🌊 《Between the Sword and the Sea: Israel’s Exodus Begins》
🌊 《Between the Sword and the Sea: Israel’s Exodus Begins》 — A Literary Devotional Narrative in English It was still dark when the command came. Pharaoh, once proud and defiant, was now broken. “Go,” he gasped. “Take your flocks, your children… and leave.” And so they did. By the thousands, Israel rose. With dough still unleavened. With sandals still dusty. With hearts pounding. Not as slaves escaping in fear— but as a people delivered by fire and blood . They carried bones—Joseph’s bones— a reminder that this day was long foretold. They left behind bricks and bondage for a promise and a path unknown . And before them, a pillar of cloud by day , a pillar of fire by night — God Himself leading the way. But not long after… they heard it. Hooves. Chariots. Swords. Pharaoh had changed his mind. And the might of Egypt was chasing them. The sea before them. Death behind them. Terror among them. “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that ...