Which nation is meant by 'the nation to whom they shall be in bondage' in Acts 7:7?
The nation meant was Egypt. Acts 7:7 quotes God's promise that He would judge the nation that held Israel in bondage, and afterward they would come forth and serve Him in this place. The context identifies that place as Canaan.
Les explains that Israel went into Egypt under Jacob, endured years of slavery, and later came out under Moses as a nation of several million people. In Acts 7:7, the “nation to whom they shall be in bondage” was Egypt, which God said He would judge. After that judgment, they would come forth and serve God “in this place,” which Les identifies as Canaan. He is taking Acts verse by verse to learn from the Old Testament in order to prove something in the New.
And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
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In Acts 7:7, which nation did God say He would judge for holding Israel in bondage?
God said that the nation holding Israel in bondage—Egypt—would be judged.