Indeed the denial of salvation as a present status is part of the current coin of Christendom, and the truth is opposed in one way or another by the parties who otherwise oppose each other. 1. Brethren, if we have trusted in God, and have come out of the Egypt of the world through his grace, and have left all its sins behind us, if we were left to die in the wilderness, the Lord Jesus Christ would lose his glory as a Saviour, the divine Father would lose his name for immutable faithfulness, and the Holy Ghost would lose his honour for perseverance in completing every work which he undertakes. (Spurgeon). He could say to Israel, the LORD will fight for you., i. Stand still: Moses told the people of Israel to stop. He said, "Oh they don't know anything about this land. If we had not the two facts, resembling each other on the surface but contrasted in principle, neither the believer could have had so profound a lesson, nor the rationalist have so fully displayed to his shame his ignorance of God. Such a fright was he in, when he gave them leave to was Moses's stretching out his hand over it, to signify that it was done in answer to his prayer, for the confirmation of his mission, So we find here the purposes of God. range of craggy rocks impassable; on the other hand were Migdol and Baalzephon, which, some think were forts and garrisons upon the Thus God makes men's envy and rage against his Notice God had drawn Pharaoh out, and now he would be glorified in a final demonstration of power that would overthrow Egypt and bring complete deliverance to his people (13-18).By nightfall the Egyptians had almost caught up to the Israelites, but the fiery cloud that symbolized Gods presence came between the two, and so prevented the Egyptians from advancing farther (19-20). "And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah. *The attempt to eke out proofs of diversity of authorship from alleged contradictions and confusion is not only futile, but evidence of incapacity to discern what is excellent and full of instruction. After the triumph the children of Israel are led by Moses into the wilderness where there was no water. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today. Yet this was not the worst; they quarrel with Moses for bringing them out of Egypt, and, in quarrelling with him, fly in the face of God himself, and provoke him to wrath whose favour was now the only succour they had to flee to. (v. 15): Wherefore cryest thou unto me? You need to learn to trust in God, and God is teaching us the lessons of faith, and trusting in Him, showing us His abilities and His powers. 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. This then is brought before Moses and Aaron, and soon after we find the message given, "Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land." But both accounts concur in representing it as "air-manna," not as the exudation from a tree, which is medicine, not food. And they said to Moses, Hey was it because there weren't enough graves in Egypt that you've taken us away to die in the wilderness? He knows it is God; he has the consciousness that he is doing wrong in refusing it; yet he does refuse because he does not like and dare not trust God, whose word interferes with everything that he likes. In the heat of their pursuit, they went after the Israelites into the midst of the sea, not in water, but with an iron pen in the rock for ever. people a torment to themselves, Ps 112 10. Let not your hearts fail, or sink, or stagger, through unbelief: but with quiet minds look up to God. a. that could not be forced are set between the camp of Israel and Pharaoh's camp, ver 19, 20. "Sanctify unto me all the firstborn." It wants but little thought and reflection for a person to understand that each of them is not only quite just, but that they are both thoroughly compatible and harmonious. The rod of power then taking Satanic form seems to be meant by the sign first committed to Moses. Further, not only the consequences of redemption, but that which may be the result when man, insensible to the grace which has wrought redemption, turns back on himself, and attempts to gain a footing by his own resources and faithfulness before God. cry the sword of the Lord, and of Israel as they after did on Instead of chiding them, he comforts them, and with an admirable presence and composure of mind, not disheartened either by the threatenings of Egypt or the tremblings of Israel, stills their murmuring, with the assurance of a speedy and complete deliverance: Fear you not. horsemen. What will not he do for those that fear and love him who did this for these murmuring Just follow the account of Moses and you'll see how lucky he was. It was for the purpose of having the full power of Satan brought out against His people that He might demolish it for ever. The ten plagues follow (Exodus 7:1-25; Exodus 8:1-32; Exodus 9:1-35; Exodus 10:1-29; Exodus 11:1-10), on which one or two general remarks may be made. If this furnish the direct reason why there could be no such fulfilment, the moral hindrances from the state of Israel from man fallen were quite as real, though necessarily indirect. This again is not an immaterial expression by the way, but bound up with the truth now first brought before us: "Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Jehovah, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the sanctuary, O Jehovah, which thy hands have established. In the same manner, the greatest miracle of salvation happens with simple actions on our part. If He thus dwells in us, is not this one of the capital truths which we are called to make good in our faith and practice day by day? And so it was just the Sea of Reeds, the shallow marshy pond, and they were able to cross it. *It is alleged that there is "a double description of the manna inExodus 16:11; Exodus 16:11, etc., and Numbers 11:7-9. Note, The liberty of God's people is a he will be hardeneth. Now the light is still out in front of the children of Israel so they can see what's going on. speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward ( Exodus 14:15 ): "I can't do that Lord they'll stone me for sure. 2. It was well done to let Israel go, and what Read full chapter. Thus it was a cloud and darkness to the one, and it gave light by night to the other, so that the one did not come near the other all that night. flank, the waters were a wall to them (it is twice mentioned) on their right hand and on their left. The Authorised Version gives the sense. Moses was told by Jehovah to put his hand in his bosom. It has been often remarked, and very justly, that although Genesis is so prolific of the various counsels and ways of God, there is the more marked an absence of the special truth of Exodus in it. i. That God now takes this name as the revealed character according to which He was going publicly to act on behalf of the children of Israel. We cannot believe that Moses meant anything like that; but, even if he did, God thundered it into his ears at once, "Command the people to `Go Forward.'" will not be convinced, till it is too late, that those who meddle with God's people meddle to their own hurt; when the Lord shall They condemn him, as if he had dealt hardly and unkindly with them, whereas it was evident, beyond dispute, that whatever he did, and however it issued, it was by direction from their God, and with design for their good. It would've been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than to die here in the wilderness ( Exodus 14:1-12 ). Moses's silent prayers of faith prevailed more with The latter statement is perfectly fictitious. It was impossible for the Spirit, on the one hand, to blame the love that prompted the hand of Moses; it was impossible, on the other, to vindicate the act. O. T. i pp. iii. God wanted Israel to know that their oppressors were dead. If God sent him, what had that to do with the matter? The new nation walked through a threatened death toward a new life in a consciousness of the presence and power of Jehovah from which they could not escape. (Morgan), 2018 David Guzik No distribution beyond personal use without permission. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, Ezek 31 18. The fact is that all is clear and consistent but progressive; and the petty pretence of Elohistic and Jehovistic documents manifestly fails; for Exodus 3:1-22 is characterised by the use of Jehovah in a way exactly similar to Exodus 6:1-30. How inexcusable was their distrust! i. Spurgeon told the story of an old saint who lay on her deathbed and declared that Jesus would never forsake her, because He had promised so. Did it affect every pond and stream, nay every vessel of wood and stone? Only then did He allow the Egyptian army to continue their pursuit through the parted waters. No one could be expected to believe this (if he did not look into the Bible and bow to the truth), that God could have written a whole book and never once have spoken of holiness before this. and in favour to the people whom he led. So the Egyptians pursued them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and overtook them camping by the sea beside Pi Hahiroth, before Baal Zephon. Hold your peace; you need not so much as give a shout against the enemy, as Josh 6 16. And they did so. Where all was morally glorious, there is nothing finer than this. Then, when the people who had voluntarily accepted legal conditions murmured once more for flesh, tiring of the manna, they were dealt with according to the law under which they stood, and judgment fell on them from God, instead of the grace they had originally known. We are meant to take notice that now we can speak of "salvation," not before. i. It is only to be read in the light of Christ and of God's revelations about Him: all then is clear and plain. i. II. They do not own it themselves; they treat the Master's claims and rights with indifference and contempt, as every unbeliever does. See the salvation of the Lord. Israel was in a great consternation upon it, ver 10-12. Poor infidelity! hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? Those who had followed God through the 29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in He directs them to leave it to God, in a silent expectation of the event: "Stand still, and think not to save yourselves either by fighting or flying; wait God's orders, and observe them; be not contriving what course to take, but follow your leader; wait God's appearances, and take notice of them, that you may see how foolish you are to distrust them. Surely in vain is the It is possible that the Israelites went along the narrow neck of land on which Baal-zephon stood and that the Biblical Sea of Reeds was modern Lake Sirbonis. Testament, the dividing of the Red Sea before the children of Israel. The reason why a man finds it hard to put the two truths together is that he trusts himself and not God, and this because he wants to be free from the restraints of His will and word. Let us remember this. Where we look to the right and the left, we see the mountains on both sides; we see the enemy behind and we say, "Oh woe is me. Ex. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. As then the living streams flowed, so the Holy Ghost, we know, was not given till Christ was glorified as the result of redemption. 193-4), "In the back settlements, where the inhabitants applied themselves solely to agriculture, and luxury was not known, they were supposed to double their number in fifteen years. If the prince of the world made their burdens heavier, the assurance of deliverance becomes more distinct, and the temporary release vanishes. He is the sent One, but a consciously divine person. Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me; and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. We'd been better to serve the Egyptians than to die here in the wilderness". According as that was, the fear was good or evil. In the latter case, naturally, it was more connected with His own person as known in the Godhead. Their effort is to strip and reduce them to the uttermost by exalting circumstances, which bear a somewhat similar appearance either ordinarily or occasionally, to a measure of correspondence. They took with them the embalmed body of Joseph, in accordance with Josephs earlier request whereby he expressed his faith that one day his people would return to the promised land (19-22; cf. Moses had no idea of how God would deliver but he knew to trust Him. He has quite forgotten the sorrowful funerals of his firstborn, and sea-side;" as if there had lain a fleet of transport-ships ready for them to embark in. Exodus 14. The fact is here named that they hid him; and when they could no longer do so, or it may be, when they had no longer faith to proceed as before, they committed him to an ark of bulrushes in the river, when the daughter of Pharaoh takes up the child and adopts him as her own. II. No answer in sight, no possible way to see relief, this is your moment of trust and believing/claiming God's help. Yet just like Pharaoh after Israel, Satan pursues us, attempting to keep us at least on the fringes of his domain and hoping to destroy us if he can. Thus, even supposing with Ussher, Clinton, and others that the 430 years date from the call of Abram, and that just half this period, or 215 years, can strictly apply to the stay in Egypt, the objection is utterly irrational. We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. condemned, by putting false colours upon it. will show favour to Israel; the waters shall be divided for them to pass through, v. 16. 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. 2. The Message. I look beside me and there are the mountains. There was nothing the people and even at last the king of Egypt were not disposed to concede: later on in spite of all their own interests in the retention of the children of Israel, they were willing and desirous that they should go, and that they should not go away empty. The rebellious nature of Israel was good when it was against Pharaoh and all it stood for; it was bad when it was against the LORD, Moses, and all they stood for. We have apostolic authority for believing that the rock is Christ. Your strength is to sit still (Isaiah 30:7), for the Egyptians shall help in vain, and threaten to hurt in vain. II. In this era of Israels history they had many troubles ahead but Pharaoh and the Egyptians never troubled them again. They can't get out of there, the land has swallowed them up." Note, God sometimes raises difficulties in the way of the salvation of his And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which he will work for you today: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more for ever. We have the type of Christ; we have Israel in their proper place and order; we have the Gentile represented there. The Lord shall fight for you Ye shall have no part in the honour of the day; God alone shall bring you off, and defeat your foes. Your strength is to sit still (Isa 30 7), for the Egyptians shall help how they lie, heaps upon heaps, as dung upon the face of the earth. Did they not see themselves under the guidance and protection of a pillar from heaven? Note, We may be in the way of our duty, following God and hastening towards heaven, and yet may be in That's what God said, "Hey wherefore criest thou unto Me? overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon. As the Old Testament moves on, salvation will gain a more spiritual and less material sense (Psalm 51:12), although the Hebrew was not conscious of any sharp contrast between the two. (Cole). Moses would have yielded an implicit obedience, though God had given him no reason; but shall he hide from Moses the thing that he But before you can do it, you need to learn about God. It vexed them that Israel had their liberty, that they had lost the profit of their labours, and the pleasure of Hence it is to be observed that first God draws particular attention to His being the God of the fathers. them to go forward was an intimation of the pardon. They walked upon dry land in the midst of the They were more advantageously provided with chariots and horses, while the Israelites were on foot. deliver them, that he would undertake their deliverance, and that he would effect it in the utter ruin of their pursuers: The Lord The LORD will fight for you while you keep silent." As we read on, we see just how the Lord fought for His children. And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them ( Exodus 14:18-19 ). 65) that "the Israelites did not listen to Moses at first for anguish of spirit and cruel bondage. ", "There is also a double account of the miracle of the quails in Exodus 16:1-36 and Numbers 11:1-35. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall encamp by the sea. What he must order Israel to do. The cross separates from sin; the cloud from circumstances. Even rationalism does not in every case venture to deny the supernatural character of the phenomena related in Exodus 7:1-25; Exodus 8:1-32; Exodus 9:1-35; Exodus 10:1-29; Exodus 11:1-10; Exodus 12:1-51. Striking Facts: By the blood, God comes between us and our sins. Smiting was as wrong now as it was right before, and so consequently was the application of Moses' judicial rod. 24 And it An infidel may deny the revelation in toto, and from such we expect nothing better; but to hear those who profess to believe this to be a Divine revelation endeavouring to prove that the passage of the Red Sea had nothing miraculous in it, is really intolerable. 15 million Ukrainian are displaced by Russia's war. Every thing is beautiful in its season. A generous spirit would have said, "If the worst Why do you cry to Me: Before the people, Moses was full of faith; before God he cried out in desperate prayer. Thus the hardening is a judicial act on God's part, which comes in after man has proved himself an unbeliever, and has persisted in it. And, [2.] a. (Exodus 10:1-20). again no more for ever. This then is brought before us here with the utmost possible care; as the Spirit of God gives immense scope to the allusions elsewhere. This is not unusual but natural, as it is natural to you and me to fear what is going on around usto fear those who have the power to hurt us or to take our lives. Thus it is a complete deliverance from all that can be brought against us; not a going through the world with hope of protective mercy, which is the notion of man, but a complete victory over the foe present and future. All the promises in Him are Yea, and in Him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. And they did so. God has just left it, as He always knows how to do left what was of Himself to tell its own tale, whilst that which was not of Himself is before the spiritual judgment of those who have confidence in Him. Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. Another fact is mentioned before we close the chapter, and one of deep and grave practical instruction. terror of the mighty in the land of the living. i. It was a type of Also, he took six hundred choice chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt with captains over every one of them. We feel like God leads us into these places of just total desperation and desolation. Nothing shows the difference between God's word and the way in which even men of God may handle, or feel it necessary to handle it, more strikingly than this. We may request cookies to be set on your device. Next, the seventh plague (Exodus 9:13-35), hail with thunder and consuming fire, drew from Pharaoh the confession of his sin and a promise to let the people go, broken by him as soon as Jehovah heard the intercession of Moses. made it the more awful; but where God leads us he will light us; while we follow his conduct, we shall not want his comforts. frontiers of Egypt; before them was the sea; behind them were the Egyptians: so that there was no way open for them but upwards, and wherefore Lines Fear will tell you to retreat. By commanding the wind of the heavens, and the waves of the sea, and employing them against their enemies, and on their behalf; they being unarmed, and so not in a condition to fight for themselves, as well as they had no heart or spirit for it: and ye shall hold your peace; Here is the notice which the Israelites took of this wonderful work which God wrought for them, and the i. 2. Neither Moses nor his rod could be any effective instrument in a work which could be accomplished only by the omnipotence of God; but it was necessary that he should appear in it, in order that he might have credit in the sight of the Israelites, and that they might see that God had chosen him to be the instrument of their deliverance. (Clarke). Although circumstances may alter, He abides alone wise and alone good. Now the dust of the Egyptian army as they come up behind them and they seal off the valley.When they told Pharaoh where the children of Israel had gone, he laughed. Providence, that they may be ripened for destruction. He might have been the simple and happy instrument of God in the mighty work; but Aaron is brought forward to share it. How can I speak unto them to go forward?". This was the more touching, because He knew right well how these very men were about to disgrace Him. How this was arrested is a most instructive lesson, but it will be found later on in this book. Whether it would come to a result or not depended on altogether different circumstances not on any failure in Him. Exodus 14:13-14 reflects Moses' great trust in the Lord: But Moses said to the people, "Do not fear! It seems to have been a large shallow expanse of water near the line of the present-day Suez Canal.). Exodus 14:29. In Exodus the rock was by divine direction smitten smitten by Moses' rod of judgment. Men Again, bodily cleanliness was no small part of heathenism which could do nothing for the soul: more particularly was it so with Egyptian heathenism. The word therefore must have been well enough known: only God did not yet take it as the form and ground of His dealings with any people on the earth; now He does with Israel. See: Deuteronomy 1:30, 1 Sam 17:47, 2 Ch 14:10-11, 20:15. Copyright 2022, Bible Study Tools. This was what the Passover told them on the night they left Egypt, what it was to tell all future generations. It is not true that there are different documents inNumbers 20:1-13; Numbers 20:1-13 any more than in Exodus 17:2-7: "Jehovah" characterises both as any one can ascertain. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. Because God led them in the trap. Because the people lusted, this food was sent in anger to destroy them. But now He goes farther, showing Himself the unchangeable and eternal God, the God who was indeed as a governor true to the promise He had made of old. c. Thus it was a cloud and darkness to the one, and it gave light by night to the other: The pillar was a source of darkness to the Egyptians but a source of light to Israel. 23 And the Egyptians pursued, There was nothing incredible to his mind in the rate of increase assigned to Israel in Goshen, supporting it by a reference to Dr. "Short's New Observations on Bills of Mortality, p. 259, 8vo. For the greater triumph of the Israelites, and to affect them Jehovah shall reign for ever and ever."*. violence of those that are in pursuit of his people. The powers of the air were at the command of Jehovah and against Egypt. It is meat and drink to proud persecutors to trample upon the saints of the Most High, and say to their souls, It is owned that of course human language is the finite; but then He who comes down into the finite is Himself infinite, and we must never lose sight of this, although put now in its most general shape. At the same time all were so distinctly according to His word, and fell one after another with such alarming frequency and tremendous force on them, that they confessed the hand of God. And now, (1.) He retires from the scene to the land of Midian, and there is put through the necessary discipline for the mighty work he was yet to accomplish. faith by shouts and huzzas; as they could not draw a sword, they For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. Exodus 14. Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: "Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn and camp before Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal Zephon; you shall camp before it by the sea. So the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians: God delivered Israel in seemingly impossible circumstances. "Don't be afraid, stand still. How came it that there lacked that which typifies the mortifying the flesh in those who were nearest to Moses? b. Jehovah shows from the very first how all the consequences of His raising and sending Moses to Pharaoh were before His own mind. the more with their deliverance; for the eye affects the heart. This is an aspect of the spiritual life rarely reflected upon, yet Ephesians 3:10-11 tell us that God uses His people to teach angelic beings. full-grown Egyptians for newborn Israelites; thus the Lord is righteous, and precious is his people's blood in his sight, Exodus 14:9. And here comes in another principle of immense importance. But, (2.) This may help our appreciation of the word of God in all such cases. There's no way out of this. It is astonishing what a difference it makes when one can afford and has made up one's mind to drop self. None so bold as those It wasnt difficult to think of at least ten good reasons namely, ten powerful plagues why Pharaoh let Israel go. 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