Now in this passage, in this movement, something's going to happen that is going to sound eerily similar to an episode that we've already covered in Genesis chapter 12. You might remember there that God had delivered to Abraham for the very first time the massive promise that through him and through his seed, all the nations of the earth would be blessed. And that Abraham himself would be a blessing. But eventually, a famine came upon the land. And because of that famine, Abraham moved with Sarah down into Egypt, which was fairly immune from famines because of their situation being positioned around the Nile River. It was fear. It was famine. It was worry. It was need that drove Abraham down into Egypt.
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In a famous episode during the life of Christ, He invited His disciples to cross the sea of Galilee with Him. "Let us go across to the other side," He said. One by one, they piled into the boat. Many of them had fished the lake for years, seasoned veterans of those waters. They'd seen it all out there. But not that day. That day, a massive storm arose, like nothing they'd ever seen. (15 Minutes/4000 Words)
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