The Cover Of Grace & The Burden Of The Law

Artem Sapegin

They’d been spared the Plagues that destroyed Egypt. In daylight, their path was marked by a Pillar of cloud, a visible sign of God’s presence and guidance. At night, a column of fire showed their way, symbolizing God’s protection and light in the darkness. They are Israel, God’s chosen people.

Wandering the desert, they murmured against God but experienced abundant grace and mercy:

• Exodus 14:11 — Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? God fought for them. As a result, the Egyptian army drowned in the same sea they had just crossed as dry land!
• Exodus 16:13 — The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.” The father gave them more Manna and Quail than they could eat.
• Exodus 17:3 — But the people were thirsty for water there and grumbled against Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?” God brought fresh water from a rock Moses struck.

God showed His people patience, provision, grace, and mercy in all their grumbling and complaining. At that time, Israel walked under the…