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  (2) Israel crossing the Red Sea Exodus 14:13-16 “ Then Moses said to the people, ‘ Fear not, stand firm, and you will see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will see them again no more forever. The Lord will fight for you; therefore you must be still. ” Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘ Why do you cry to me? Tell the Israelites to move forward. But lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites will go through the sea on dry ground. ’” God speaks to them through Moses. He tells them to simply observe what God is doing. This is salvation. Even today, with nothing we can do, people struggle to survive. Salvation is God's work, and all we need to do is enter into the faith He gives us. However, people believe and act according to their own thoughts and circumstances, regardless of the faith God gives them. Therefore, this faith changes depending on the circums...

  4. Christ in Exodus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy   (1) Exodus ① Moses Moses shares many similarities with Jesus Christ, to the point where he foreshadows him. He was similar to him from the moment he was born into this world. Matthew 2:16 "Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the Magi, was exceedingly angry. He sent out and put to death all the male children in Bethlehem and in all its districts who were two years old and under, according to the time which he had carefully determined from the Magi." The pain of death began from the very birth of Jesus. Exodus 1:15-16 “ Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one named Shiphrah and the other Puah, saying, ‘ When you assist the Hebrew women in childbirth, look at the birth canal. If it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, she shall live. ’” To save him, Moses' mother placed him in a reed basket and set him adrift on the Nile River. This basket, called an ark, was likened to the ...

  (9) Joseph and Egypt Joseph was Jacob's eleventh son. From a young age, he received many revelations from God through dreams, which made him the object of envy and jealousy from his brothers. Genesis 37:1-7 "Jacob lived in the land of Canaan, the land where his father had sojourned. These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph was seventeen years old, keeping the flock with his brothers. He was with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And he told his father about their wrongdoing. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his other sons, because he was the son of his old age; and he made a coat of many colors for him. When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all of them, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him. Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more. And Joseph said to them, "Please listen to this dream I had: We were binding sheaves in the field, and, look! My sheaf also stood u...