Freedom is a word we use constantly, yet rarely stop to define. In our world, freedom is usually understood as personal autonomy: answering to no one, defining your own truth, living without restraint. The Scriptures, however tells a very different story. Biblical freedom is not the absence of authority or boundaries, but instead, it is the presence of truth. True freedom does not begin when chains fall off. It begins when truth is revealed.
That is why the story of the Exodus does not begin with plagues or miracles. It begins with a Name. Before God moves, before He rescues, before He judges Egypt, He speaks: “I am YHWH.” Authority is established before action. Identity comes before deliverance. Exodus 6:6 records God’s promise to Israel:
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