WEBVTT - #975 - Exodus 15 – The Song of Moses and Miriam

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<v Speaker 1>Life Audio The Bible Study Podcast, Episode nine seventy five. 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 fifteen. Welcome to the Bible Study Podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm your host, Chris Christensen. Chapter fifteen is the Song

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<v Speaker 1>of Moses and Miriam. But first a word from this sponsor.

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<v Speaker 1>So what happened last time the Egyptians were destroyed in

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<v Speaker 1>the Red Sea? God was victorious, and the only appropriate

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<v Speaker 1>thing to do at this point is to sing, And

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<v Speaker 1>so the song of Moses and Marion. Then Moses and

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<v Speaker 1>the Israelites sang this song to the Lord. I will

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<v Speaker 1>sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted, both

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<v Speaker 1>horse and driver. He has hurled into the sea. The

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<v Speaker 1>Lord is my strength and my defense. He has become

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<v Speaker 1>my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him,

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<v Speaker 1>my father's God, and I will exalt him. The Lord

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<v Speaker 1>is a warrior. The Lord is his name. Pharaoh's chariots

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<v Speaker 1>and his army. He has hurled into the sea. The

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<v Speaker 1>best of Pharaoh's officers are drowned in the Red Sea.

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<v Speaker 1>The deep waters have covered them. They sank to the

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<v Speaker 1>depths like a stone. Your right hand, Lord was majestic

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<v Speaker 1>in power, your right hand, Lord, shattered the enemy. In

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<v Speaker 1>the greatness of your majesty, you threw down those who

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<v Speaker 1>opposed you. You unleashed your burning anger. It consumed them

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<v Speaker 1>like stubble. By the blasts of your nostrils. The waters

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<v Speaker 1>piled up, the surging waters stood up like a wall.

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<v Speaker 1>The deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.

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<v Speaker 1>The enemy boasted. I will pursue, I will overtake them.

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<v Speaker 1>I will divide the spoils. I will gorge myself on them.

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<v Speaker 1>I will draw my sword and my hand will destroy them.

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<v Speaker 1>But you blue with your breath, and the sea covered them.

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<v Speaker 1>They sank like lead in the mighty waters. Who among

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<v Speaker 1>the gods is like you? Lord, Who is like you?

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<v Speaker 1>Majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders. You stretched

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<v Speaker 1>out your right hand, and the earth swallows up your enemies.

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<v Speaker 1>In your unfailing love. You will lead the people you

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<v Speaker 1>have redeemed in your strength. You will guide them to

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<v Speaker 1>your holy dwelling. The nations will hear and tremble, Anguish

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<v Speaker 1>will grip the people of Felista, The chiefs of Edom

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<v Speaker 1>will be terrified, The leaders of Moab will be seized

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<v Speaker 1>with trembling, the people of Canaan will melt away. Terror

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<v Speaker 1>and dread will fall on them. By the power of

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<v Speaker 1>your arm they will be as still as a stone

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<v Speaker 1>until your people pass by, Lord, and till the people

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<v Speaker 1>you bought pass by, you will bring them in and

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<v Speaker 1>plant them on the mountain of your inheritance. The place

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<v Speaker 1>Lord you made for your dwelling. The sanctuary Lord your

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<v Speaker 1>hands established reigns forever and ever. This is an example

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<v Speaker 1>of praise. So it isn't thanksgiving per se. It isn't

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<v Speaker 1>thank you, Lord for you doing this. It is calling

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<v Speaker 1>out the characteristics of God and what God has done.

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<v Speaker 1>And that is praise, and it's something that should be

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<v Speaker 1>a normal part of our worship, both corporately and individually.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's a great example of this, this song that

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<v Speaker 1>just comes out of them when they realize what God

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<v Speaker 1>has done, that God has won the victory and they

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<v Speaker 1>haven't had to do anything. This is all on God,

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<v Speaker 1>and that God has destroyed this army, that God has

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<v Speaker 1>freed them from their bondage. They are no longer slaves

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<v Speaker 1>in Egypt, and at this bright shining moment, they remember

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<v Speaker 1>that and they praise God for it. When the pharaoh's horses,

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<v Speaker 1>chariots and horse went into the sea, the Lord brought

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<v Speaker 1>the waters of the sea back over them, but the

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<v Speaker 1>Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground. Then Miriam,

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<v Speaker 1>the prophet, Aaron's sister, took a timbrel in her hand,

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<v Speaker 1>and all the women followed her with timbrels and dancing.

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<v Speaker 1>Miriam sang to them, sing to the Lord, for he

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<v Speaker 1>is highly exalted both horse and driver. He has hurled

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<v Speaker 1>into the sea the waters of Marah and Elim. Then

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<v Speaker 1>Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went

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<v Speaker 1>into the desert of Shure. For three days. They traveled

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<v Speaker 1>in the desert without finding water. When they came to Mahrah,

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<v Speaker 1>they could not drink its water because it was bitter.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why the place is called Mahrah. So the people

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<v Speaker 1>grumbled against Moses. What are we going to drink? Then

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<v Speaker 1>Moses cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed

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<v Speaker 1>him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water,

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<v Speaker 1>and the water became fit to drink. There the Lord

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<v Speaker 1>issued a ruling and instruction for them and put them

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<v Speaker 1>to the test. He said, if you listen carefully to

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord God and do what is right in his eyes.

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<v Speaker 1>If you pay attention to his commands and keep all

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<v Speaker 1>his decrees, I will not bring on you any of

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<v Speaker 1>the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord who heals you. Then they came to Alien,

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<v Speaker 1>where they were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and

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<v Speaker 1>they camped there near the water. Now it's quite a

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<v Speaker 1>feat to get this sort of people, this numerous group

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<v Speaker 1>of people, through the desert, and you can imagine why

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<v Speaker 1>you would have trouble fighting water. It is a desert.

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<v Speaker 1>But God has provided. But their faith, which was really

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<v Speaker 1>good just a few days before, is already tested by

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<v Speaker 1>three days where they're not finding water. Now, at least

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<v Speaker 1>they don't say, did you bring us out here to

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<v Speaker 1>die this time? That'll come up again, But it is hard.

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<v Speaker 1>This journey that they've got ahead of them will test

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<v Speaker 1>their faith, and will they be faithful is the question.

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<v Speaker 1>It is easy for us to celebrate when things are

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<v Speaker 1>going well, and that's what they did. Right when they

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<v Speaker 1>saw that God had prevailed over the Egyptians. It wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>hard for them to praise God. It wasn't hard for

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<v Speaker 1>them to see the glory and the majesty of God.

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<v Speaker 1>But remember just a few moments before that, they were

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<v Speaker 1>asking Moses whether there were no graves in Egypt before them.

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<v Speaker 1>They did not see through the problem to what God

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<v Speaker 1>would do. They didn't have faith that God was doing

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<v Speaker 1>what God intended and that everything was in control. And

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<v Speaker 1>it's hard for us too, when things seem out of

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<v Speaker 1>control in our lives, in our families, in our work,

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<v Speaker 1>in our countries, to believe that God is in control.

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<v Speaker 1>We believe what we see. Sometimes well that's not really belief,

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<v Speaker 1>but it is hard for us to get past what

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<v Speaker 1>we see, and when we don't see a way out,

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<v Speaker 1>it's hard to put your faith in God, that God

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<v Speaker 1>is still there, that God still cares, and that God

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<v Speaker 1>has a planned. It's a whole lot easier to do

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<v Speaker 1>that when the enemy is defeated, when the situation's resolved,

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<v Speaker 1>when the sickness is healed, when the confusion is lifted.

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<v Speaker 1>Then it is in the middle of it. It was

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<v Speaker 1>true for them, and it is true for us as well.

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<v Speaker 1>And with that, we're going to end this episode this

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<v Speaker 1>rather shorter episode of the Bible Study podcast. If you

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