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May 16 - Exodus 14 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends. How are you going to die?
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  Gee! I hope you're well, here we are.
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  And another new day. It is the 16th of May.
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  It is Tuesday and you have pressed play.
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  And for that, I'm very grateful, I am Sean.
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  And this is a chapter A Day Bible reading podcast.
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  And that means one thing really, it means that you and I are
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  going to read another chapter of today, the Old Testament as we
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  continue reading through Exodus, we are almost at the halfway
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  mark of Exodus. We are almost at the point where
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  we begin to hear what God has to say at length about the way that
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  God is going to be able to be present with his people.
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  But today, well, the Plot thickens a little because
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  everything's been going well, but it really hasn't.
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  They've been having a difficult time trying to get out of Egypt,
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  and they finally done that and now they glanced in their
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  rearview mirror, and they realized, they are in deep deep
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  doo-doo, and they need some serious help.
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  And today today, God pulls out his trump card and he plays an
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  incredible card of saving. And this, this is a very, very
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  special moment for the the people of Israel.
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  So, all that said, let us read together how God Saves these
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  people in the next step of this journey in Exodus chapter 14.
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  Then the lord gave these instructions, to Moses order the
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  Israelites to turn back and camp at Pi her Arif between McDowell
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  and the Sea Camp. There along the shore across
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  from Bales F on then, Pharaoh will think the Israelites are
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  confused. They are trapped in the
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  wilderness. And once again, I will harden,
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  Pharaoh's heart, and he will chase after you.
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  I have planned. In order to display my glory
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  through pharaoh, and his whole Army.
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  After this, the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.
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  So, the Israelites Camp there as they were told, when word
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  reached the king of Egypt, that the Israelites had fled pharaoh
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  and his officials change their minds.
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  What have we done letting all those Israelite slaves?
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  Get away? They asked so Pharaoh, harnessed
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  his Chariot and Called up his troops, he took with him, 600 of
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  Egypt's best chariots along with the rest of the Chariots of
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  Egypt. Each with its Commander, the
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  Lord hardened, the heart of pharaoh, the king of Egypt.
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  So he chased after the people of Israel who had left with fists
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  raised in defines the Egyptians chased after them, with all the
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  forces and Pharaohs Army all his horses and chariots, his
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  charioteers and his troops, the Egyptians caught up with it.
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  Believe Israel as they were camped beside the shore near pie
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  her arith across from Bales effing as Pharaoh approached.
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  The people of Israel looked up and panicked.
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  When they saw the Egyptians overtaking them, they cried out
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  to the Lord. And they said to Moses, why did
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  you bring us out here to die in the wilderness?
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  Weren't there enough, Graves for us in, Egypt.
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  What have you done to us? Why did you make us leave Egypt?
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  Didn't we tell you? This would happen while we were
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  still in Egypt. We said, leave us alone.
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  Let us be slaves to the Egyptians.
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  It's better to be a slave in Egypt than a corpse in the
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  wilderness. But Moses told the people don't
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  be afraid, just stand still and watch the Lord rescue you today,
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  the Egyptians you see today will never be seen again.
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  The Lord himself will fight for you.
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  Just stay calm. Then the Lord said to Moses.
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  Why are you crying out to me? Tell the people to get moving,
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  pick up your stuff and raise your hand over the sea, divide
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  the water. So, the Israelites can walk
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  through the middle of the sea on dry ground.
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  And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians that they will
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  charge in after the Israelites. My great Glory will be displayed
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  through pharaoh and his troops, his chariots and his
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  charioteers. When my glory is displayed
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  through them. All Egypt will see my glory and
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  know that I am the Lord. Then the angel of God, who had
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  been leading the people of Israel moved to the rear of the
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  camp, the pillar of cloud. Also, moved from the front and
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  stood behind them. The cloud settled between the
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  Egyptian and Israelite camps. As Darkness.
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  Fell the cloud. Turn to fire lighting up the
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  night but the Egyptians in Israelites did not approach each
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  other all night. Then Moses raised his hand over
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  the sea and the Lord opened up a path through the water with a
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  strong East. Wind, the wind blew, all that
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  night turning the seabed into dry land.
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  So the people of Israel walked through the middle of the sea on
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  dry ground with walls of water on each side, Then the Egyptians
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  all the Pharaohs horses, chariots and charioteers, chased
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  them into the middle of the sea. But just before Dawn, the Lord
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  looked down on the Egyptian Army from the pillar of fire and
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  cloud and he threw their forces into total confusion.
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  He twisted their chariot wheels, making their chariots difficult
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  to drive. Let's get out of here.
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  Away from those Israelites, the Egyptian shouted.
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  The Lord is fighting for them again.
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  Steer gypped. When all the Israelites had
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  reached, the other side, the Lord said to Moses, raise your
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  hand over the sea. Again, then the waters will rush
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  back and cover the Egyptians and their chariots and charioteers.
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  So as the sun began to rise, Moses raised his hand over the
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  sea and the water rushed back into its usual place.
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  The Egyptians tried to escape but the Lord swept them into the
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  sea. And the waters returned and
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  covered all the Chariots and charioteers the entire Army of
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  pharaoh. Of all the Egyptians who had
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  chased the Israelites into the sea, not a single one survived,
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  but the people of Israel had walked through the middle of the
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  sea on dry ground. As the water, stood up like a
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  wall on both sides. That is how the Lord rescued
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  Israel, from the hand of the Egyptians that day and the
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  Israelites saw the bodies of the Egyptians washed up on the
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  seashore. When the people of Israel saw
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  the mighty power Power that the Lord had Unleashed against the
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  Egyptians, they were filled with, or before him.
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  They put their faith in the Lord.
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  And in his servant Moses, Oh God, that is such a cool
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  image. That is incredible.
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  That you would display your power and such a way to save
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  your people. Our minds Boggle and find it
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  hard to comprehend. This as a as a story of your
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  actual engagement and that this could actually happen.
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  But here it is in your word telling us the story.
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  So we thank you for your miraculous reaching down into
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  this time and space. help us to have bigger hearts with bigger
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  faith that we can know that you are indeed, a mighty God who is
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  prepared to go to, whatever lengths is possible to save his
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  people, and we have seen that in what you have done in Jesus,
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  Thank you. That you have saved us that you
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  have cracked. Open the time-space Continuum
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  that you have taken human form. You have lived amongst us and
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  you have died in our place so that we can be United to you.
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  What a God you are. We are humbled and we are
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  grateful and we love you and we pray all of this in your holy
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  name. Amen.