WEBVTT - #974 - Exodus 14 – Egyptians Drowned

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<v Speaker 1>Life Audio The Bible Study Podcast, Episode nine seventy four. Today,

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<v Speaker 1>The Bible Study Podcast continues the study of the Book

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<v Speaker 1>of Exodus with Chapter fourteen. Chapter fourteen is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be where Egypt comes after Israel. But before we get

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<v Speaker 1>to that, we'll have a word from this sponsor. Exodus fourteen.

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<v Speaker 1>Then the Lord said to Moses, tell the Israelites to

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<v Speaker 1>turn back and encamp near pi Haithrath, between Migdahl and

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<v Speaker 1>the sea. They are doing camp by the sea, directly

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<v Speaker 1>opposite Baal Zephon. Pharaoh will think the Israelites are wandering

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<v Speaker 1>around the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert,

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<v Speaker 1>and I will harden Pharaoh's heart and he will pursue them.

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<v Speaker 1>But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and

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<v Speaker 1>all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I

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<v Speaker 1>am the Lord. So the Israelites did this. When the

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<v Speaker 1>King of Egypt was told that the people had fled,

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<v Speaker 1>Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said,

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<v Speaker 1>what have we done. We have let the Israelites go

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<v Speaker 1>and have lost their services. So he had his chariot

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<v Speaker 1>made ready and took his army with him. He took

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<v Speaker 1>six hundred of the best chariots, along with all the

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<v Speaker 1>other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.

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<v Speaker 1>The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt,

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<v Speaker 1>so that he pursued the Israelites who were marching out boldly.

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<v Speaker 1>The Egyptians, all Pharaoh's horses and chariots and horsemen and troops,

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<v Speaker 1>pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by

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<v Speaker 1>the sea near pi Hahirath, opposite baal Zephon. As Pharaoh approached,

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<v Speaker 1>the Israelites looked up and there were the Egyptians marching

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<v Speaker 1>after them. They were terrified and cried out to the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>They said to Moses, was it because there were no

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<v Speaker 1>graves in each other eyp that you brought us to

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<v Speaker 1>the desert to die? What have you done to us

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<v Speaker 1>by bringing us out of Egypt. Didn't we say to

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<v Speaker 1>you in Egypt, leave us alone, let us serve the Egyptians.

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<v Speaker 1>It would have been better for us to serve the

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<v Speaker 1>Egyptians than to die in the desert. So this is

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<v Speaker 1>not the last time. The people will say why did

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<v Speaker 1>you bring us here to die? But it is the

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<v Speaker 1>first time, and you can see why they say that.

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<v Speaker 1>They look back and they see Pharaoh in his army,

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<v Speaker 1>and they have never fought anyone. They have been slaves,

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<v Speaker 1>and so this looks like their destruction, and so they panic.

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<v Speaker 1>They lose their faith very quickly and blame Moses. Why

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<v Speaker 1>didn't you just leave us in Egypt? I think of

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<v Speaker 1>the old Keith Green song. So you want to get

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<v Speaker 1>out of Egypt, which talks about the grumbling of the

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<v Speaker 1>people of Israel on this journey to the Promised Land.

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<v Speaker 1>But why didn't you? Were there not enough graves in Egypt?

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<v Speaker 1>That is where their hope is right, Their hope is

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<v Speaker 1>pretty low at this point. But God has already told Moses,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doing this on purpose. Moses answer, the people, do

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<v Speaker 1>not be afraid. Stand firm, and you will see the

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<v Speaker 1>deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you

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<v Speaker 1>see today you will never see again. The Lord will

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<v Speaker 1>fight for you. You need only to be still. Then,

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord said to Moses, why are you crying out

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<v Speaker 1>to be Tell the Israelites to move on. Raise your

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<v Speaker 1>staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to

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<v Speaker 1>divide the waters, so that the Israelites can go through

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<v Speaker 1>the sea on dry ground. I will harden the hearts

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<v Speaker 1>of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them,

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<v Speaker 1>And I will gain glory through Pharaoh in all his army,

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<v Speaker 1>through his chariots and his horsemen. The Egyptians will know

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<v Speaker 1>that I am the Lord when I gain glory through Pharaoh,

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<v Speaker 1>his chariots, and his horsemen. Then the Angel of God,

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<v Speaker 1>who had been traveling in front of Israel's army, withdrew

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<v Speaker 1>and went behind them. The pillar of Cloud also moved

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<v Speaker 1>from in front and stood behind them, coming between the

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<v Speaker 1>armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night, the cloud

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<v Speaker 1>brought darkness to the one side and light to the

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<v Speaker 1>other side, so neither went near the other all night long.

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<v Speaker 1>Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and

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<v Speaker 1>all that night the Lord drove the sea back with

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<v Speaker 1>a strong east wind and turned it into dry land.

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<v Speaker 1>The waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the

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<v Speaker 1>sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on

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<v Speaker 1>their right and on their left. So this happens a

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<v Speaker 1>little differently in the actual book version that happens in

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<v Speaker 1>the cecil By de Mille movie version with Charlton Heston,

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<v Speaker 1>where he stretches out his hand and the sea immediately parts. Instead,

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<v Speaker 1>it's talking about a wind that is blowing these waters

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<v Speaker 1>back all night long, and that God is holding off

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<v Speaker 1>the Egyptians with this pillar of cloud, this pillar of fire,

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<v Speaker 1>until the way is paved and they now have a path.

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<v Speaker 1>And so they walk through this wall of water on

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<v Speaker 1>their right and on their left. And this had to

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<v Speaker 1>be pretty weird. This had to be scary and great

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<v Speaker 1>and all of those things. And what would you know

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<v Speaker 1>what to think if you were the Israelites. You can

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<v Speaker 1>see that God is literally sheltering you from the Egyptians

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<v Speaker 1>with this cloud that you already have come to understand

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<v Speaker 1>is the is the mark of his presence. And so

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<v Speaker 1>Moses says, there's a way out, a way you didn't

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<v Speaker 1>see right, a way that was not obvious to you.

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<v Speaker 1>God has built away through where your faith didn't find one.

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<v Speaker 1>Then the Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh's horses and

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<v Speaker 1>chariots and horsemen followed them into the sea. During the

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<v Speaker 1>last watch of the night, the Lord looked down from

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<v Speaker 1>the pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army

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<v Speaker 1>and threw it into confusion. He jammed the wheels of

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<v Speaker 1>their chariots, so they had difficulty driving, and the Egyptian said,

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<v Speaker 1>let's get away from the Israelites. The Lord is fighting

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<v Speaker 1>for them against Egypt. So in the version that I'm

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<v Speaker 1>used to in the films, here you see the Lord

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<v Speaker 1>just closes things up. But first what happens here in

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<v Speaker 1>the actual book version is they're thrown into confusion. Their

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<v Speaker 1>chariots stop working, as they're here in the middle between

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<v Speaker 1>this wall of water on their left and a wall

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<v Speaker 1>of water on their right, and they're panicking, and they're

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<v Speaker 1>already fleeing, saying this is a bad idea. We shouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>have done this. The Lord is fighting for these people.

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<v Speaker 1>Then the Lord said to Moses, stretch out your hand

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<v Speaker 1>over the sea, so that the waters may flow back

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<v Speaker 1>over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen. Moses stretched

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<v Speaker 1>out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak, the

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<v Speaker 1>sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were fleeing

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<v Speaker 1>toward it, and the Lord swept them into the sea.

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<v Speaker 1>The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen.

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<v Speaker 1>The entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites

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<v Speaker 1>into the sea, not one of them survived, but the

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<v Speaker 1>Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a

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<v Speaker 1>wall of water on their right and on their left.

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<v Speaker 1>That day the Lord saved Israel from the hands of

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<v Speaker 1>the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on

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<v Speaker 1>the shore. And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand

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<v Speaker 1>of the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord and put their trust in him and in

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<v Speaker 1>Moses his servant. You get to that last sentence here

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<v Speaker 1>that they finally put their trust in him and in Moses,

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<v Speaker 1>your servant, and you think, well, it's about time. But

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<v Speaker 1>unfortunately that trust won't last forever. But we've got a

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<v Speaker 1>victory right now, we're going to celebrate the victory. We're

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<v Speaker 1>going to celebrate the victory next week. But with that,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to end this episode of the Bible Study Podcast.

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