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Exodus 14 67 68 They remember to take up Joseph’s bones with them. God sends them the long way. God declares that Pharaoh will pursue them. And outfits them as an army. 69 70 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp near Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. They are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal Zephon. Pharaoh will think, ‘The Israelites are wandering around the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert.’ And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” So the Israelites did this. 71 72 When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and have lost their services!” So he had his chariot made ready and took his army with him. 73 74 He took six hundred of the best chariots, along with all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them. The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly. The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi Hahiroth, opposite Baal Zephon. As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. 75 76 They were terrified and cried out to the Lord. They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? 77 78 Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!” 79 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” 80 Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground. Tell the Israelites to move on. 81 82 I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. And I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen. The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I gain glory through Pharaoh, his chariots and his horsemen.” 83 Then the angel of God, who had been traveling in front of Israel’s army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them, coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the other all night long. 84 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. (When was the last time Egypt was engulfed in darkness, but Israel in light?) 85 86 The waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. 87 He jammed the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, “Let’s get away from the Israelites! The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and horsemen followed them into the sea. During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion. 88 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.” The Lord is fighting for them against Egypt.” Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were fleeing toward it, and the Lord swept them into the sea. 89 90 The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived. 91 And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand of the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord; They had faith in the LORD and his servant Moses. 93 But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. That day the Lord saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore. 92 The Miracle of The Sea 94 95 96 The Birth of a Nation 97 98 The parting and passing through of the Red Sea makes the nation’s first breath, out in open air, free, redeemed. Born Again The moment before, there was nothing, but now there is life. Now they begin to put their faith in the LORD. 99 100 Noah’s Tevah & the Flood Creation, Genesis 101 Moses’s Tevah in the Nile 102 Zipporah “Bridegroom of Blood” Water into Blood 103 104 Joshua & the Israelites cross the Jordan Israel is exiled to Babylon Isaiah envisions another ReBirth Celebrate Passover (Isaiah 66) 105 106 Israel, God’s Firstborn Son 6 This is the one who came by water and blood— Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement … 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. “Out of Egypt I called my Son.” Matthew 2 1 John 5:6-8, 11-12 107 108 Jesus baptized at the Jordan Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.” “Look, the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.” 109 110 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” 4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!” 5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus. They spoke about his departure, which he was about to bring to fulfillment at Jerusalem. (Luke 9) John 3:1-7 111 112 The body and blood of Christ. 113 114 Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” 29 A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. 30 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit… 32 The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. 33 But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. Blood and water flowed. John 19:28-30, 32-34 115 116 ReBirth requires something to die. ReBirth is Painful 117 118 “God is not as tame as we want Him to be.” Peter Enns 119 How do we now live? 120 Martin Buber, Israeli Jewish Philosopher defines the parting of the Sea as a moment of “abiding astonishment” that “no knowledge, no cognition, can weaken.” 121 122 And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand of the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord; they had faith in the LORD and his servant Moses. Exodus 14:31 123 “The Exodus story is not a pep talk for when we go through trying circumstances, to teach us that God will win our battles for us. If anything, it is a pep talk to remind us that God has done the battle.” “We are not to say, “What I am going through is like Israel’s Egypt experience,’ but “My Egypt is behind me. I am on the other side of the sea, so how am I expected to live?” Peter Enns 124 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.” John 5:24 If the Son sets you free, you are free indeed. John 8:36 125 126 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17 127 The Miracle of The Sea 129 128