Towards the end of chapter 13, as they went, they took the bones of Joseph with them. Because in chapter 50 of Genesis, Joseph made them swear a you go vow, “when up from - in other words, he was confident that God would indeed bring them a here” deliverance—“when you go up from here, you must take my bones with So they you.” do! Where did they go, after fulfilling that oath? Well, they were on the Exodus route and look at a map in just a moment. They had protection of cloud and fire; in other we’ll words, God manifested his protective presence there for them. This was an urgent journey. They were moving. Day and night, at first. When they came to that dramatic scene at the edge of the Sea of Reeds, He even kept the Israelites from the Egyptians. When they crossed the sea, chapter 14, the text is emphatic that they crossed on dry ground. going to talk about the possible location of the of in a moment. I’m “Sea Reeds” Even if not the deep Red Sea, there was sufficient water that when all the walls of it’s water came rolling back on the Egyptian army, they were overwhelmed, while the Israelites had gone through on dry ground, and important to keep in mind. We have that’s some adumbrations here as well. Jesus lived out or embodied in his own life as a human being, as the God-man -- he embodied the experiences of national Israel. So, therefore, Israel crossed the sea; they had a time in the wilderness. going to see that time in We’re the wilderness is a time of real testing. Likewise, Jesus was baptized and then went into the wilderness for 40 days and 40 nights. Kind of a parallel of 40 years in that Israel’s time of temptation. The Song at the Sea Exodus 15 once all these wonderful events had taken place, narrated in prose, – now Moses put it into a song. That song sounds pretty much like at the Miriam’s teaching end of the chapter where they started singing the thing all over again. interesting What’s about this song is that it emphasizes that God is king. His kingdom is forever. We’re going to see toward the end of the song as it reminds us of the whole idea of theocracy
Towards the end of chapter 13, as they went, they took the bones of Joseph with them. Because in chapter 50 of Genesis, Joseph made them swear a vow, “when you go up from here” - in other words, he was confident that God would indeed bring them a deliverance—“when you go up from here, you must take my bones with you.” So they do! Where did they go, after fulfilling that oath? Well, they were on the Exodus route and we’ll look at a map in just a moment. They had protection of cloud and fire; in other words, God manifested his protective presence there for them. This was an urgent journey. They were moving. Day and night, at first. When they came to that dramatic scene at the edge of the Sea of Reeds, He even kept the Israelites from the Egyptians. When they crossed the sea, chapter 14, the text is emphatic that they crossed on dry ground. I’m going to talk about the possible location of the “Sea of Reeds” in a moment. Even if it’s not the deep Red Sea, there was sufficient water that when all the walls of water came rolling back on the Egyptian army, they were overwhelmed, while the Israelites had gone through on dry ground, and that’s important to keep in mind. We have some adumbrations here as well. Jesus lived out or embodied in his own life as a human being, as the God-man -- he embodied the experiences of national Israel. So, therefore, Israel crossed the sea; they had a time in the wilderness. We’re going to see that time in the wilderness is a time of real testing. Likewise, Jesus was baptized and then went into the wilderness for 40 days and 40 nights. Kind of a parallel of Israel’s 40 years in that time of temptation. The Song at the Sea Exodus 15 – once all these wonderful events had taken place, narrated in prose, now Moses put it into a song. That song sounds pretty much like Miriam’s teaching at the end of the chapter where they started singing the thing all over again. What’s interesting about this song is that it emphasizes that God is king. His kingdom is forever. We’re going to see toward the end of the song as it reminds us of the whole idea of theocracy
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