Who doesn't remember Charlton Heston as Moses, stretching his arms out to part the Red Sea, to allow the Israelites to escape?
Friday, June 17, 2011
20 - Crossing the Red Sea
Exodus 13:17 – 14:31
Who doesn't remember Charlton Heston as Moses, stretching his arms out to part the Red Sea, to allow the Israelites to escape?
But scripture is clear that it is God who is in charge of the fate of his people, and of the Egyptians. "As the Egyptians fled before it [the sea], the Lord tossed the Egyptians into the sea." And before they even get across, the Hebrew people are already starting their "murmuring" against Moses. Moses, despite his sense of inadequacy, trusts in God to protect and lead the people.
Who doesn't remember Charlton Heston as Moses, stretching his arms out to part the Red Sea, to allow the Israelites to escape?
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