"...imagine how the Israelites under Moses would have given their "testimony" to someone who asked for it. They would have said something like this: We were in a foreign land, in bondage, under the sentence of death. But our mediator - the one who stands between us and God - came to us with the promise of deliverance. We trusted in the promises of God, took shelter under the blood of the lamb and he lead us out. Now we are on the way to the Promised Land. We are not there yet, of course, but we have the law to guide us, and through blood sacrifice we also have his presence in our midst. So he will stay with us until we get to our true country, our everlasting home. "Now think about it. A Christian today could say the same thing almost word for word". This little thought experiment showed me, in a single stroke, not only that the Israelites had been saved by grace and that God's salvation had been by costly atonement and grace all along, but also that the pursuit of holiness, pilgrimage, obedience and deep community should characterize Christians as well." An excerpt from the forward by Tim Keller to Alec Motyer's book: Loving the Old Testament. (Fearn, Scotland. Christian Focus Publications, 2015 and reprinted 2020) page X.