The sages sometimes allegorize the Exodus into a parable about the journey of our faith. Moses represents our heart called by God, whereas Pharaoh represents our sin nature and the tyranny of the ego... Like Moses you are called by God to “go to Pharaoh,” that is, to confront what keeps you from experiencing your freedom. The “heart of Pharaoh” represents your cynical and hardened self – the defensive ego that is fearful and marked by unhealed grief. You must face this “Pharaoh” and courageously demand to be set free to serve the LORD. The power of Pharaoh represents the “surface” of things - the world and its burdens, its fleeting vanities, its ongoing “need” to control others, and so on. Salvation (יְשׁוּעָה) is likened to rebirth that delivers us from the “narrow places of Egypt” (i.e., from mitzrayim: -מ, from, and צַר, narrow) into newness of life... Yeaseh Retsonekah - Thy will be done
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 14:04:56 +0000
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