S4E10: Why we end up in the desert when God calls

About this episode

The episode explores the archetypal journey of the Israelites into the desert after escaping Egypt, reflecting on the patterns of following God's call.

Send us Fan Mail After the Israelites escape the Egyptian army that pursued them, they find themselves in the desert. In one sense, this was expected since geographically and physically, Egypt was surrounded by the desert. Yet, the narratives in Exodus, just as in Genesis, are archetypal stories—that is, they describe a kind of templates or pattern of what happens whenever a people follow the call of God. Or to put it differently, that's how Reality works. Such people, at one point or another...

People in this episode

Host: Paul Seungoh Chung

Topics covered

• desert experience
• call of God
• Israelites
• Exodus narrative
• spiritual journey

Keywords

• Israelites
• desert
• Exodus
• Genesis
• spirituality
• God's call
• archetypal stories

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Exodus, Genesis

Places: Egypt, desert

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