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Daily Bible - The Red Sea Crossing

Today's reading is found in Exodus 13:1 to Exodus 15:27.

The events of Exodus 14 are for the Old Testament what Jesus Christ is to the New Testament, for God revealed Himself in redemption and salvation. Note that God is doing his deeds to gain glory and to show the Egyptians that He alone is the Lord. God allows difficulties in our lives to show his glory even now!

The Egyptians had the idea that they had done no wrong. After all, they had just released a nation of slaves. How could they have forgotten the Passover that took the firstborn of each family?

And what about those Israelites? They were recently delivered from generations of slavery and led by God himself with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. Then they face the Red Sea as an obstacle to cross if they are to escape the advancing Egyptians and are terrified. This is a lack of faith on a grand scale, but we all show less faith than we ought to, so I have no room to talk.

Today we need excellent leadership like the leadership Israel had in Moses. His response was to stand firm and let God do the fighting. He didn't know how God planned to deliver them, but he had learned to trust God. As God delivered Israel through the Red Sea and then destroyed the Egyptian army, I'm sure the Egyptians were convinced!

But were the Israelites convinced? How long did they remember Gods redemption?