1/17/2005
Parashat Beshalach (When he sent)
'"It is better that we should serve Egypt than that we should die in the wilderness."
Moses said to the people, "Do not fear! Stand fast and see the salvation of YHVH that He will perform for you today; for as you have seen Egypt today, you shall not see them ever again! YHVH shall make war for you, and you shall remain silent."' Shemot (Exodus) 14:12-13
Imagine the intense desperation of the children of Israel. Faced with the fear of death, they frantically declared that lifelong slavery and misery would preferable to death. You'd think that after going through the whole Pesach experience that they'd have some faith in YHVH. But Moses tells them to lose the fear, and stand firm, and they would see the salvation of YHVH.
They had to be baptized as a nation in Yeshua.
"For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ." 1 Letter to the Corinthians 10:1-4
They had to walk into the sea and die, turning their backs on Egypt. They couldn't afford the fear of death, because it was keeping them as slaves.
"Since the children have flesh and blood, he too (Yeshua) shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death - that is, the devil - and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death." Letter to the Hebrews 2:14-15
"On that day, YHVH saved Israel from the hand of Egypt, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. Israel saw the great hand that YHVH inflicted upon Egypt; and the people revered YHVH, and they had faith in YHVH and in Moses, His servant." Shemot 14:30-31
Moses said to the people, "Do not fear! Stand fast and see the salvation of YHVH that He will perform for you today; for as you have seen Egypt today, you shall not see them ever again! YHVH shall make war for you, and you shall remain silent."' Shemot (Exodus) 14:12-13
Imagine the intense desperation of the children of Israel. Faced with the fear of death, they frantically declared that lifelong slavery and misery would preferable to death. You'd think that after going through the whole Pesach experience that they'd have some faith in YHVH. But Moses tells them to lose the fear, and stand firm, and they would see the salvation of YHVH.
They had to be baptized as a nation in Yeshua.
"For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ." 1 Letter to the Corinthians 10:1-4
They had to walk into the sea and die, turning their backs on Egypt. They couldn't afford the fear of death, because it was keeping them as slaves.
"Since the children have flesh and blood, he too (Yeshua) shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death - that is, the devil - and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death." Letter to the Hebrews 2:14-15
"On that day, YHVH saved Israel from the hand of Egypt, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. Israel saw the great hand that YHVH inflicted upon Egypt; and the people revered YHVH, and they had faith in YHVH and in Moses, His servant." Shemot 14:30-31
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