Last week we looked at the surface of the text of Exodus 14. There we saw God's stated plan to get glory over Pharaoh, and how He carried it out by shaking off the Egyptians into the Red Sea. This evening, I want to take a different approach to the text. Instead of looking at the surface of the text, the stated actions and intentions and lessons, I want to look at the themes of the text, and specifically the connection between those themes and other great textual movements of Scripture. So we're going to look at four major points of connection between this text and others that together add up to some of Scripture's biggest themes. Thus, I want you to see how the Red Sea crossing looks like creation and is clearly meant to be a foreshadowing of the new creation. I want you to see the darkness, and the dawn that follows it — how God conclusively defeats His enemies just as dawn breaks. I want you to see the themes of descent into the realm of the dead and ascent to the high places of communion with God on His mountain. And I want you to see Pharaoh, the dragon wallowing in the Nile, and Yahweh the dragon-slayer who vanquishes him just as He will someday conclusively overthrow the great Dragon, the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world. Brothers and sisters, this chapter is deep. Ultimately, it shows us Israel brought through the chaos waters by the Son and Spirit of God, up out of Egypt into the new-creation world of order, victory, and peace.
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Caleb Nelson grew up in Ft. Collins, CO. Born into a Christian home, where he eventually became the eldest of 11 children, he has been a lifelong Presbyterian. He professed faith at the age of six, and was homeschooled through high school. He then attended Patrick Henry College...
