Reflections For Lent 2026 Part Four: Joseph, Egypt And Sin Egypt, often in Scripture, is seen as a symbol for sin, which is why it can be said we must flee from Egypt and go to the Heavenly Jerusalem.

Often, Egypt is seen as a symbol (or an allegorical type) of sin, so that when we read we are to flee from Egypt, we should read it is fleeing from, and overcoming, sin:
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Fight to escape from your own cleverness.

- #JohnClimacus, ‘Ladder of Divine Ascent’

Do not be surprised that you fall every day; do not give up, but stand your ground courageously. And assuredly, the angel who guards you will honour your patience. - John Climacus
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I have no doubts.

Christian Supremacists want to rule. The world. If Not the Univers.

Without setting foot on #TheLadder
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Painted in 543 AC.

Last year, I found this wonderful painting on the in'ernet:

#JacobsLadder by #JohnoftheLadder or #JohnClimacus
painted around 542 AC - in a monastery near Mount Sinai...
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Humility is the only virtue that no devil can imitate. If pride made demons out of angels, there is no doubt that humility could make angels out of demons. - John Climacus
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Fight to escape from your own cleverness.

- #JohnClimacus, ‘Ladder of Divine Ascent’