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“WETLANDS TRAMPLED BY EXTREMEISTS: The Pursuing
Environmentalists Killed”
This
Series
~ I hope these posts lighten your day as we take a light-hearted look at some
Scripture verses and related spiritual topics. Some of these views or concepts
may be well known to you, but hopefully others will be new.
Scripture ~ “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. For Pharaoh will say of the children of
Israel, “They are bewildered by the land; the wilderness has closed them in.”
Then I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, so that he will pursue them; and I will
gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, that the Egyptians may know that
I am the Lord.’ And they did so.
“Now it was
told the king of Egypt that the people had fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and
his servants was turned against the people; and they said, ‘Why have we done
this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?’ So he made ready his chariot
and took his people with him. Also, he took six hundred choice chariots, and
all the chariots of Egypt with captains over every one of them. And the Lord
hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of
Israel; and the children of Israel went out with boldness. 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.
“And when
Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the
Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of
Israel cried out to the Lord. Then they said to Moses, ‘Because there were
no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have
you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt? Is this not the word that we
told you in Egypt, saying, “Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians?” For
it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die
in the wilderness.’
“And Moses
said to the people, ‘Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of
the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom
you see today, you shall see again no more forever. The Lord will fight for
you, and you shall hold your peace.’
“And the Lord
said to Moses, ‘Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go
forward. But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and
divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst
of the sea. And I indeed will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they
shall follow them. So I will gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, his
chariots, and his horsemen. Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord,
when I have gained honor for Myself over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his
horsemen.’
“And the
Angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them;
and the pillar of cloud went from before them and stood behind them. So it came
between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. 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.
“Then Moses
stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by
a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the
waters were divided. So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea
on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and
on their left. And the Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst
of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
“Now it came
to pass, in the morning watch, that the Lord looked down upon the army of the
Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He troubled the army of the
Egyptians. And He took off their chariot wheels, so that they drove them with
difficulty; and the Egyptians said, ‘Let us flee from the face of Israel, for
the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.’
“Then the
Lord said to Moses, ‘Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may
come back upon the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.’ And
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and when the morning appeared, the
sea returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. So
the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. Then the waters
returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh
that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained. But
the children of Israel had walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the
waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
“So the
Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the
Egyptians dead on the seashore. Thus Israel saw the great work which the
Lord had done in Egypt; so the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord
and His servant Moses” (Exodus 141:1-31).
~ Robert
Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW blog.
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Quotations are from the NKJV unless otherwise noted. Emphasis is added.
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