6   Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:   7   And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.   8   And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.   9   And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. ~ EXODUS 6:6-9

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It is hard to put into words the sadness I feel when I read these verses. Everything that Israel had been crying for, knowing that they were God’s chosen people, and here was Moses, waving before them the answer to all that was in their hearts, and they couldn’t receive it. They had become so accustomed to their circumstances that they could not receive the deliverance. But the wonderful thing is, they DID get delivered. God brought them out in spite of their reluctance to believe and God WILL have a Bride who will walk into the fullness of time in this hour.