step one was to create a specific people from whom
Most of the world, and even some in the Church are ignorant of God’s unique relationship with Israel. This ignorance is really a spiritual blindness; if Believers are blind, how much greater is the blindness of the world?
Therefore, our prayers must be directed to bringing down that barrier of blindness.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
Forty days after Yeshua rose from the dead He ascended to the place from which He came – to sit at the Right Hand of the Father. There He will remain until the time that Israel seeks Him. At that time He will return and fight for Israel putting His (and her) enemies under His feet.
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