Lead Tidbit
Conditional Prophecy
At the beginning of Va-eira, G-d sends Moshe to tell the people the series of steps He will take in bringing the people out of Egypt and forming them into a new nation. This prophecy has three phases, each in its own pasuk.

Phase one is the Exodus - I will take you out from under the forced labor of Egypt, I will free you from their slavery, I will liberate you with a display of Divine power. Phase two is G-d's promise to take us to Himself as a nation and to be our G-d... and we will know that it was He Who took us out of Egypt. Phase three is, I will bring you to the Land that I swore to give to your ancestors, and I will give it to you as a Heritage... The Ohr HaChayim (18th century Torah commentary) is greatly bothered by a simple fact: G-d promised to bring the people out of Egypt and into Eretz Yisrael. Indeed, He took them out of Egypt, took them unto Him as a nation and became their G-d at Sinai. But He did not bring that generation into Eretz Yisrael. The adult male population (except for Kalev and Yehoshua) died out in the Midbar, and only the following generation made it into the Land. But G-d's promises were to THAT generation. And the introductory keyword is LACHEIN, which, says the Midrash, means an oath.

Answers the Ohr HaChayim: The expression, "And you shall KNOW that I, HaShem, your G-d, took you out of Egypt" is not one of the promises, but rather a condition for what follows it. I will take you out, save you, redeem you, take you to Me, become your G-d - these are all unconditional promises. But the insertion of VI-DA'TEM specifically where it is, acts as a condition for the promise of V'HEIVEITI. If you/we will truly know and understand and appreciate the fact that it was G-d Who took us out of Egypt - i.e. if we truly believe in G-d, in commandment #1 - ANOCHI - I am HaShem your G-d Who took you out of Egypt... then we will merit the fulfillment of the final terms of Redemption - Coming to the Land and receiving it as a Heritage.

One direction to take the Ohr HaChayim in is to realize that we can be THE generation for whom the promise will finally be fulfilled completely. A long ago generation came out of Egypt and stood at Sinai. We get close by reliving the experiences. We get to K'ILU, like we came out of Egypt, like we received the Torah today. But for the V'HEIVEITI promise, some generations were brought into the Land, and later generations were expelled. We can be the ones to be part of the Complete Geula, meaning the complete fulfillment of the three p'sukim of G-d's promises. To be that, we must believe in Him and keep His Torah.