Just as God led the Israelites to the waters of Marah, so He leads us in such a way as to give us ample opportunity to apply our faith, or at least to reveal our lack of faith. The song was “Zippiddy Doo Dah.” Israel’s first great affirmation of faith was expressed in a song as well, but a very different kind of song. ( Log Out /  I will free you from being slaves to them and will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. Any change in any variable would cause the scientist to question the possibility of repeating the phenomenon under different conditions. It is written in order to provide our faith with historical roots. The horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea” (v. 1) is echoed by Miriam,157 who led the women in singing almost the same words and dancing: “Sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. But it is incompatible when it comes to matters of faith. The New International Version clearly underscores the shift from the past defeat of the Egyptians to the future defeat of Israel’s enemies by consistently rendering the verbs of verses 13 and following in the future tense.159 Thus, while verses 1-12 have dwelt on God’s past deliverance of His people, verses 13-21 look to His future deliverance of the Israelites. Israel came to know God in a greater way as a result of the trials and testings that they experienced in Egypt and in the wilderness. With dramatic poetic strokes, the event which just occurred in the midst of the Red Sea is described. That God could handle a problem with the water at Marah should not come as any surprise. It would appear that Moses wrote this song, which is no surprise in the light of the other songs he has written (Deut. It is, however, rather strongly implied. 1:8-9). Everything we do should be for the Glory of God! In typical psalm-like fashion, the acts of God are viewed as evidences of His nature and character. ( B) to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. There are at least two possible explanations. 15 Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord and spoke, saying: “I will sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously! Ps. ; Deut. The Lord is said to have “hurled the Egyptians into the sea” (v. 4). Now a word to my non-charismatic reader. In the light of the promise of God to Abraham that the sign of His presence with Israel would be that Israel would worship God on “this (holy) mountain” (Exod. While this song was sung corporately as Israel’s expression of praise and thanksgiving for God’s deliverance from Egypt through the Red Sea, verses 1 and 2 express this praise in a personal and singular. Israel’s hope regarding the future (Exod. Now, after their passing through the Red Sea, Israel praised God for what His “mighty hand” had done (vss. 78:13; v. 11, cf. The process of sanctification as well as the manifestation of the Spirit in the lives of the saints for ministry is a miracle, and we dare not seek to serve the Lord without asking for His miraculous power to do so. Thank God for the times of victory and elation, but do not expect things to stay this way forever. Perhaps the Israelites continued to sing this song as they traveled on their way from the shores of the Red Sea, entering into the Desert of Shur. Verse 13 therefore begins with a summary statement of what God is yet to accomplish for His people. What God intended for His people to learn from the miracles of the exodus is exactly what they concluded, as indicated in the song which they sang. the “congealing” of the water, so as to pile up like a wall). In our idiom we would say, “It is as good as done.”. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. 15 Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord: “I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; he has hurled both horse and rider into the sea. Verse 5. Consequently, the defeat of the Egyptians is described in poetic imagery. The “Song of the Sea” reveals the great significance the exodus event had for the one who had passed through the sea, but what value does this event have for others? (Mark 16:19) Moses is giving glory to Christ! Verses 11 and 12 summarize the implications of the mighty acts of God at the Red Sea, focusing upon God’s nature and character: “Who among the gods is like you, O Lord? Exodus 15 New Living Translation (NLT) A Song of Deliverance. God did not allow the Israelites to stay by the sea, singing their glorious song. The scientific method is a good method—for matters of science. In verse 5 it speaks of the ‘depths’ having covered the Egyptian army. The God of the Old Testament is the same God of the New, and because He does not change (Jas. While we often accuse our charismatic brethren of expecting the miraculous and the ecstatic to be the norm, we often have become content to expect that things will always happen according to natural laws and practices, so that we expect miracles not to happen. The winds are described as coming from the “nostrils of God” (v. 8). Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. If you have not personally come to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, then you have not experienced the miracle of being born again, of having your sins forgiven, your guilt removed, and of the joy of fellowship with God and the hope of heaven. Psalm 78:54; Isaiah 11:9). Bob is a pastor/teacher and elder at Community Bible Chapel in Richardson, Texas, and has contributed many of his Bible study series for use by the Foundation. Exodus 15:1 Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and said,“I will sing to the Lord, for He is highly exalted;The horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea. The child was the son of the minister of a very liberal church. 146:10.” W. H. Gispen, Exodus, trans. Exodus 15:1. While this chapter appears to have two very distinct accounts, there is good reason for the fact that Moses has placed them side by side. 5-13, cf. Moses give God glory for the parting of the Red Sea, do we thank God and remember when he delivered us from our sins and obstacles. 15 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord: “I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he has thrown into the sea. After the Israelites, Pharaoh and his officials had second thoughts, and with the report which led them to believe that the Israelites were wandering about, lost in the wilderness, they pursued them, up to and even into the Red Sea, where they were destroyed as the waters of the sea returned to their place (Exod. Expecting to live the Christian life on a continuous high is not only unrealistic, it is unbiblical. also Josh. v. 8). They demanded that he come up with a solution. 12:1–6sing to the Lord,For He has triumphed glorious This verse concludes the first stanza of the hymn which may be divided thus: (1) God's Identity (Exodus 15:1-3); (2) God's Mighty Act in the Red Sea (Exodus 15:4-16 a); and (3) A Prophecy of what God will do Later (Exodus 15:16b-18).For Israel, this great song was somewhat like that which the "Star Spangled Banner" is to Americans. Had Israel attempted to take the land sooner, the defeat of the Egyptians would have had a greater psychological effect on Israel’s enemies. 162 Gispen supplies us with this list of citations from the “Song of the Sea” in the Psalms: “v. If they were wrongly led, God led them wrongly by the cloud. The first half of the “song of Moses” emphasizes the defeat of Israel’s enemies, the Egyptians. The treaty between God and His people will be delivered to them from Mt. Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. - The depths have covered them. Take note the Israelites worshipped by singing a hymn to The Lord, when we sings hymns in Church is a form of praise and worship to God, The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him. They will know that the God of Israel is a God of might, a warrior (v. 3), who is able to overcome the enemies of His people. This is my God, and I will praise him— my father’s God, and I will exalt him! Frequently, when we encounter a problem in our lives, we do not even consider that it is something about which God is intimately concerned. 106:11; v. 7, cf. (5) The exodus was, in the Old Testament prophets and in the New Testament gospels, a prototype of the greatest redemption of all, the redemption of men’s souls from bondage to sin, which was accomplished by the Lord Jesus Christ, the lamb of God (cf. It is my contention that they did not see their circumstances as demanding a “spiritual” solution, but only as demanding a “secular” solution. Psalm 92:13), which is, as yet, not an element of Israel’s hope.160 The song could be referring to the promised land of Canaan as God’s “holy dwelling” (cf. the winds), and by His ability as the Creator to cause nature to act unnaturally (e.g. The fierce resistance of the Canaanites was motivated, no doubt, by this fear. Secondly, Israel’s delay in entering the land would tend to minimize the impact of the Red Sea event. Luke 9:31, where the “departure” which Jesus was discussing with His disciples was literally His “exodus”). So, too, our future hope is based upon God’s actions in the past, both in our experience, and in the experience of those who have lived (and experienced the hand of God) before us. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us (Rom. God is both able and willing to help us in our time of need. Elim, where the “ song of the Red Sea, singing their glorious song as still as stone. 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