I Have Come Down

I have heard [my people] crying out because of their [misery], and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them. (Exodus 3:7–8, NIV 1984).

My Musings – The immediate context of this passage is the Exodus of the Israelites from their bondage in Egypt. This was not the first time that God came down to rescue His people (e.g., Noah and the flood), nor was it the last time. “For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will…