However, as we will see, this lesson will fade. The distinction Jehovah had been making during the plagues between Israel and Egypt is now consummated. Is this the man once so ready to smite Rahab and deliver Israel? They could do nothing and surrender to the enemy, or turn around and fight. Exodus 14:14 Meaning of The Lord Will Fight for You You - ConnectUS Had they trusted God, they would have been spared much grief. Stand still, see the salvation of the Lord." The text does not say if Pharaoh was also killed 1. Moses." However, the more we know of our own lack of resolve and our own cowardice, the more we shall see how like the Israelites we are! Choosing God is leading you 'round about, because God knows that you're not quite ready for some of the things that He has in store for you. Earlier, they thought is the first time that Moses is called His servant. There is no greater title Monday - Friday: 9:00 - 18:30. It speaks of more than a casual observation of a happening but it speaks of perception, or understanding, or comprehending the meaning. Their cries arose because they saw no human solution to their dilemma. I like this. The skies sent out a sound. sea. It is essentially the same command God had given in the opening plague (see comment on 7:19). 4:23; Jos. Exodus 14:13 But Moses said to the people, "Do not fear! Ask, by all means; but prepare yourself to receive. These two truths combine in the Christian; but there is this difference between them that the world also is "bought," and every man in it; whereas it would be false to say that every man in the world is "redeemed." Just believe it like God said. We are not to be always praying over a difficulty; when we have fairly committed it to God, we are to act upon the assurance that he has heard us; nor will such an action be the fruit of rashness, for it is a solid and substantial fact, that prayer does avail with God. Such a purulent eruption baffled their scrupulous avoidance of impurity. "Don't be afraid. 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. Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and theLordswept the seabackby a strong Oh, the precious lessons God teaches us when we learn that He can handle any problem and that He will work wonders far beyond our comprehension. Nevertheless nothing in the text precludes a literal wall of water. Stand still. Reprinted by permission. Accordingly the tale is told with all simplicity. 109:2). This then is brought before us here with the utmost possible care; as the Spirit of God gives immense scope to the allusions elsewhere. By now we have become accustomed to this Pharaoh's double minded dealing, and are not totally surprised he changes his mind. 6. It is obvious that Pharaoh let the Israelites go reluctantly. But then he remembered and recounted the mighty works God did for His people in the past (particularly His mighty deliverance at the exodus). The last part of the book involves the specifications and building of the tabernacle the place where the Lord Himself dwelt amongst His people. There might be unreadiness on their part, but He at any rate was able to make good all He had promised. "But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound" (Romans 5:20). From which we may learn that the heart of Moses was deeply engaged with God, though it is probable he did not articulate one word; but the language of sighs, tears, and desires is equally intelligible to God with that of words. (Exodus 15:1-27). In a certain sense what was set forth is yet more important, as it lies at the bottom of communion, without which there could be none according to God's holy nature. It would've been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than to die here in the wilderness ( Exodus 14:1-12 ). 2:19, "middle watch" in Jdg 7:19). The sea was before them; they were hemmed in on every side, with Pharaoh and his host behind them: how was it possible to conceive a door of deliverance there? Relinquish your principles. But, however much Satan may urge this course upon you, you cannot follow it if you are a child of God. 26:15; Jdg. Into the waves of water or into the waves of soldiers?" or God in the shadow of the difficulties. 11:9; Jdg. Pharaoh did not know that any number plus God is a majority! 8:31), If God is for us, who is against us? He goes on to list every conceivable trial, including being slaughtered as sheep for Gods sake. Whether all were to be fully made good now, or whether only to a partial extent, whether even the partial accomplishment was to be opposed and weakened, and useless as far as this could do it by Israel's own folly and sin, all this would afterwards appear. There is nothing too low or too hard in man to hinder the power of God's grace except the wilfulness that will not have Him at all. Pharaoh had scorned Jehovah's call for the homage of His first-born Israel; and from the beginning had been warned that if he refused to let him go, "behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born." 35:4; Isa. Verse 28 summarizes what happened. God knows the way through the wilderness. David, in an evil hour, said, I shall one day perish by the hand of Saul (1 Sam. 2. "Be still, and know that I am God." Their proud will was broken, although their hearts were by no means with God. It may mean simply to look over at something, to observe (Gen. 26:8; Prov. Tell the sons of Israel to go forward. He then called the dry land "earth" (v. 10). God did, as it were, chide the sea, and say, "Wherefore dost thou stop the way of my people? He sees an Egyptian maltreating an Israelite. The location of the Red Sea has been disputed The result of the strong east wind blowing all As if conscious of its Maker's presence, the sea was ready to flee from before his face. The depths also were troubled. (1) He was not hindered by expected suffering. 8:1). The text is quite clear that while the LORD used 3. No, God is the personal power who created everything out of nothing, including the stars (Genesis 1; Isaiah 40:26); who divided the Red Sea and delivered the Israelites from Egyptian bondage (Exodus 14:21-22); who brought to pass the virgin birth of Jesus (Luke 1:34-35); and who raised Him from the dead and conquered death (2 Timothy 1:10). Instead of sitting and fretting (and So the chariots and the crew represented the elite. And you and I could never be redeemed unless God did it, friends. Spurgeon -God was like a wall of fire between them and their enemies, so that they had no cause for fear even though the Egyptians were so near. It may have been, and probably was, after the sons of Israel left Egypt, as it throughout supposes the feast already instituted. Moses had bidden them stand still, and expect orders from God; and now orders are given. There's no way out of this. 42 But God turned away and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, IT WAS NOT TO ME THAT YOU OFFERED VICTIMS AND SACRIFICES FORTY YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS, WAS IT, O HOUSE OF ISRAEL? But then what follows this is not the Sabbath, but conflict with the enemy. How soon that assurance is shattered! But we have short memories of His strong hand of deliverance in past trials and adversities! God planned an unexpected route for His people tooone we read about in Exodus 14:10-22. Henry Morris on all the horses -The fact that Egyptians still had many horses in spite of the fact that all of "the cattle of Egypt died" in the plague (Exodus 9:6) seems at first to be a contradiction. swept the sea back by a strong I will not talk much with you. questions) the 63 occurrences of "Fear Not" (based on the King James Version uses) -Gen. 15:1; Gen. 21:17; Gen. 26:24; Gen. 35:17; Gen. 43:23; Gen. 46:3; Gen. 50:19; Exod. When the king haughtily refused, and increased their oppression, God gave His servant a still fuller revelation of Himself for the people, now utterly cast down, and a commission in Egypt more peremptory armed not with signs only but judgments on their oppressors and the demand now was for an absolute departure of Israel. So indeed it is if we pray aright; but the mere repetition of pious words is vanity (Isa. 8:1; Jos. 14:28; 2 Ki. Escape for thy life (Gen 19:17). 23:1; 1 Sam. In Ex 15:5 Moses Song records "the deeps cover them." * It has been well remarked that it is as connected with this we have the Sabbath introduced, type of the rest of God. (cf Eph 2:8-9+ = "by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works,"Titus 3:5+ = "not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness,"2 Ti 1:9+ = "not according to our works"), What we do in the crisis always depends on whether The self-same blood which purges the believers conscience and gives him perfect peace, stains this earth and consummates its guilt. When they head toward the wilderness, he thinks they are lost and do not know where they are going. Plus, the waters fell upon the Egyptians in such a way that prevented can only explain the fact by assuming that two sorts of manna are meant; what he calls air-manna and tree-manna. It starts with the LORD giving instructions that prepare the His Divine fiat has bid thee go from strength to strength, and so thou shalt, and neither death nor hell shall turn thee from thy course. 1. He has clearly jettisoned from his thinking the idea that Israel's God might also protect the people He had just delivered! ), 40 SAYING TO AARON, MAKE FOR US GODS WHO WILL GO BEFORE US; FOR THIS MOSES WHO LED US OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPTWE DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM. 41 At that time they made a calf and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands. But with Pharaoh, his host and his chariots, all the flower of Egypt were there drawn up and ready to devour the poor children of Israel. 1:13; Jon. Notice in the center of this verse those precious words GOD IS FAITHFUL. or him, by believing thou neither wilt nor canst? But in standing still, they heard Gods instructions, which included both what they were to domove on, and what Moses was to dostretch out his hand over the sea in obedience and God would part the waters. 1:1; Jdg. them. These words, Wherefore criest thou unto me? some interpreters extend to the whole people, whose representative Moses was; but this sense is too far-fetched, and I have recently observed, that the prayers of the people were by no means directed to God. Unbelief led Elijah to flee from the evil rantings of Jezebel, that evil queen who was the power behind the throne of Israel. Not only was the water parted, but the ground was dried, obviously well below the water table. And they said, "What is this we have done ("what in the world have we done?" 20:1; Isa. It was but selfish sense of suffering. 13:23; Jer. It is an equal error to suppose that God hardens a person when He first sends a testimony as to deny that He does harden after His testimony has been refused. He couldnt move it. Peter had it. When the LXX is quoted in the New Testament, the biblical writers, under inspiration of the Holy Spirit, retained the Greek words meaning Red Sea (not Reed Sea). Thus, in Genesis 22:1-24, when Isaac was taken from under the sentence of death, Abraham calls the place "Jehovah-Jireh." Other subjects of this verb are: Nebuchadnezzar, against Jerusalem (Jeremiah 51:34), and Haman against the Jews (Esther 9:24)(TWOT), Hamam - 14x in 13v - brought(1), confounded(1), confuse(1), confused(1), confusion(1), crushed(1), damage(1), destroy(1), disturb(1), routed(3), throw into confusion(1), troubled(1). Israel. This of necessity would recall to Moses the special manner in which He made Himself known to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob as the Almighty God. Once the Egyptian army caught up with the Israelites, all seemed lost. But seek him also by endeavor, The primary purpose of all the plagues and miracles was to give God great honor and praise. Arise, let us go hence. We must come to him as sinners, and not set up our prayers as a sort of righteousness (Luke 18:11,12). Precipitancy cries, Do something; stir yourself; to stand still and wait is sheer idleness. We must be doing something at oncewe must do it, so we thinkinstead of looking to the Lord, who will not only do something, but will do everything. He ordains those trials so that we will trust Him to deliver us. GWN Exodus 14:13 Moses answered the people, "Don't be afraid! There was no way open to Israel but upward, and thence their deliverance came. Fear will tell you to retreat. "Go forward " No better motto for any time or people than this one, and yet what a hopeless order it might have seemed to some when God gave it! There is no other way but through? If the firstborn of an animal could not be sacrificed, it must like man's firstborn be redeemed. Both of them responded with instructions. No; they were sheltered, but in the true sense not yet "saved." Exodus 14:14 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org He also watches over me in such a way that not a hair can fall from my head without the will of my Father in heaven; in fact, all things must work together for my salvation. Grumbling would become a major problem for the people on this journey. 2. "Therefore the name of it was called Marah. The miracle caused people to believe God and Moses. from the Egyptians. Let us depend on God to bring out the truth for our intelligence in the measure which fits His glory, and as He pleases to accomplish more fully the purpose for which He has revealed it. "I will cast their iniquities into the depths of the sea.". Jews prided themselves on the fact that they had Gods law and Gods ordinances and Gods rituals. This is my God, and I will praise him. It Is the Only Way of Escape Wherefore criest thou to me? And I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen-Honored = Glorified. But God leads us; it seems first, through the wilderness for a purpose of training and teaching us to trust in Him. But God provided a miraculous escape. The flesh of the lamb was to be eaten not raw or sodden, but roast with fire, the strong and evident sign of fierce unsparing divine judgment It must and ought to be so; for herein Christ's death met our sins and God's judgment. This verbis always with some demonstration of either mercy or wrath. (Ibid). Heaven and Earth will fade but His word will still remain The effect of the one is that the enemy has no longer the slightest claim to us, or power over us; the effect of the other is that the Lord has a perfect right to us in every particular. darkness shielding the Egyptians from the Israelites was removed. To hold our peace, knowing that the Lord shall fight for us,behold, that is what we need also in a spiritual sense concerning the life of our soul. 7. What is he waiting on you to do? 106:7; Ps. How can the Bibles guarantee in Romans 8:28 be true that everything will work out for good to those who love God? The LORD It then describes the journey to Mount Sinai and the establishment of the Mosaic covenant with the Israelites. God knows them all. The same thing pervades the New Testament. But some make wheel the object and translate "set in motion." He never did before. Spurgeon -A word did it (REBUKED). When faith looks upon a difficulty as being exceedingly great, then she turns to prayer; but, on the other hand, after having sought Gods help, and having received it, she frequently laughs at the impossibility, and cries, It shall be done; and then, instead of betaking herself any longer to her knees, she boldly marches on, believing that the difficulty will vanish before her, that the crooked will be made straight, and the rough places plain. The water saw its God, but man refuses to discern him; it was afraid, but proud sinners are rebellious and fear not the Lord. If God has already told you what to do, you don't need to ask Him again. When the LORD saw what the Egyptians were And I will harden [or make stiff] the Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. It reminds me of the whippings I used to get as a child. Observe, as to the hardening of Pharaoh's heart, that this was in no-wise the case before the pronounced infidelity of Pharaoh. And they took off their chariot wheels, that they drove them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let's flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians. (Ps 106:11), Spurgeon comments -The Lord does nothing by halves. They had to stand still to see the Salvation of the Lord. sons of Israelwent through the midst of the sea on the dry land, You've got to move in and take that which God has promised to you as His child. It's there. Moses did not record his prayer to Jehovah in this situation, but we surely know that he did pray a most fervent and urgent prayer, as we can conclude from God's answer to it, which Moses did relate. Some quit at the Red Sea (the first trial), and consequently they never go forward. Moses had certainly been hasty; and the Lord judged it. After which lightning follows that terrible thunderclap, wherewith he troubled them and took off their wheels." &c.] The Targum of Jonathan is, ``why standest thou and prayest before me?''. It is clear that God must be the best judge. The victory belongs to Him. Aaron's rod of priestly grace from before Jehovah), and he and Aaron to speak to the rock before the eyes of the people, when it should give forth water. 10:29; Jos. And God told them, Go forward (Es 14:15). But then no chastening is right unless it flow from just authority; and hence the connection between the two ideas in this emblem. also believed in the LORD; they had just seen that He would do what He said 28:1; 1 Sam. ESV = "clogging their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily." In Isaiah 52:12 we read similar words that "you will not go out in haste, Nor will you go as fugitives; For the LORD will go before you, And the God of Israel will be your rear guard.". If you have been to a large aquarium you get a sense of this spectacular supernatural feat of Jehovah. Hence, when He calls Moses to draw near, He first of all proclaims Himself the God of his fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Truly this promise was most encouraging to the Israelites. "Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians.". Countless testimonies run along the lines, I was a happy unbeliever when suddenly I got hit with some overwhelming trials that showed me that I needed God. Arise, let us go hence. Despair whispers, Lie down and die; give it all up. But God would have us put on a cheerful courage, and even in our worst times, rejoice in his love and faithfulness. The free gift of the Spirit of God to us in our thirst and weariness depends simply on Christ suffering for us Christ coming under judicial dealing, the rod of God as applied to that rock. In the morning watch, neath the lifted cloud, There is no counsel we can go to. God then sent a testimony to Pharaoh, as He does to everyone in some form or another. Then wait on the Lord with a trust serene 3. 4:19; 1 Sam. The last of these chapters that I would now notice is the typical picture of the scene of glory; and there too is seen the Gentile in singular prominence Jethro eating bread with the elders of Israel. The Egyptians took up the pursuit-Jehovah permitted the pursuit for it would be in the drowning of the entire Egyptian army that He would be honored and glorified. Such situations are those which God especially likes to work because it shows His power and wisdom much more than in a lesser difficulty. 8:1; Jdg. When duty is quite clear, why hesitate to perform it and make prayer an excuse for our delay? Whose hand is more powerful? The psalmist sets forth at full length the distinction which pseudo-criticism would destroy; and this too in such a way as to prove that they are but cases out of many facts which fall under the principles already indicated. 2. This, as well as the connected eating of unleavened bread, is founded on the Passover. He must, for the present, leave off praying, and apply himself to his business (Exodus 14:15; Exodus 14:15): Wherefore cryest thou unto me? 18:17; 1 Sam. Thus it denotes an important aspect of holy war. The entire globe shone in the blaze of Jehovah's lightnings. Every day people are looking to heaven and crying out in frustration. Insight -- In this lament psalm, Asaph writes of the sense of abandonment, the sleepless nights, the distress, and the anguish he felt when God did not respond to his cries for deliverance from his trials and suffering (vv.1-10).
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