We watched an amazing ballet production of the Exodus last week. Our granddaughters both danced and worshiped with the cast of performers (at varied levels of dance expertise).

Every one of the dancers was wonderfully prepared to bring praise to God in a heartfelt display of this powerful reenactment of the first Passover celebration. BibleHub

Our hearts were touched as the entire audience gave a standing ovation. I felt a sob catch in my breath during the opening scene depicting bondage to sin. The melancholy voice of one William Jessup choir student, reverberated with an authentic Hebraic sound as she wailed in the midst of the dancers.

Our youngest granddaughter was chosen as part of the three dancers to bring the hyssop (representing the blood of the lamb), which was applied to the doorposts of each Hebrew slave’s home. This act of faith in YHWH (I AM) set them apart from the Egyptian households, who bowed allegiance to Pharaoh. Pharaoh believed himself to be god of his people and over all others.

In New Testament (Covenant) language: our childlike faith in the Father’s provision through the blood of His Son, Christ Jesus the LORD, delivers us out of bondage to sin and death. #lambofGod

What rejoicing occurred in the final scene depicting their successful crossing of the Red Sea. As they all jumped up and down in jubilation, the smiles on each dancer’s face (both child and young adult) became a unified expression of love for God. They poured out soulfully (especially the young man portraying Moses). #humility

Our hope of beginning anew comes from the One who rose again. -Teresa

Numbers 33:1-4 (ESV)

Recounting Israel’s Journey

33 These are the stages of the people of Israel, when they went out of the land of Egypt by their companies under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. ² Moses wrote down their starting places, stage by stage, by command of the Lord, and these are their stages according to their starting places. ³ They set out from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the day after the Passover, the people of Israel went out triumphantly in the sight of all the Egyptians, ⁴ while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the Lord had struck down among them. On their gods also the Lord executed judgments.