A Freed Servant Choosing To Remain With His Master - For Nov 21
The following is from two different passages in J. Vernon McGee's Thru The Bible Commentary , and portrays how the laws concerning a freed servant choosing to stay with his master out of love and devotion for him and for his bride is a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ choosing to go to the cross for us, out of love to us, His bride. A Freed Servant Choosing To Remain With His Master - by J. Vernon McGee The Law Concerning Master and Servant Relationships (Exodus 21:1-6) In Exodus 21 we come to social legislation. This part of the Law is an important issue at this time because the Israelites had been slaves in Egypt. Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing [Exod. 21:1–2]. These two verses clearly state that the Israelites could never permanently make one of their own brethren a slave. If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if...