I came across a new word recently – Mitzraim. Mitzraim is the Hebrew word for Egypt, the place where the Hebrews lived in bondage and oppression for over 400 years. But Mitzraim is more than just a place name or geographical location, Mitzraim typifies spiritual bondage and enslavement to sin.
Mitzraim is the plural form of the word matzor, whose root
word is tzar, and this root word speaks of something that causes pain and
suffering and relates to a place of narrowness, limitation, pressure and
constraint. In biblical texts, matzor is associated with double difficulty or
difficulty that is most extreme.
When we simply skim over Scripture, we tend to miss its
layers of meaning and that entire recounting of the Jews captivity in Egypt, in
Mitzraim, is just one of those instances.
We see that many of the bible’s heroes, at some point, all descended
into Egypt – Abraham, Joseph, then Jacob’s entire family – then came the 430
years of both physical and spiritual bondage.
Today we also descend into states of mitzraim where we’re stagnant, stuck, unable to move forward in life, not progressing; we can feel trapped, caged, being held captive by guilt and shame, by our past, by mistakes we’ve made, things we have said or done that we believe cannot be erased.
Beloved, Mitzraim, Egypt is not just a place taking up space
on a map, it is a place taking up space in your heart. And the very good news
is that, like those biblical Jews, you too can be delivered out of that place,
out of that space.
God took them out of that state of spiritual bondage,
narrowness, oppression, and everything else that Mitzraim represents, and He will also take you out – you can experience your
own exodus.
“Tonight I will go through Egypt and kill every firstborn
man and animal in Egypt. In this way I will judge all the gods of Egypt and
show that I am the Lord. But the blood on your houses will be a
special sign. When I see the blood, I will pass over your house. I will cause
bad things to happen to the people of Egypt. But none of these bad diseases
will hurt you.” – Exodus 12:12-13 (ERV)
The Blood delivers you out of your spiritual bondage – into a
place of spiritual liberation, freedom.
“So if the Son makes you free, then you are unquestionably
free.” – John 8:36 (AMP)
When God takes you out of Mitzraim it is an expression of
His love for you. God has provided a way out of your bondage, beloved. It is
through His only begotten Son, Jesus.
Jesus is our Deliverer, yours and mine. He suffered on the
cross giving you an opportunity to gain freedom from mitzraim; to liberate you
from anything that keeps you from living fully.
The Blood that Jesus shed makes us “free from the power of
darkness” and brings us “into the kingdom of his dear Son. The Son paid
the price to make us free. In him we have forgiveness of our sins.” (Colossians
1:12-14)
Beloved, God is willing to bring you out of Egypt, out of
Mitzraim but it is still up to you to accept His offer to place the Blood on your
house. Will you?
Amen †
Shelley Johnson “Mitzraim” © 2025 July 3, 2025
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