ALL ROADS LEAD TO CHRIST
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Exodus 15 Study Guide & Breakdown …
The Song of Moses
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! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea! 2 The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him; My father’s God, and I will exalt Him. 3 The Lord is a man of war; The Lord is His name. 4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea; His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea. 5 The depths have covered them; They sank to the bottom like a stone.
6 “Your right hand, O Lord, has become glorious in power; Your right hand, O Lord, has dashed the enemy in pieces. 7 And in the greatness of Your excellence You have overthrown those who rose against You; You sent forth Your wrath; It consumed them like stubble. 8 And with the blast of Your nostrils The waters were gathered together; The floods stood upright like a heap; The depths [a]congealed in the heart of the sea. 9 The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, My hand shall destroy them.’ 10 You blew with Your wind, The sea covered them; They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
11 “Who is like You, O Lord, among the [b]gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders? 12 You stretched out Your right hand; The earth swallowed them. 13 You in Your mercy have led forth The people whom You have redeemed; You have guided them in Your strength To Your holy habitation.
14 “The people will hear and be afraid; Sorrow[c] will take hold of the inhabitants of Philistia. 15 Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; The mighty men of Moab, Trembling will take hold of them; All the inhabitants of Canaan will melt away. 16 Fear and dread will fall on them; By the greatness of Your arm They will be as still as a stone, Till Your people pass over, O Lord, Till the people pass over Whom You have purchased. 17 You will bring them in and plant them In the mountain of Your inheritance, In the place, O Lord, which You have made For Your own dwelling, The sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.
18 “The Lord shall reign forever and ever.”
19 For the horses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them. But the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
The Song of Miriam
20 Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 21 And Miriam answered them:
“Sing to the Lord, For He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!”
Bitter Waters Made Sweet
22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no water. 23 Now when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called [d]Marah. 24 And the people complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” 25 So he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet.
There He made a statute and an [e]ordinance for them, and there He tested them, 26 and said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.”
27 Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees; so, they camped there by the waters.
NOTES Exodus 15 (vv. 1, 2, 6, 12, 8-10, 16, 21, 23, 25, & 27) …
15:1: The Egyptians were THROWN INTO THE SEA … Their opposition to Israel was instigated by the devil – (AthanG) …
15:2: The verb translated “BECAME” means “TO MAKE” … So, in what sense was the Lord made??? In the sense of His Incarnation – (AmbM) … For He “Became flesh – (John 1:14) to become man’s HELPER and SHIELD IN SALVATION … This prophecy also acknowledges the Incarnate Lord as God – (my God and My Father’s God) …
John 1:14: And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth …
15: (vv. 6, 12): The RIGHT HAND OF GOD is the Son of the Father – (BasilG, AmbM) … As the hand is one in essence with its body, similarly, the Son is one essence with the Father …
15:8-10: THE SPIRIT is the Holy Spirit – (AmbM) …
15:16: The Lord gave the enemy a spirit of fear, in contrast to the spirit “of power and of love and of a sound mind” that He gives the faithful – (2Timothy 1:7, and JohnChr) …
15:21: Miriam was a type of the Mother of God – (GrgNy) and of the Church – (AmbM) … The Mother of God leads the Church in songs of praise to the Lord …
15:23: The waters of Marah were called BITTERNESS, which describes man’s condition apart from the grace of Christ …
15:25: The tree cast into the waters made them fit for the people to drink … This tree speaks of the Cross of Christ and baptism – (AmbM) … For the Cross is baptism, and baptism is the Cross … The Cross is in the baptismal water, and the baptismal water is in the Cross … Therefore, baptism saves man – (1 Peter 3:21) …
1 Peter 3:21: There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
-The Flood is an OT mystery of salvation of humans … Noah was saved from godless of society- not so much saved from the water, as through the water from evil … For through the water of BAPTISM the Resurrected Christ, having taken His place in HEAVEN itself, gives us a clean CONSCIENCE … (See also v. 22 here in 1Peter 3) …
15:26: God heals those who hear His voice and obey Him …
15:27: Israel camped by TWELVE FOUNTAINS OF WATER AND SEVENTY PALM TREES … Similarly, the Twelve Apostles of Christ were Twelve fountains of spiritual water, which quenches the thirst of those who seek the true God … Also, Christ sent forth the Seventy to provide heavenly shade from the desert heat …
PSALM 74 (75) Study Guide & Breakdown …
Psalm 74 (75): Is a prophecy concerning the Judgement Seat of Christ – (THE END, v. 1; see also 2Corinthians 5:10-11) … Therefore, all men are commanded not to CORRUPT – (v. 1), that is, DO NOT TRANSGRESS THE LAW, nor EXALT YOURSELVES in sin – (v. 5) … For God Incarnate is judge – (GOD IS JUDGE, v. 8), and the Lord’s CUP of judgement is in His hand – (vv. 8, 9) … Then THE HORNS of corrupt men shall be crushed, but those of THE RIGHTEOUS MAN SHALL BE EXALTED – (v. 11) … And this man SHALL GREATLY REJOICE FOREVER in the world to come (v. 10; see also the Nicene Creed) …
CLOSING …
PROVERBS 16:30: A patient man is better than a strong man, and he who controls his temper is better than he who captures a city …
-SELF-CONTROL is one of the general virtues, and these produce all the rest, the other two are PATIENCE and CONTROL of the TEMPER … These virtues are far superior to the military strength necessary to CAPTURE A CITY …
Lots going on I’m feeling a little overwhelmed with everything that is going on in the world … Sometimes my own health is an issue especially living with CHRONIC COPD flareups, the Lord, we see me through and He will see you all through as well, just stay the course my brothers and sisters in Christ …