1 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: Life Audio The Bible Study Podcast, Episode nine seventy five. Today, 2 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: The Bible Study Podcast continues the study of the Book 3 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:26,799 Speaker 1: of Exodus with chapter fifteen. Welcome to the Bible Study Podcast. 4 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: I'm your host, Chris Christensen. Chapter fifteen is the Song 5 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:34,599 Speaker 1: of Moses and Miriam. But first a word from this sponsor. 6 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: So what happened last time the Egyptians were destroyed in 7 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 1: the Red Sea? God was victorious, and the only appropriate 8 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: thing to do at this point is to sing, And 9 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 1: so the song of Moses and Marion. Then Moses and 10 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: the Israelites sang this song to the Lord. I will 11 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted, both 12 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: horse and driver. He has hurled into the sea. The 13 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: Lord is my strength and my defense. He has become 14 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, 15 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:10,119 Speaker 1: my father's God, and I will exalt him. The Lord 16 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:14,040 Speaker 1: is a warrior. The Lord is his name. Pharaoh's chariots 17 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: and his army. He has hurled into the sea. The 18 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 1: best of Pharaoh's officers are drowned in the Red Sea. 19 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 1: The deep waters have covered them. They sank to the 20 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: depths like a stone. Your right hand, Lord was majestic 21 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: in power, your right hand, Lord, shattered the enemy. In 22 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: the greatness of your majesty, you threw down those who 23 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 1: opposed you. You unleashed your burning anger. It consumed them 24 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 1: like stubble. By the blasts of your nostrils. The waters 25 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 1: piled up, the surging waters stood up like a wall. 26 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: The deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea. 27 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: The enemy boasted. I will pursue, I will overtake them. 28 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: I will divide the spoils. I will gorge myself on them. 29 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: I will draw my sword and my hand will destroy them. 30 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 1: But you blue with your breath, and the sea covered them. 31 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: They sank like lead in the mighty waters. Who among 32 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 1: the gods is like you? Lord, Who is like you? 33 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: Majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders. You stretched 34 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: out your right hand, and the earth swallows up your enemies. 35 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 1: In your unfailing love. You will lead the people you 36 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: have redeemed in your strength. You will guide them to 37 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 1: your holy dwelling. The nations will hear and tremble, Anguish 38 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: will grip the people of Felista, The chiefs of Edom 39 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: will be terrified, The leaders of Moab will be seized 40 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 1: with trembling, the people of Canaan will melt away. Terror 41 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 1: and dread will fall on them. By the power of 42 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: your arm they will be as still as a stone 43 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: until your people pass by, Lord, and till the people 44 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: you bought pass by, you will bring them in and 45 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: plant them on the mountain of your inheritance. The place 46 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: Lord you made for your dwelling. The sanctuary Lord your 47 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: hands established reigns forever and ever. This is an example 48 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: of praise. So it isn't thanksgiving per se. It isn't 49 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:12,639 Speaker 1: thank you, Lord for you doing this. It is calling 50 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: out the characteristics of God and what God has done. 51 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: And that is praise, and it's something that should be 52 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:24,080 Speaker 1: a normal part of our worship, both corporately and individually. 53 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 1: And it's a great example of this, this song that 54 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: just comes out of them when they realize what God 55 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: has done, that God has won the victory and they 56 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: haven't had to do anything. This is all on God, 57 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: and that God has destroyed this army, that God has 58 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: freed them from their bondage. They are no longer slaves 59 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 1: in Egypt, and at this bright shining moment, they remember 60 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: that and they praise God for it. When the pharaoh's horses, 61 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 1: chariots and horse went into the sea, the Lord brought 62 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: the waters of the sea back over them, but the 63 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground. Then Miriam, 64 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: the prophet, Aaron's sister, took a timbrel in her hand, 65 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: and all the women followed her with timbrels and dancing. 66 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:16,720 Speaker 1: Miriam sang to them, sing to the Lord, for he 67 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: is highly exalted both horse and driver. He has hurled 68 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: into the sea the waters of Marah and Elim. Then 69 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 1: Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went 70 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: into the desert of Shure. For three days. They traveled 71 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: in the desert without finding water. When they came to Mahrah, 72 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: they could not drink its water because it was bitter. 73 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 1: That's why the place is called Mahrah. So the people 74 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:45,600 Speaker 1: grumbled against Moses. What are we going to drink? Then 75 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: Moses cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed 76 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, 77 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: and the water became fit to drink. There the Lord 78 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 1: issued a ruling and instruction for them and put them 79 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: to the test. He said, if you listen carefully to 80 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: the Lord God and do what is right in his eyes. 81 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: If you pay attention to his commands and keep all 82 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 1: his decrees, I will not bring on you any of 83 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,840 Speaker 1: the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am 84 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:15,600 Speaker 1: the Lord who heals you. Then they came to Alien, 85 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:19,479 Speaker 1: where they were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and 86 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: they camped there near the water. Now it's quite a 87 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 1: feat to get this sort of people, this numerous group 88 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:31,359 Speaker 1: of people, through the desert, and you can imagine why 89 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 1: you would have trouble fighting water. It is a desert. 90 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 1: But God has provided. But their faith, which was really 91 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: good just a few days before, is already tested by 92 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: three days where they're not finding water. Now, at least 93 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 1: they don't say, did you bring us out here to 94 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:54,159 Speaker 1: die this time? That'll come up again, But it is hard. 95 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 1: This journey that they've got ahead of them will test 96 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: their faith, and will they be faithful is the question. 97 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: It is easy for us to celebrate when things are 98 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 1: going well, and that's what they did. Right when they 99 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 1: saw that God had prevailed over the Egyptians. It wasn't 100 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: hard for them to praise God. It wasn't hard for 101 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 1: them to see the glory and the majesty of God. 102 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 1: But remember just a few moments before that, they were 103 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 1: asking Moses whether there were no graves in Egypt before them. 104 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: They did not see through the problem to what God 105 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: would do. They didn't have faith that God was doing 106 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 1: what God intended and that everything was in control. And 107 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:53,159 Speaker 1: it's hard for us too, when things seem out of 108 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: control in our lives, in our families, in our work, 109 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 1: in our countries, to believe that God is in control. 110 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: We believe what we see. Sometimes well that's not really belief, 111 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: but it is hard for us to get past what 112 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: we see, and when we don't see a way out, 113 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: it's hard to put your faith in God, that God 114 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 1: is still there, that God still cares, and that God 115 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: has a planned. It's a whole lot easier to do 116 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: that when the enemy is defeated, when the situation's resolved, 117 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 1: when the sickness is healed, when the confusion is lifted. 118 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 1: Then it is in the middle of it. It was 119 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: true for them, and it is true for us as well. 120 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 1: And with that, we're going to end this episode this 121 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: rather shorter episode of the Bible Study podcast. If you 122 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: have any questions, send an email to Chris two x 123 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 1: at gmail dot com, or, better yet, leave a comment 124 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: on this episode at the Bible Study podcast dot com, 125 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: and as always, thanks so much for listening. 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