And I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them, 20 coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel.
Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the other all night long. The waters were divided, 22 and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.
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A population needs about 2. For argument sake, let us assume there was an average of 4 children per adult couple. We then have:. The wilderness-born children knew nothing of slavery, so they did not have a victim mentality, nor did they idealize enslavement.
Instead, they were trained for battle by sporadic confrontations with the many nations that attacked them along their year journey toward Canaan. This new generation of Israelites were raised up to know only the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph and Moses; they became an army of seasoned warriors ready to take the Promised Land and settle it.
Reading through the Haggadah during a Passover Seder. Photo by Sandor Weisz. We typically try to plan out our lives using a pre-set schedule of events. The plan includes finishing college by this age, getting married by that age, purchasing a house before having children, etc.
Consequently, we may feel that we are wandering in a wilderness of our own, moving in a different direction than we had planned. God knows us better than we know ourselves or are willing to admit and there can be many reasons that God takes us the long way through the wilderness. For example, some who have achieved their goals think that it is due to their hard work, wisdom, skill, education or talent. They think that God had nothing to do with it.
They might be on a successful track in life, but they do not know that they are spiritually lost. Another reason that God might be taking us through the wilderness is that it is a perfect place to learn how to depend on Him. If your wandering is because of disobedience, the answer is simple: turn toward God, turn toward obedience. In the wilderness, we might feel that God is unnecessarily holding back from answering our prayers. He answers by leading us to the parable of the widow who never gave up seeking justice Luke —5.
He seems to be telling us to be persistent. Go Israel photo by Alon Ron. As we celebrate the Passover, we are told in the Haggadah the Jewish text that sets forth the order of the Passover Seder or ritual meal to believe that we, too, were freed from Egypt.
The God who performed all those miracles, who led His children through the wilderness, is the same One leading us today. If God does not bring us on the shortest path to His goals—to the place that He has promised to bring us—then He has His reasons, and it is for our good. So, as you journey, do not be anxious about tomorrow, but engage in what God is doing in your life today. Yeshua Jesus promises:.
Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Passover Seder photo by Rachel Barenblot. God has in mind His best for us, and we should not lose faith at the sight of obstacles like the Red Sea or the battles we must engage in to reach our destiny. Tell the people of Israel to go [ nasa — journey ] forward. Instead, he took them on a route that began a year journey and involved the need for God to perfrom yet another miracle: the parting of the Red Sea.
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