Exod. 14:19-31
vs. 19-22
| Israel has just been delivered out of Egypt and Pharaoh and his army are following them until they get to the Red Sea.
"And the Angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud went from before them and stood behind them. So it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. Thus it was a cloud and darkness to one, and it gave light by night to the other, so that the one did not come near the other all night. Then Moses strethed out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided. So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, and the water was a wall to them on their right hand and on their left."
 Note: God lifted up the ground under the sea and dried it out for the people of Israel to pass through the sea. Then the Egyptians followed them into the sea.
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| vs. 24-25 |
"Now it came to pass, in the morning watch, that the Lord looked down upon the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He *troubled (confused) the army of the Egyptians. And He took off their chariot wheels, so that they drove them with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, 'Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.' "
 Note: God tells Moses to stretch out his hand over the sea while the Egyptians were fleeing into it, and the waters cover them. |
| vs. 28-29 |
"Then the waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained. But the children of Israel had walked on dry land in the midst of the sea..."
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| Josh. 2:4-6 |
"Then the woman took the two men and hid them; and she said, 'Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from. And it happened as the gate was being shut, when it was dark, that the men went out. Where the men went I do not know; pursue them quickly, for you may overtake them.' (But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.)" |
| Josh. 2:8-9 |
"So before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof, and said to the men: 'I know that the Lord has given you the land, that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land are fainthearted because of you.' " |
| Josh. 2:12, 14 |
" 'Now therefore, I beg you, swear to me by the Lord, since I have shown you kindness, that you also will show kindness to my father's house, and give me a true token,'...So the men answered her, 'Our lives for yours, if none of you tell this business of ours. And it shall be, when the Lord has given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.' " |
| Josh. 2:17-18 |
"Then the men said to her: 'We will be *blameless of (free from obligation to) this oath...unless, when we come into the land, you bind this line of scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you bring...all your father's household to your own home.' "
Note: This woman's faith required action. As does ours. |
| Josh. 6:1-27 |
The Lord told Joshua to march once around Jericho for six days. "And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. But the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets." (vs. 4) Then all the people were to shout. So they did as the Lord said making sure to make no noise with their voices each day until they were told to shout. |
| Josh. 6:20, 23 |
"So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets. And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat. Then the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city."...And the young men who had been spies went in and brought out Rahab...and all that she had...and left them outside the camp of Israel."
Note: Matt. 1:5 shows Rahab in the lineage of Christ as the mother of Boaz, the great grandfather of David, for her faithfulness.
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| Josh 10:12-14 |
"Then Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel:
'Sun, stand still over Gibeon;
And Moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.'
So the sun stood still,
And the moon stopped,
Till the people had revenge
Upon their enemies.
...So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day. And there has been no day like that, before it or after it, that the Lord heeded the voice of a man; for the Lord fought for Israel."
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Jud. 7:2-25 |
Gideon was going to fight with his men, but the Lord said there were too many men. He instructed Gideon to have those who were fearful to depart from Mount Gilead. And 22,000 returned, and 10,000 remained. Still they were too many, so the Lord had them go to the water and tested them. |
| Jud. 7:6-7 |
"And the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people got down on their knees to drink water. Then the Lord said to Gideon, 'By the three hundred men who lapped I will save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand...' "
Note: The Lord had Gideon go to the camp to hear what they say. A man had a dream that God delivered them into his hands. |
Dan. 3:13-30
vs. 17
vs. 19-22 |
When Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego would not bow down to the image of Nebuchadnezzar he threatened to have them thrown into a burning fiery furnace.
Their reply: If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king."
"...Therefore he spoke and commanded that they heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. And he commanded certain mighty men of valor who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, and cast them into the burning fiery furnace. Then these men were bound...and were cast into the midst of the...furnace. Therefore, because the king's command was *urgent, (Or harsh) and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego." |
| vs. 24--27 |
"Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his *couselors, (High officials) 'Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?' They answered and said to the king, 'True, O king.' 'Look!' he answered, 'I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.' Then Nebuchadnezzar went near the *mouth (Lit. door) of the...furnace and spoke, saying, 'Shadrach, Meshach, and abed-Nego, servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here.' Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego came from the midst of the fire...and they saw these men on whose bodies the fire had no power; the hair of thier head was not singed nor were their garments affected, and the smell of fire was not on them." |
Dan. 6:16-17
vs. 19-22 |
"So the king gave the command, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. But the king spoke, saying to Daniel, 'Your God, whom you serve continually, He will deliver you.' Then a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring..."
Then the king arose very early in the morning and went in haste to the den of lions...he cried out with a *lamenting (Or grieved) voice to Daniel...'Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?' Then Daniel said to the king, 'O king, live forever! My God sent His angel and shut the lions' mouths, so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also, O king, I have done no wrong before you.' "
Note: These striking accounts from the Bible show God is well able to deliver those who trust in Him with their daily lives.
See (Deliverance From Bondage Through Jesus,
and The Lord Delivers You) |
