What is often forgotten in this celebration by Jews and Christians alike is that the Hebrews were saved, not from a pagan and capricious pharaoh, but from the wrath of a Holy God—saved by God from God. This is a critical thing to understand; one that will grow more important as the Scripture unfolds. But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust who inflicts wrath? (Romans 3:5) But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being
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