Exodus 14

Good Evening LCM! Tonight is going to be a lot of fun. We are going to cover the whole of Exodus 14 which is going to be a lesson to remember! In fact, the events of Exodus 14 are so powerful that they have impacted the human history for the last 3700 years! Last week we were blessed to go through Chapter 13 with you in which we saw Israel receiving instructions as they were leaving Egypt… This week we are going to see the final climactic moment that will involve the total destruction of the Egyptian armies and result in the total deliverance of God's people from the oppression of the Egyptians…To start our introduction, we want to show you a slide that we covered in our overview of the book of Exodus together because it is a representation of how the events of Exodus 14 were remembered throughout the Biblical narrative.

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• These references are just a small sampling from the Law, Prophets, Writings, and New Testament of the events in the book of Exodus and how they impacted the rest of the Bible.

• Terms like "The God who brought you out of Egypt" or "The God who split the seas" become a Moniker that God uses to reveal himself to Israel in certain points of their history to remind them of what he has done for them in the past.

• To give you an idea of how numerous these references are, we have counted to the best of our ability, that these references occur no less than 1,092 times throughout the Bible…… and that is just what we have counted so far.

• As we have shown you throughout our studies so far, the impact that the book of Exodus has on the story of Israel is integral, woven, and foundational for the rest of the entire Biblical Narrative and future events, particularly the book of Revelation…

• Not only is it the foundational proof-text for all eschatological patterns we see that are predicted to take place in the future, it is the proof text and cornerstone of the Jewish faith.

• It is where the Jewish people are introduced to the God of their fathers that was able to deliver them with a mighty hand from Egyptian slavery.

• This is the same God that has called you by name & who will bring you into sea-splitting moments

• The next thing that we want to review from last week is found in Exodus 13:9.

Exodus 13:9 (NIVUK84)

9 This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the law of the LORD is to be on your lips.

§ You will remember that this mention of the Torah before the Torah was officially given on Mount Sinai caused us to study the eternal nature of the Law and the fact that it existed before time began and will exist forever!

§ On this next slide you will be able to see a summary of our findings.

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• If you are like us, then you found this scripture string helpful and enlightening in regards to the eternal nature and purpose of the Torah.

• While we are not at Mount Sinai yet in our story, we are thankful that the flow of Genesis and Exodus is preparing us to engage with the giving of the Law which will occur in our studies in just a few Chapters…

• As we get ready to conclude our introduction, we would like to focus our thoughts on a few divinely inspired commentaries on the Book of Exodus…

Psalm 78:12–14 (NIVUK84)

12 He did miracles in the sight of their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.

13 He divided the sea and led them through; he made the water stand firm like a wall.

14 He guided them with the cloud by day and with light from the fire all night.

• As you can see, the events of Chapter 14, serve as a strong reminder throughout the generations of the Israelites that Adonai alone had the power to deliver them and he did it in a way that could not be hidden.

• As we look into these events tonight, you are going to see that what God did at the red sea was much more than just splitting the waters, it was symbolic at it's core and was intended to convey a message to all who heard of it in the heavens and the earth.

• In our next inspired commentary, you will see the intended meaning that was to be understood from looking back on the events of the exodus.

Psalm 105:37–43 (NIVUK84)

37 He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no-one faltered.

38 Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had fallen on them.

39 He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night.

40 They asked, and he brought them quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out; like a river it flowed in the desert.

42 For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham.

43 He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy;

• Next week, we are going to get into the Song of Moses and the rejoicing over the victory at the Red Sea, before we do that we are going to get the opportunity to take a deep dive into the waters of salvation for the Israelites and judgment for the Egyptians.

• According to verse 42 of Psalm 105, the whole reason behind the events of the Exodus was to convey the message that God has not forgotten his Covenant that he made with Abraham nor will he ever!

• The dramatic events of the plagues and the climactic judgment of the Egyptians of the Red sea are all indicators that Yahweh will stop at nothing to fulfill his promises!

• We encourage you to rouse yourselves and buckle in because we believe that this chapter will have very practical and prophetic implications for you who are assembled here tonight.

• Tonight we are going to see what it looks like when a congregation mixes their faith with actions and chooses to obey God's voice by moving forward even though they are surrounded by fear!

• God's gonna lead his sons into a season of sea splitting… Let us enter into it with them in the text tonight

Exodus 14:1–31 (ESV)

1 Then the LORD said to Moses,

2 “Tell the people of Israel to turn back and encamp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, in front of Baal-zephon; you shall encamp facing it, by the sea.

3 For Pharaoh will say of the people of Israel, ‘They are wandering in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’

• To be able to fully grasp how this Chapter is introduced, we need to understand the meanings of the geographical locations mark the vicinity of where this is taking place.

• To start, take a look at this next slide from Rashi so that we can gain a foothold on the meaning of the place names in the text…

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• Rashi helps us define the term "Pi-hahiroth" which means "Mouth of Freedom".

• He also helps us to understand that the term "Baal-Zephon" means, "Lord or Master of the North.

• While we are not exactly sure what to make of Rashi's reckoning of the name changes and locations of these regions, we are quite confident in his familiarity with biblical Hebrew so we have used him as a resource to define these names.

• With that in mind, take a look at this next slide that will give us a few additional pieces of information…

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• On the slide, Nelson has a different understanding of the name "Pi-Hahiroth" from Rashi but being that we as a study team have some familiarity with the Biblical language, we feel like Rashi's interpretation fits best.

• In summary of what you have seen so far, you should be able to understand that the definitions of the places in view should be translated as follows…

• “Tell the people of Israel to turn back and encamp in front of the "mouth of freedom", between "the fortress" and the sea, in front of "The Lord of the North"; you shall encamp facing it, by the sea.

• What you should take away from this, is that the Israelites are at the brink of their freedom and are caught between a fortress and the sea and the Egyptians are about to start pursuing them… Or you could say in another way, they are caught between the "Devil and the Deep Blue Sea…"

• The most striking thing about this is that this is exactly where God told the Israelites to be….. God put them in this position!

• The Israelites are being put in a position that is both the mouth of freedom and the mouth of hell at the same time.

• Essentially, the Israelites are being used as bait by the Lord and they are placed in a trap that looks like there is no earthly possibility of their survival. You have to imagine what this would be like… Your back is to the sea and you are hemmed in by the geography in such a way that there is nowhere to run and soon the most powerful army in the world is going to make their entrance into the only possible escape route, which means that they are blocking the exit.

• To get a fuller picture of what this looks like for us, understand that they were saved by the Blood of the Lamb, they followed the leading of his spirit, and it was God who put them in this trap and the only option is going to be that they trust him to do the miraculous.

• This is no different for us in the room…. You cannot be a Christian if you will not do this…

• God desires to put us in adverse situations to show off his power and if it is your custom to avoid difficulty, then you will end up being a person that calls themselves a Christian but you are not actually a servant of Christ or his purposes nor are you like him in any way.

• You will only end up serving your purposes, your comforts, and protecting your life which belongs to him(saved by his blood remember).

• What if instead of that we make it our high aim to trust him wherever he may lead and bring him glory in the process.

• Take a look at 2 Corinthians 1 on this subject.

2 Corinthians 1:8–10 (NIVUK84)

8 We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.

9 Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.

10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us,

• It was God who put them in the situation and the point was that they would not rely on themselves.

• Christian, God will absolutely design and engineer your circumstances in a way that cause you to be stripped of self reliance.

• Think about what that means for a minute. He will place you in scenarios that are impossible for you to survive in without him… He will cause your self reliance to be demolished and force you to cry out to him so that he can save you miraculously…

• If it is your aim to constantly avoid these situations, then you are not just protecting yourself, you are fighting against God…

Luke 4:1–3 (ESV)

4 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”

• The Spirit of God led Jesus to this place….

1 Kings 19:21

21 So Elisha left him and went back. He took his yoke of oxen and slaughtered them. He burned the plowing equipment to cook the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow Elijah and became his attendant.

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• Just to begin the process of following the Lord, Elisha had to sacrifice everything that was an aide to him…

• His oxen was his livelihood and his source of income… It was his ability to provide for himself and his comfort.

• Before beginning the journey, he had to throw all of this away and commit to a lifelong process of trusting the Lord for everything…

• The biggest test of whether or not you are serious about following the Lord is finding out if there is anything in your life that you are not willing to slaughter and burn for the Lord…

• If your comfort, desires, pleasure, security, relaxation, solace, image, reputation or plans are something that is at the forefront of your decision making process, then you are not led by the spirit and you cannot be a Christian and live like this…

Judges 20:21–28 (ESV)

21 The people of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and destroyed on that day 22,000 men of the Israelites. 22 But the people, the men of Israel, took courage, and again formed the battle line in the same place where they had formed it on the first day. 23 And the people of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until the evening. And they inquired of the LORD, “Shall we again draw near to fight against our brothers, the people of Benjamin?” And the LORD said, “Go up against them.”

• This passage is about the People doing the will of God and in the process of accomplishing this, it was determined by God in advance that they would lose before they got the job done!

• On the first day of the battle 22,000 men died and they asked the Lord if they should fight again, and many thousands of men are going to die on the next day!

• For many Christians, the idea of losing or being in a losing position to get the will of God done does not fit in their pretty little boxes of theology but you better believe that God will absolutely put you in unwinnable positions to get the job done.

• Again if you cannot accept this, then you cant be a Christian…. The overcoming spirit of Christ will say in you, "I will succeed in doing the will of God or Die, and if need be, both!"

• Having said that, we want to zoom out a bit to gain an aerial view of what God is accomplishing through this.

• You might remember that there are a few themes that we have been teaching on in the Book of Exodus…

• One of them is that Moses and Israel are being used by God in the same way that he used Adam and Noah. Both of these figures are introduced in the story after a major shift in the scene from life to chaos and destruction and then Adam and Noah are introduced in the narrative as a kind of restart in the story.

• Both of them come after waters of judgment and are tasked with re-creating the earth and establishing God's order.

• In the Story of Exodus, Moses was saved through water in an ark which was an indicator of something to come later in his life, Now Moses and Israel are going to be saved through waters and it is going to result in a new creation of a Nation that is tasked with bringing God's right order on earth…

• You should be able to recognize that water has symbolized death and life through Genesis and Exodus…. For example,

§ The earth was covered in primordial judgment waters but then land was formed out of it

§ In Gen 6 the waters judges some but Noah was saved through it like Moses/Israel

§ Now the waters are going to represent the judgment of Egypt while Israel will be formed…

• Furthermore, you should remember what we taught you in Exodus 7 about Pharaoh's supposed authority and responsibility to rule over the chaotic waters and to keep the balance of nature in check…

• To remind you, take a look at this next slide.

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• The Pharoah's supposed Ma'at over chaos and the Tanninim or water dragon has been trounced in chapter 7, but is coming to its culmination as God saves Israel and drowns Pharaoh in the chaotic waters that are associated with the Tanninim.

• The saving of Israel through the water and death of Egypt is the culmination of the de-creation/creation themes with Egypt and Israel respectively that have been building.

• The next thing that we have to understand is what all of this is taking place in front of….

• While the Lord is about to finally demonstrate that he alone is the one who has authority over the seas, the tannin, and chaos… He is going to do it right in front of Baal Zephon, which means "Lord of the North"…

• We showed you two slides earlier, one from Rashi and one from Nelson's publishing on the topic of Baal Zephon… Rashi says that Baal Zephon is one of the last gods of Egypt be dealt with and in his view, this was the culmination of Exodus 12:12.

• Nelson indicates that this Lord of the North was a Canaanite God who had gained popularity among the Egyptians which would give the indicator that God was foreshadowing by the Red sea event, what he was going to do to the Canaanite gods as well.

• We would like to suggest that both possibilities are probably at play….Throughout the Biblical narrative, Baal often shows up in regards to Canaanite worship and it is entirely probable that worship of him gained popularity among the Pagans in Egypt…

• This would mean that God's victory at the Red Sea would have a two fold meaning, he is both completing his judgment on the Egyptian gods while he is forecasting his next opponent.

• Now that you are thinking about that, we want to show you a slide to remind you of a concept that we have already taught so that you can get a more complete picture of what is about to take place.

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• What is about to take place is that God is going to demonstrate his power over the Tanin, the deep and the primeval waters again, but what makes this interesting, is the new location that this is going to take place in… Next Slide

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• So the Red Sea event is not only going to demonstrate God's power over the Tanin, the location of where God is going to do this is an intentional shot fired toward "The Baal of the North" that there is nothing that you can do to stop me" and "you're next".

• Take a look at this next slide.

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• You already know that God's triumph over the Red Sea is a demonstration of God's power over the Tanin.. Now you should be realizing that this is happening on the doorstep of Baal's Council to demonstrate that there are no challengers who can step up to claim superiority over Yahweh.

• Pharaoh could not overpower the Tanin and neither will Ba'al.

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• The setting of this climactic clash is between physical armies but also heavenly powers. The names of the location will be repeated in vs 9 again as Pharoah's armies are bearing down on them, emphasizing the heavenly nature of the battle.

• You should never forget the multi faceted message that God uses his people on earth to display. Remember he is putting them in a trap and using them as bait, but he will not leave them there, he is going to deliver them and their obedience is going to be used by him to demonstrate his power to the heavenly realms!

• This ought to cause you to view your obedience with the highest level of importance!

• One final thought before we move forward… Take note that the place that this is occurring in front of is called "Baal of the North"… This is highly prophetic and is a foreshadowing of what God is going to do in the last days. To give you a few short examples, take a look at Jeremiah 1:13 with us.

Jeremiah 1:13–15 (NIVUK84)

13 The word of the LORD came to me again: “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot, tilting away from the north,” I answered.

14 The LORD said to me, “From the north disaster will be poured out on all who live in the land.

15 I am about to summon all the peoples of the northern kingdoms,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones in the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem; they will come against all her surrounding walls and against all the towns of Judah.

• Throughout the Bible, the enemies that God raises up to discipline and judge his people always come from North of Israel.

• These kings and peoples are not in right standing with God, but they are used by him to accomplish his will and after they are finished, God then judges them for going farther than he intended in disciplining his nation…

• This theme of enemies coming from the north to attack Israel forms a cyclical pattern that repeats itself throughout the Biblical narrative and finds it's ultimate fulfillment in the last days…

• To see that, take a look at Daniel 11 with us.

Daniel 11:40–41 (NIVUK84)

40 “At the time of the end the king of the South will engage him in battle, and the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots and cavalry and a great fleet of ships. He will invade many countries and sweep through them like a flood.

41 He will also invade the Beautiful Land. Many countries will fall, but Edom, Moab and the leaders of Ammon will be delivered from his hand.

• In the last days, Daniel foresees that an enemy from the North will invade Israel and overpower it…

• Again throughout the Biblical narrative, it is clear that when armies come to bring Judgment on Israel, he uses powers from the North to do so… Always remember that God does this to refine his people and he always saves them through it in the end!

• In our chapter tonight, God is going to triumph over the chaotic waters that house the Tanin and he is going to do it on the doorstep of the "lord of the North" which is a foreshadowing that he will always save his people and he is ultimately going to dominate the powers of the North that will seek to crush his People Israel…

4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, and the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD.” And they did so.

• God intentionally put His people in a position where they were hemmed in between a fortress and the sea.

• Faith in operating in ministry will always put you in spots where you seemed to be trapped

○ "Where His Spirit leads you, His Spirit will also protect you until your work is done"

○ If it was easy the Baptist would do it ….you cannot please Go while insulating yourself from everything that is difficult

• His glory does not come through your being positioned in your strength

Isaiah 6:3 (ESV)

3 And one called to another and said:

“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!”

○ The Whole earth is full of His glory

Habakkuk 2:14 (ESV)

14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD

as the waters cover the sea.

• The whole earth will be full of the knowledge of His glory

○ His glory is everywhere but the world is not yet aware. God displays His glory through His judgments

2 Kings 6:17 (ESV)

17 Then Elisha prayed and said, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” So the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

• Open his eyes to see the chariots of fire that were already there

• (CONTEXT) Paul's life was one trapped between Migdal and the sea… gaining glory through his weakness and what He suffered

• God will put you in situations that show the world His glory

○ Not in these situations as a punishment for sin.. The fact it is not going "well" does not mean His Spirit did not lead you there

His glory being revealed:

Psalm 105:1–5 (ESV)

105 Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!

2 Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!

3 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!

4 Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually!

5 Remember the wondrous works that he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered, remembering and telling of His judgments.

○ Not a victim because you went through trial.. A chance to bring glory to God

○ We must view our opportunities the same way

○ Willing to sacrifice for many things but not the Lord?

Isaiah 42:6–13 (ESV)

6 “I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations,

7 to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.

8 I am the LORD; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols.

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12 Let them give glory to the LORD, and declare his praise in the coastlands.

13 The LORD goes out like a mighty man, like a man of war he stirs up his zeal;

he cries out, he shouts aloud, he shows himself mighty against his foes.

• the infirmities are there to be an opportunity for HIS glory as He leads and heals

○ We are not humanist, social justice leaders… we are here to bring glory to God

○ The blind man does not have his eyes opened because he is a victim of blindness, he receives his sight because it brings glory to God

○ All who follow must leave Ur, Egypt, fishing boats….

○ If you will not bring Him glory now you would not do it facing an Islamic sword

Matthew 24:30 (NIVUK84)

30 “At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory.

• In our Chapter tonight, the Egyptians are going to "Know" that he is the Lord by experiencing his Glory in the Exodus.

• In the 2nd Exodus, the entire world is going to know because they will all see the son of Man coming in great Glory.

• In between the 1st Exodus and the 2nd Exodus, it is our job to display Him now by choosing to obey the Lord and allow him to put us in situations that will bring him Maximum glory…

5 When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, the mind of Pharaoh and his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”

• This verse should call to mind something that we have taught you in Exodus 12. Let's take a look at Exodus 12:25 in the LSB…

Exodus 12:25–27 (LSB)

25 “And it will be, when you enter the land which Yahweh will give you, as He has promised, you shall keep this new slavery.

26 “And it will be when your children say to you, ‘What is the meaning of this new slavery to you?’

27 that you shall say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to Yahweh who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He smote the Egyptians, but delivered our homes.’” And the people bowed low and worshiped.

• The word that Pharaoh and his officials are using is the same word for Slavery!

• They are upset that they have lost their slaves and now the Israelites are slaves to someone else!

• This should cause this passage to come to mind…

Galatians 5:1 (NIVUK84)

1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

• This is a fascinating verse to consider given that service to God is referenced as Slavery to God.

• This tells us that Slavery to God is freedom and not a burden. It's the best Job anyone could every have and the enemy is so jealous that he will stop at nothing to try to get back his former captives.

• The charge given to us is that we must stand firm!!! There are many attempts by the enemy to shackle us with slavery again and he tries this daily…

• Now on a more overview style level..

• The change of heart in Pharaoh and his Servants is from the Lord and a part of the completion of judgement.

• However consider the absurdity of still wanting to fight after 10 plagues that have:

○ Struck their water source

○ Covered them in disgusting and painful plagues

○ Destroyed their live stock

○ Destroyed their crops

○ Killed people

○ Killed their sons

• It was not long ago that they said:

Exodus 10:7 (ESV)

7 Then Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God. Do you not yet understand that Egypt is ruined?”

• With that in mind it reminds us of a few passages about the future:

2 Thessalonians 2:11–12 (ESV)

11 Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, 12 in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

• The reversal of direction after saying "cancel! What I say, As you say Moses" to now wanting to recapture them is from the Lord and God is using the change of heart to judge them!

• Take a look at how this play out in the book of Revelation.

Revelation 9:20–21 (ESV)

20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk, 21 nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

○ In the future there will be men, like Pharaoh, who clearly understand that the hand of God has fallen on them in judgement and yet still refuse to repent

○ Exodus is our proof text for how we interpret the events that are soon to come

Revelation 16:9 (ESV)

9 They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.

Revelation 16:11 (ESV)

11 and cursed the God of heaven for their pain and sores. They did not repent of their deeds.

Take a look at Zechariah 14, because the events it foretells takes place alongside the Book of Revelation.

Zechariah 14:15–19 (ESV)

15 And a plague like this plague shall fall on the horses, the mules, the camels, the donkeys, and whatever beasts may be in those camps. 16 Then everyone who survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem shall go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Booths. 17 And if any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, there will be no rain on them. 18 And if the family of Egypt does not go up and present themselves, then on them there shall be no rain; there shall be the plague with which the LORD afflicts the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Booths. 19 This shall be the punishment to Egypt and the punishment to all the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Booths.

○ Notice that there are plagues, and then after the plagues there are still nations that are disobedient. What is most interesting is that Egypt is specifically mentioned!

• In Revelation 20, at the end of a thousand years of Christ rule on the earth the disobedient still want to fight:

Revelation 20:7–10 (ESV)

7 And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. 9 And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them, 10 and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

• This whole scenario is reminiscent of the cross, because it looks like a trap like the cross but is actually a triumph.

1 Corinthians 2:8 (NIVUK84)

8 None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

○ If the rulers of this age had understood that the cross would mean judgment for them, they would not have done it but God put Jesus in a trap to draw them out and cause them to strike.

Colossians 2:15 (NIVUK84)

15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

○ The cross looked like a trap for Jesus but was actually a trap for the enemy!

○ Same with Israel in Exodus..

6 So he made ready his chariot and took his army with him,

7 and took six hundred chosen chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.

8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the people of Israel while the people of Israel were going out defiantly.

○ Before we move on to the next verse, we want to make one comment on the word "defiantly".

○ To give you a good sense of what this word is conveying, we should look at Acts 13 together.

Acts 13:16–18 (NIVUK84)

16 Standing up, Paul motioned with his hand and said: “Men of Israel and you Gentiles who worship God, listen to me!

17 The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers; he made the people prosper during their stay in Egypt, with mighty power he led them out of that country,

18 he endured their conduct for about forty years in the desert.

○ Paul uses the word "mighty power" in regards to how God led them out which is the same word that the Greek Septuagint uses for "defiantly" in Exodus 14:8.

○ This is not a defiance that is based on their own strength or willpower… this is a defiance that is result of the mighty power of God at work.

• This reminds us of

2 Corinthians 3:12 (NIVUK84)

12 Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.

○ True boldness comes from the hope that is instilled when we can see God at work in our lives!

9 The Egyptians pursued them, all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and his horsemen and his army, and overtook them encamped at the sea, by Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.

○ The Names are reemphasized as Pharoah's armies approach to ensure an original reader could not miss the connection between judging Pharoah's armies with another kind of heavenly judgment .

○ Lets keep Moving..

10 When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to the LORD.

11 They said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us in bringing us out of Egypt?

○ For sure the Israelites are complaining here … but their statement also underscores how much damage was done to the Egyptian population.

○ You have to imagine why there were no graves left in Egypt!

12 Is not this what we said to you in Egypt: ‘Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

13 And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again.

14 The LORD will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”

• At this point we need to remind ourselves of a familiar homiletic… F.E.A.R. is:

○ False

○ Evidence

○ Appearing

○ Real

• The Israelites are freaking out because of fear and it is causing them to make some radical assumptions…. It was not better serving the Egyptians, they were being beaten and used up to their deaths… They are not going to die in this Moment, they are at the mouth of Salvation!

On that topic lets take a look at a few passages…

Genesis 3:10 (ESV)

10 And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.”

○ Fear caused them to hide…

Genesis 18:15 (ESV)

15 But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”

○ Afraid so she lied to God…

§ Fear also makes you into something, a liar… hiding from God and lying to God

Genesis 19:30–32 (ESV)

30 Now Lot went up out of Zoar and lived in the hills with his two daughters, for he was afraid to live in Zoar. So he lived in a cave with his two daughters. 31 And the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth. 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father.”

○ Fear made them into something, giving themselves to anyone or anything …. Produced enemies of Israel.

○ Fear causes you to make do things that become major problems.

1 John 4:16–18 (ESV)

16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

○ love = obedience Chapter 5:3 says that Love is to obey his commands... Obey and you have nothing to fear

§ Do you love Him more than you are afraid? Your love for Him should drive out and override your fear of everything but Him and the proof is that you are obeying what he says.

Hebrews 11:24–29 (ESV)

24 By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25 choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward. 27 By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.

29 By faith the people crossed the Red Sea as on dry land, but the Egyptians, when they attempted to do the same, were drowned.

○ By faith… not fearing pharaoh's anger .. Moses definitely experienced fear but his faith, love for God and fear of God overrided fear.

Don’t be afraid

Deuteronomy 31:7–8 (ESV)

7 Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land that the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall put them in possession of it. 8 It is the LORD who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”

• When you obey, God is with you.

Luke 12:32 (ESV)

32 “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

• He wants to give you good things but fear gets in the way and prevents you from receiving.

• Doesn’t stop him..,

Stand firm:

2 Chronicles 20:14–17 (ESV)

14 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly. 15 And he said, “Listen, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says the LORD to you, ‘Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed at this great horde, for the battle is not yours but God’s. 16 Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of the valley, east of the wilderness of Jeruel. 17 You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, and the LORD will be with you.”

• Doing nothing is not the point…. Standing firm fully committed to doing what he said is the point.

• Don’t be moved from what he told you.

Psalm 20:6–8 (ESV)

6 Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed; he will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving might of his right hand.

7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

8 They collapse and fall, but we rise and stand upright.

• Safer in Mexico than you are in a fortress if God's will is in Mexico

Isaiah 7:9 (ESV)

9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you are not firm in faith, you will not be firm at all.’ ”

• don't stand firm, you will not stand at all

• There is no half measures or half commitments.

• Fear will hunt you and attack at the weakest point.

• Don’t allow any room…

1 Corinthians 16:13 (ESV)

13 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

• act like a man… stand firm.

• It is a boyish and childish thing to cry and whine.

• Men stand firm despite pain, suffering, fear, and difficulty.

• Babies use their emotions to garner sympathy..

2 Corinthians 1:21–22 (ESV)

21 And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, 22 and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

• The Spirit of God will help you Stand firm as you lean on him.

Philippians 1:27 (ESV)

27 Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,

• Whatever happens… you must stand firm in unity.

• Cannot be done alone…

Philippians 3:19–4:1 (ESV)

19 Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. 20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.

4 Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.

○ stand firm and do not give into things of your former nature.

○ We do this knowing that we will be transformed in him!

• Now that you know that Stand Firm means to be steadfast in what God has already told you to do, let's focus on a second on what Moses meant when he told the Israelites to "Be silent"..

• Let's take a look at the Hebrew word for "Silent" on this next slide.

• Read Slide

• What Moses is telling the Israelites to do is to silence the squealing, whining, and pitiful voice inside them that is crying out because their flesh dislikes the opposition.

• The flesh is the culprit of all fearful thoughts because it does not like difficulty or trial.

• This must be silenced.

• Additionally it is worth noting that "Stand firm" is not just practical counsel. It becomes a command relating to the last days because of its association with the first of the 7 beastly gentile empires.

Matthew 24:10–13 (ESV)

10 And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. 11 And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. 12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

2 Thessalonians 2:1–3 (NIVUK84)

1 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers,

2 not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come.

3 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.

○ Paul is speaking about the Gathering in resurrection, rebellion, and describes the destruction of the Anti-Christ.

○ Skip down to verse 15

2 Thessalonians 2:15 (ESV)

15 So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter.

○ The Phrase "so then stand firm and hold to the traditions" is anticipatory of the final battle.

15 The LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward.

• To help you understand what is going on here, remember that in verse 10, the Israelites are the ones that are crying out and Moses responded to them by saying "stand firm", "you only need to be silent".

• Now in verse 15, God is speaking to Moses and telling him to personally stop crying out and to get the people moving.

• This is interesting because verse 14 has Moses calm cool and collected . Not recorded as praying and definingly not crying out.

• To be clear, In the Hebrew, Greek and Latin the "You" is singular and directed to Moses alone as far as syntax are concerned.

• So in our view there can only be 3 possibilities of what is happening here.

1. Moses is just being spoken to as an ambassador or mediator and God is not speaking about his cries but the peoples cries.

2. Moses could have been praying and it is just not recorded in which case he is being directed to stop praying and get moving.

3. You can split the difference and it could be both because it fits the context (Vs 10 people crying out) and has Moses as being given directives that relate to a time to stop praying and start acting.

• As a team, we feel like the 3rd option is probably the best to go with. Here is how one Jewish sage put it in his own words:

Read slide.

• Jonathan sees God's response as being directed at the people and Moses…

• This would indicate that Moses did speak the right thing to the Israelites, but as a mediator would, he then turned to the Lord for further direction.

• This would make God's response less of a correction toward Moses and the People and more of a confirmation that they are doing the right thing and now is not a time to stop and pray or cry out.

• This also proves that when Moses told the people to stand firm, he did not mean stand still.

• On that topic, take a look at this next slide.

(Read slide)

16 Lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground.

• The last time that Moses "lifted" (Heb. "Rum") his staff was to strike the waters of the Nile and turn them into blood.

Exodus 7:20 (ESV)

20 Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded. In the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants he lifted up the staff and struck the water in the Nile, and all the water in the Nile turned into blood.

• In today's chapter Moses is going to lift up his staff, divide the waters, walk through them while being unharmed, and then fill the waters with the blood of the Egyptians.

• Another thing that is neat in this verse is that the Same Hebrew word for dry ground in this passage is the same word that is used in Genesis 1:9-10

• Genesis 1:9–10 (ESV)

9 And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

• In Genesis God caused dry ground to appear so that there would be a new creation that was brought forth out of the judgment waters of the old creation.

• In Exodus God is gathering waters so that dry ground will appear out of the Judgment waters of the old and he is going to cause a new creation to walk on that dry ground so that they will be on their way to bringing order to the earth!

17 And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they shall go in after them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen.

18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten glory over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”

• We taught on this earlier in our Chapter, that the knowledge of the Lord comes from seeing his glory that is displayed in his judgments on the earth.

• With that in mind, we should review Isaiah 26 one more time.

Isaiah 26:9–11 (ESV)

9 My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

10 If favor is shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he deals corruptly and does not see the majesty of the LORD.

11 O LORD, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed. Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.

• God's judgments are necessary for the world to know him.

• He will be known by all either through his demonstration of kindness toward those who repent or by his sternness toward those who refuse.

• If his judgement be for us that we join him in between Migdol & the sea, so be it! We will experience supernatural favor in it, while his enemies experience supernatural judgement

19 Then the angel of God who was going before the host of Israel moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them.

• We have already taught on the Angel of the Lord in Exodus 3 so we will not take much time here, but so that you can see what is happening, verse 24 is going to say this about the pillar:

Exodus 14:24 (ESV)

24 And in the morning watch the LORD in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic.

• The Angel of the Lord is God's representative and often times when one is speaking, the other is referenced. For example take a look at what we taught you in Exodus 3.

Exodus 3:2 (ESV)

2 And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.

&

Exodus 3:3–4 (ESV)

4 When the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.”

• Remember that God cannot be seen and so he will use a representative to demonstrate himself through.

• The Angel of the Lord is in the Bush and the pillar but when he speaks, it is as God is speaking because he represents Yahweh.

• Take a look at this next slide.

(Read slide)

• It should be clear that the pillar of cloud is the manifestation of the Angel of the Lord and he is the one that is marking the way for the Israelites and protecting them at the same time.

• With that said, we want to remind you of some connections between Exodus and Genesis that we taught you in our introduction to the Book of Exodus.

(Read Slide going from left to right) Example: Both Jacob and Israel had to escape external threat, Jacob from Haran and Israel from Egypt…. Etc.

(Same as above)

• What happened in Genesis with the Patriarch Israel, is now happening with the Nation of Israel on a much larger scale. They both have angelic escorts!

• The Angel of the Lord is with the nation of Israel just like the angels of God were with Jacob in Genesis.

20 coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. And there was the cloud and the darkness. And it lit up the night without one coming near the other all night.

• Now that you are aware that the Angel of the Lord is present in the cloud on this day of rescue, there are a few Biblical themes that are at play that we want you to be aware of.

• We are about to see the total destruction of Israel's enemies and the salvation of Israel and on the day that this is happening there are clouds, darkness, and fire present and there is someone who is riding on the clouds.

• This is rich biblical imagery that is not limited to the Book of Exodus alone, it forms an image of what the last days will be like.

Ezekiel 34:11–12 (ESV)

11 “For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. 12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness.

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Nahum 1:3 (ESV)

3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, and the LORD will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Daniel 7:13–14 (ESV)

13 “I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. 14 And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages

should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.

• In Exodus, the Angel of the Lord is riding on a cloud to save Israel, in the last days it will be Jesus.

• Understand that the Angel of the Lord and Jesus are not the same person but they do share a function.

• The Angel of the Lord is a representative of Yahweh and Jesus is the representation of Yahweh.

• The Angel of the Lord is doing in Exodus what Jesus will do later in the last days.

Matthew 24:30 (ESV)

30 Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

• In every way the first Exodus forms a pattern that will be fully played out in the last days!

• Jesus is not going to come on the clouds to rapture his people, he is going to come on the clouds to judge the enemies of God while he saves Israel and the nations that have been grafted in with them!

21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

22 And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

• This is the part of the teaching that we believe is prophetic for our church in this season and this time….

• Understand that none of this would have happened if the Israelites did not obey what Moses told them in verse 15:

"15 The LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward."

• The Israelites had to go forward before God did the miraculous!

• They could not wait for God to act first, they had to move in faith and then their faith did something and God responded!

Philemon 6 (NIVUK84)

6 I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.

• Faith has to be activated in you by your actions…

• There is no faith without deeds.

James 2:17 (NIVUK84)

17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

• Talking about something is not faith.

• Cannot just wait for the miraculous… Israelites had to demonstrate faith first and then God moved.

Hebrews 4:12 (NIVUK84)

12 For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

• The proof of the word of God having an effect in your life is that there will be actions that are produced from the Word…

• Now that we have established that, take a look at what Psalm 114 says is going on here in Exodus…

Psalm 114:1–8 (ESV)

114 When Israel went out from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

2 Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

3 The sea looked and fled; Jordan turned back.

• It was not that the sea just split because there was a strong wind, this verse indicates that the Sea was actually running away from the People of Israel had become something…………….

• This verse says that the People of Judah and the Israelites with him became the sanctuary of God!

• This means that God was dwelling with them and in them because their faith was activated by their actions and it caused them to become the inhabitation on earth!

• The sea could not stand in their presence, it had to run away because they had become God's sanctuary!

• We mentioned earlier that fear will turn you into something…. It will make you lesser than everything else in God's creation. It will make you weaker than everything around you.

• But faith will turn you into something else too! Faith that is activated by actions will cause you to be a power house of holy spirit power that will cause even the creation to bend it's knee to asist yo

4 The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

5 What ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back?

6 O mountains, that you skip like rams? O hills, like lambs?

7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

8 who turns the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of water.

the flint into a spring of water.

Hebrews 4:2 (NIVUK84)

2 For we also have had the gospel preached to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because those who heard did not combine it with faith.

23 The Egyptians pursued and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.

24 And in the morning watch the LORD in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic, 25 clogging their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily. And the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from before Israel, for the LORD fights for them against the Egyptians.”

○ Jammed, not just fell off:

Exodus 14:25 (NET 2nd ed.)

25 He jammed the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving, and the Egyptians said, “Let’s flee from Israel, for the LORD fights for them against Egypt!”

Exodus 14:25 (LES2)

25 and he bound the axles of their chariots, and he led them by force. And the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from the presence of Israel! For the Lord is fighting against the Egyptians on their behalf!”

○ We do not see support for the assumption that the wheels were stuck in mud. The ground has been referred to as dry ground repeatedly. It seems to us that what happened to the chariots was more violent and direct as the result of being stricken by God

○ The Egyptians say YHWH is fighting for the people see vs 18 - parallel this with the nations knowing YHWH is with Israel

Zechariah 14:9–11 (ESV)

9 And the LORD will be king over all the earth. On that day the LORD will be one and his name one. 10 The whole land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But Jerusalem shall remain aloft on its site from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses. 11 And it shall be inhabited, for there shall never again be a decree of utter destruction. Jerusalem shall dwell in security.

Isaiah 2:2 (ESV)

2 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it,

Micah 4:1–2 (ESV)

1 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and it shall be lifted up above the hills; and peoples shall flow to it, 2 and many nations shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

26 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the water may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.”

27 So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal course when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the LORD threw the Egyptians into the midst of the sea.

28 The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen; of all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea, not one of them remained.

○ Moses literally has the upper hand on Pharaoh

○ 21-28 these events follow:

○ Adam's life post primordial judgment waters

○ Noah's salvation post worldwide judgment

29 But the people of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.

31 Israel saw the great power that the LORD used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in his servant Moses.