出埃及記13:17-22

13:17 法老容百姓去的時候，非利士地的道路雖近，上帝卻不領他們從那裡走；因為上帝說：「恐怕百姓遇見打仗後悔，就回埃及去。」
13:18 所以上帝領百姓繞道而行，走紅海曠野的路。以色列人出埃及地，都帶著兵器上去。
13:19 摩西把約瑟的骸骨一同帶去；因為約瑟曾叫以色列人嚴嚴地起誓，對他們說：「上帝必眷顧你們，你們要把我的骸骨從這裡一同帶上去。」
13:20 他們從疏割起行，在曠野邊的以倘安營。
13:21 日間，耶和華在雲柱中領他們的路；夜間，在火柱中光照他們，使他們日夜都可以行走。
13:22 日間雲柱，夜間火柱，總不離開百姓的面前。

¹⁷ When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, “If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.” ¹⁸ So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea.^[a] The Israelites went up out of Egypt ready for battle.
¹⁹ Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place.”^[b]
20 After leaving Sukkoth they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert. ²¹ By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. ²² Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.

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    摩西帶領以色列人出埃及，還帶著約瑟的骸骨，因為約瑟曾叫以色列人嚴嚴地起誓，對他們說：「上帝必眷顧你們，你們要把我的骸骨從這裡一同帶上去。」

    這就讓我們想到兩位逝去的蔣總統，過去反攻大陸的遺志沒有完成，握了鼓勵我們這些後繼者，能夠有一天完成反攻大陸，將他們的遺骸帶回大陸安葬！真的和約瑟有同樣的心情！當然，他們是帶著對上帝的信靠，希望上帝成就他們心中所盼望的！

    或許有人說，這只不過是人的幻想罷了！但是，對於有我們相信上帝應許不落空的人，是非常敬佩他們有這樣的信心！可是，照聖經的信仰，我們盼望的不只是反攻大陸，更是耶穌基督的再來，上帝國的實現呢！