"Getting Out"
I watched a 52 minute amazing sermon by Tim Keller that has taught me SO much. I learned that: 1) Exodus 14, "the parting of the Red Sea" is a picture of Christ's salvation to come. This passage is not just one way God worked once for his people. It's a picture of God's redemption. That's why it's mentioned over and over again in both Old and New Testaments. It's that important. God saves His people through a Mediator ( Moses, the mediator, is a picture of the true Mediator to come, Jesus -see Luke 9 and Hebrews 3 &4) and God's people cross over by grace out of their bondage. What a picture of our great Savior and our own salvation. Beautiful! 2) Water is really a pivotal symbol of God's redemptive plan . In Genesis 1, the Spirit of the Lord hovers over the water and then things happen... creation from water. Then, when everyone falls away, God sends a great flood to "de-create"... In Exodus 14, the Egyptians are "de-...