Well, it's been quite a while since my last entry. June was such an eventful month that I never had a free moment to post anything. I'm slowly creeping towards the close of Genesis; and I'm hoping to pick up the pace now that things are starting to settle down.
Just one quick observation after reading Genesis 47: as the people of Egypt are selling their possessions, and ultimately their freedom, to the king in exchange for protection against the famine, I couldn't help but have in mind our current American economic situation. In Genesis 47 we see that the people's loss of liberty is a gradual process. First they must exchange their sheep, ox, cattle, etc. for food. Then they must sell their land. And ultimately they must sell themselves in order to eat and feed their families. This process took years, and some may say they had no choice. I see today the gradual selling off of our liberties to our increasingly powerful government as a striking reenactment of what happened in Egypt thousands of years ago. Jacob's progeny became slaves of the state, eventually prompting them to flee the region altogether. As we, today, become slaves of the American state, what exactly will our Exodus be like?
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