WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.260 It's a joy to be with you this morning. 00:00:03.240 --> 00:00:05.560 And we are in Exodus chapter 15. 00:00:05.719 --> 00:00:09.560 Please turn with me to Exodus chapter 15, verses 1 to 21. 00:00:12.439 --> 00:00:15.660 And let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's word. 00:00:17.660 --> 00:00:21.080 Father, there is no one like you. 00:00:22.960 --> 00:00:27.800 And we ask that this morning you would renew our sense of awe and wonder 00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:30.660 at who you are and all that you have done for us. 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:37.780 So that we may truly make that profession of faith that there is no one like you. 00:00:39.060 --> 00:00:42.920 Not only with mental assent in our heads, but from the bottom of our hearts. 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:48.799 Reveal your glory to us from your word. 00:00:49.980 --> 00:00:53.000 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:53.119 Amen. 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:59.259 Please stand with me for the reading of God's word from Exodus chapter 15, if you're able. 00:01:04.099 --> 00:01:06.420 I'm going to read verses 1 to 21. 00:01:06.420 --> 00:01:13.960 Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord, saying, 00:01:15.060 --> 00:01:18.439 I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously. 00:01:18.859 --> 00:01:22.060 The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. 00:01:22.700 --> 00:01:28.400 The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. 00:01:29.299 --> 00:01:32.140 This is my God, and I will praise him. 00:01:32.520 --> 00:01:35.219 My Father's God, and I will exalt him. 00:01:35.219 --> 00:01:37.599 The Lord is a man of war. 00:01:38.179 --> 00:01:39.739 The Lord is his name. 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:44.140 Pharaoh's chariots and his host he cast into the sea, 00:01:44.500 --> 00:01:47.980 and his chosen officers were sunk in the Red Sea. 00:01:48.700 --> 00:01:50.239 The floods cover them. 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:52.980 They went down into the depths like a stone. 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:56.340 Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power. 00:01:56.879 --> 00:01:59.620 Your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy. 00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:04.180 In the greatness of your majesty, you overthrow your adversaries. 00:02:04.180 --> 00:02:06.340 You send out your fury. 00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:08.480 It consumes them like stubble. 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:12.860 At the blast of your nostrils, the waters piled up. 00:02:13.180 --> 00:02:14.900 The floods stood up in a heap. 00:02:15.340 --> 00:02:18.020 The deeps congealed in the heart of the sea. 00:02:18.920 --> 00:02:21.980 The enemy said, I will pursue. 00:02:22.140 --> 00:02:23.420 I will overtake. 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:24.980 I will divide the spoil. 00:02:25.140 --> 00:02:27.260 My desire shall have its fill of them. 00:02:27.259 --> 00:02:28.979 I will draw my sword. 00:02:29.099 --> 00:02:31.459 My hand shall destroy them. 00:02:33.139 --> 00:02:36.019 You blew with your wind. 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:38.560 The sea covered them. 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:41.859 They sank like lead in the mighty waters. 00:02:41.860 --> 00:02:46.440 Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? 00:02:47.160 --> 00:02:53.740 Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders? 00:02:54.520 --> 00:02:57.140 You stretched out your right hand. 00:02:57.700 --> 00:02:59.080 The earth swallowed them. 00:03:00.320 --> 00:03:05.160 You have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed. 00:03:05.159 --> 00:03:09.240 You have guided them by your strength to your holy abode. 00:03:09.740 --> 00:03:11.359 The peoples have heard. 00:03:11.859 --> 00:03:12.699 They tremble. 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:15.620 Pangs have seized the inhabitants of Philistia. 00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:18.620 Now are the chiefs of Edom dismayed. 00:03:19.060 --> 00:03:21.259 Trembling seizes the leaders of Moab. 00:03:21.620 --> 00:03:24.960 All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away. 00:03:25.900 --> 00:03:28.180 Terror and dread fall upon them. 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:33.219 Because of the greatness of your arm, they are still as a stone. 00:03:33.219 --> 00:03:37.020 Till your people, O Lord, pass by. 00:03:37.780 --> 00:03:42.280 Till the people pass by whom you have purchased. 00:03:43.280 --> 00:03:48.199 You will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain. 00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:52.219 The place, O Lord, which you have made for your abode. 00:03:52.759 --> 00:03:56.620 The sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established. 00:03:57.240 --> 00:04:00.939 The Lord will reign forever and ever. 00:04:00.939 --> 00:04:06.599 For when the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, 00:04:06.719 --> 00:04:09.719 the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them. 00:04:10.020 --> 00:04:13.759 But the people of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea. 00:04:14.419 --> 00:04:18.939 Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, 00:04:19.100 --> 00:04:22.439 and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing. 00:04:22.439 --> 00:04:28.259 And Miriam sang to them, saying to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously. 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:32.420 The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. 00:04:32.980 --> 00:04:35.639 This is God's holy and authoritative word. 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:36.939 You may be seated. 00:04:36.939 --> 00:04:46.459 Many of us just celebrated Independence Day this past July 4th. 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:50.220 And if you went to see fireworks someplace, 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:54.459 you most likely heard our national anthem, the Star Spangled Banner. 00:04:55.579 --> 00:04:59.360 And I don't know if you've ever looked up the origin of the song on Wikipedia or not, 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:05.520 but the lyrics for the song come from a poem entitled Defense of Fort McHenry. 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:11.360 And written by lawyer and poet Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814. 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:16.420 It was in the middle of the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom. 00:05:16.960 --> 00:05:21.500 The war was a culmination of a long-standing feud between two countries. 00:05:21.860 --> 00:05:25.020 As the U.S. colonial settlements were expanding to the northwest, 00:05:25.019 --> 00:05:27.219 the U.K. obviously was not happy about that, 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:31.299 and they opposed the territorial expansion by arming some of the Native Americans. 00:05:31.919 --> 00:05:34.579 And they also meddled in U.S. international trade, 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:39.979 and at times impressed American citizens into their service as British subjects. 00:05:40.919 --> 00:05:43.479 And because of these rising tensions, 00:05:43.899 --> 00:05:48.599 it brought the sovereignty of the United States as a new nation into question. 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:52.379 And that's why some American historians call the War of 1812 00:05:52.379 --> 00:05:54.259 the Second War of Independence. 00:05:55.019 --> 00:05:59.319 And in August 1814, the British troops burned Washington, D.C. 00:05:59.479 --> 00:06:03.000 And in September, the Royal Navy had formed a blockade, 00:06:03.439 --> 00:06:07.659 and they were bombarding Fort McHenry in Baltimore all night long. 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:13.139 People, some people were watching and wondering whether the fort would survive the night, 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:17.099 whether the U.S. would survive the war. 00:06:18.419 --> 00:06:21.799 And Francis Scott Key, who happened to be a witness on a boat, 00:06:22.060 --> 00:06:23.959 observing what was happening in the bombing, 00:06:23.959 --> 00:06:28.779 saw an oversized U.S. flag, the Star Spangled Banner, 00:06:29.419 --> 00:06:32.099 fluttering in the wind, waving, 00:06:32.419 --> 00:06:34.620 as the bomb was beginning at night. 00:06:35.139 --> 00:06:37.180 And in the morning at dawn, 00:06:37.419 --> 00:06:38.879 he looked again in that direction, 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:40.099 and he saw that 00:06:40.099 --> 00:06:42.879 the flag was still standing 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:44.980 and gallantly streaming. 00:06:45.379 --> 00:06:49.279 And from that, he was inspired to pen the poem right in that moment. 00:06:49.399 --> 00:06:49.939 That's what he wrote. 00:06:50.019 --> 00:06:50.199 He says, 00:06:50.199 --> 00:07:20.180 O say, 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:27.800 When the smoke dissipated and the dust settled and the darkness faded as the sun peeked over the horizon, 00:07:27.800 --> 00:07:35.340 and Francis Scott Key glimpsed the stripes and stars of the U.S. flag still flying triumphantly over the fort, 00:07:35.339 --> 00:07:36.339 and he was awestruck. 00:07:36.339 --> 00:07:43.339 And so he wrote this poem because just narrating and writing in prose such an event is not enough. 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:45.839 It doesn't adequately capture the moment. 00:07:46.699 --> 00:07:50.799 He could only write about it in verse, in poetry, in song. 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:55.920 How much more, then, if that were the case in that war, 00:07:57.020 --> 00:07:59.600 is it the case with the passage this morning, 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:02.300 after God's great deliverance of his people at the Exodus, 00:08:02.560 --> 00:08:04.280 and at splitting the Red Sea, 00:08:04.840 --> 00:08:08.360 that people are to praise the Lord in song? 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:11.560 We have seen in Exodus 14, 00:08:11.840 --> 00:08:14.660 the recount of God delivering Israel. 00:08:14.819 --> 00:08:16.460 He split the Red Sea. 00:08:16.600 --> 00:08:18.819 He created a wall of water on either side 00:08:18.819 --> 00:08:21.400 so that the Israelites could walk through on dry ground. 00:08:21.759 --> 00:08:25.240 And then he routed the Egyptians with the pillar of cloud and fire, 00:08:25.439 --> 00:08:28.759 and then he collapsed the wall of water upon the Egyptians and drowned them. 00:08:29.100 --> 00:08:32.200 And Israel really was at the edge of disaster, 00:08:32.379 --> 00:08:33.360 of national disaster. 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:39.899 Before them stood the untraversable Red Sea, 00:08:40.259 --> 00:08:45.300 and behind them pursued this unassailable Egyptian elite army. 00:08:46.659 --> 00:08:49.560 And people were wondering whether this fledgling nation 00:08:49.560 --> 00:08:52.440 who had just won freedom recently would survive the onslaught. 00:08:53.100 --> 00:08:53.740 But it says, 00:08:53.879 --> 00:08:56.419 In the morning, the Lord God fought for them, 00:08:56.899 --> 00:09:01.759 and when the last man and woman and child and livestock of Israel 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:04.539 had crossed the Red Sea on dry ground, 00:09:04.799 --> 00:09:06.480 they turn around and look, 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:10.439 and they see the dead bodies of the Egyptians washing onto the shore. 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:12.679 They had survived. 00:09:13.580 --> 00:09:14.899 They had actually won. 00:09:15.899 --> 00:09:17.919 They had been saved and delivered. 00:09:18.700 --> 00:09:20.580 And the Lord had triumphed. 00:09:21.960 --> 00:09:23.700 And so there, as they stood in awe, 00:09:24.100 --> 00:09:27.059 still free to worship the Lord and serve the Lord, 00:09:27.059 --> 00:09:30.599 the Lord, just tell them that it wasn't enough. 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:34.500 And so they erupt in poetry and song. 00:09:34.579 --> 00:09:35.439 It says in verse 1, 00:09:35.799 --> 00:09:39.000 Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord, 00:09:39.139 --> 00:09:39.399 saying, 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:41.419 I will sing to the Lord, 00:09:41.739 --> 00:09:44.099 for He has triumphed gloriously. 00:09:44.579 --> 00:09:47.959 The horse and his rider He has thrown into the sea. 00:09:48.919 --> 00:09:51.359 This song can be divided up into two main parts. 00:09:51.539 --> 00:09:53.479 First is remembering our redemption. 00:09:53.480 --> 00:09:56.440 It has a retrospective perspective. 00:09:57.120 --> 00:10:00.180 And then the second half is anticipating our coming. 00:10:00.460 --> 00:10:01.759 It looks into the future. 00:10:03.019 --> 00:10:05.920 And the main lesson of this song that it preserves for us 00:10:05.920 --> 00:10:08.200 is that the Lord is the warrior king 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:12.800 who redeems us and leads us to His dwelling place. 00:10:13.340 --> 00:10:16.860 So we're going to first look at how we should remember our redemption. 00:10:17.639 --> 00:10:20.700 With the redemption that the Red Sea fresh on their minds, 00:10:20.700 --> 00:10:22.600 the people of God sang in verses 1 to 3. 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:35.920 The Lord is my strength and my song. 00:10:35.920 --> 00:10:37.980 This is my God, and I will praise Him. 00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:40.480 My Father's God, and I will exalt Him. 00:10:40.860 --> 00:10:42.399 The Lord is a man of war. 00:10:42.700 --> 00:10:44.720 The Lord is His name. 00:10:44.720 --> 00:10:49.920 The Lord is my strength and my song. 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:51.440 He has become my salvation. 00:10:51.820 --> 00:10:55.560 That's a refrain that you hear over and over again in the Old Testament. 00:10:56.440 --> 00:10:58.340 It's first heard here in the Exodus, 00:10:59.060 --> 00:11:01.920 but then it's taken up again later in Psalm 118.14 00:11:01.920 --> 00:11:04.019 and in Isaiah 12.2 as well. 00:11:04.120 --> 00:11:08.180 And it's such an intimate and beautiful way to praise God. 00:11:08.179 --> 00:11:10.579 The Lord is not only my strength, 00:11:10.699 --> 00:11:14.819 someone who sustains me and saves me and keeps me going, 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:19.159 but He's also my song, the object of my love, 00:11:19.479 --> 00:11:22.539 the object of my adoration and affection, 00:11:22.859 --> 00:11:26.339 the one I delight in, the person I love to sing about. 00:11:26.959 --> 00:11:31.279 So then we sing to the Lord, but the Lord is also our song. 00:11:31.620 --> 00:11:34.279 We sing to Him, but we also sing of Him. 00:11:34.279 --> 00:11:38.159 He's both our audience and the content of our song 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:41.539 because that's what He deserves for all that He has. 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:45.620 And Moses says that the Lord is my Father's God. 00:11:46.379 --> 00:11:49.319 This is very meaningful for him because if you recall, 00:11:49.959 --> 00:11:52.120 Moses was exposed as an infant, 00:11:53.059 --> 00:11:57.439 an orphan picked up by the Egyptians from the Nile River 00:11:57.439 --> 00:11:59.000 and then raised in the Egyptian court. 00:11:59.600 --> 00:12:03.139 And God had said to him when he first called Moses in Exodus 3.6, 00:12:03.139 --> 00:12:06.699 I am the God of your Father, singular. 00:12:07.980 --> 00:12:10.659 And in doing that, God was connecting, 00:12:10.819 --> 00:12:13.620 reconnecting Moses to the history of God's people 00:12:13.620 --> 00:12:15.720 and saying, you are not an orphan, 00:12:15.899 --> 00:12:17.460 you are not a no-name nobody, 00:12:17.620 --> 00:12:19.319 but instead you are one of my people. 00:12:20.019 --> 00:12:21.379 I am your God. 00:12:21.419 --> 00:12:23.220 I'm the God of your Father. 00:12:24.699 --> 00:12:27.200 And that's the same thing that God does for us. 00:12:27.500 --> 00:12:29.220 He has taken spiritual orphans 00:12:29.220 --> 00:12:32.000 and he has adopted us as his sons and daughters, 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:34.420 as his own, and he says, I am your God. 00:12:34.779 --> 00:12:37.540 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and Moses 00:12:37.540 --> 00:12:40.340 is the same God that we worship today also. 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:44.720 But note that Moses does not merely call Yahweh 00:12:44.720 --> 00:12:48.920 my Father's God, but he also calls him my God. 00:12:50.259 --> 00:12:52.379 There's an intensely personal dimension 00:12:52.379 --> 00:12:54.759 to the profession of the song. 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:58.120 Notice all the first person singular pronouns 00:12:58.120 --> 00:12:59.299 in verses one to three. 00:12:59.659 --> 00:13:00.960 I will sing to the Lord. 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:03.960 The Lord is my strength and my song 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:05.399 and he's become my salvation. 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:08.240 This is my God and I will praise him. 00:13:08.500 --> 00:13:11.120 My Father's God and I will exalt him. 00:13:12.580 --> 00:13:14.259 What is the significance of that? 00:13:14.340 --> 00:13:16.759 God is not an abstract idea 00:13:17.299 --> 00:13:20.019 or a philosophical principle 00:13:20.019 --> 00:13:21.759 or some spiritual force. 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:24.679 No, God is a person 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:28.100 whom we know and love and worship. 00:13:28.620 --> 00:13:29.840 He is my God. 00:13:30.519 --> 00:13:33.019 He is not only the song of God's people, 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:34.419 he is my song. 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:37.299 He's not merely a savior of the world, 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:38.980 he is my salvation. 00:13:40.419 --> 00:13:43.240 There is an important aspect to worship 00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:45.600 that is communal that people often miss, 00:13:46.139 --> 00:13:47.539 but we also must not miss 00:13:47.539 --> 00:13:50.220 the personal individual aspect of worship. 00:13:50.220 --> 00:13:53.860 Do you know the Lord as your God? 00:13:55.980 --> 00:13:57.899 Or do you know the Lord as your God? 00:13:57.940 --> 00:13:58.139 Or do you know the Lord as your God? 00:13:59.980 --> 00:14:02.680 When you hear of God and his love 00:14:02.680 --> 00:14:04.120 and his saving deeds, 00:14:04.560 --> 00:14:06.580 does your heart well up with love 00:14:06.580 --> 00:14:08.800 and joy and gratitude for him 00:14:08.800 --> 00:14:11.620 so that you can't help but burst into song? 00:14:12.740 --> 00:14:14.700 Do you come to the church gathering 00:14:14.700 --> 00:14:16.500 to worship my God 00:14:16.500 --> 00:14:18.420 or the church's God 00:14:18.420 --> 00:14:20.920 or to worship your God? 00:14:23.420 --> 00:14:25.300 I hope every single one of you can say, 00:14:25.420 --> 00:14:27.400 the Lord is my strength, 00:14:27.800 --> 00:14:28.740 my song, 00:14:29.180 --> 00:14:30.020 my salvation, 00:14:30.700 --> 00:14:32.280 and my God. 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:36.280 Having professed that the Lord is my God, 00:14:36.460 --> 00:14:37.480 in verse three, 00:14:37.580 --> 00:14:39.460 it begins to describe what the Lord is like 00:14:39.460 --> 00:14:40.240 and what he has done. 00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:40.659 It says, 00:14:41.139 --> 00:14:42.639 the Lord is a man of war. 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:45.360 The Lord is his name. 00:14:46.100 --> 00:14:47.799 The expression man of war 00:14:47.799 --> 00:14:49.279 is simply another way 00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:51.259 to say that the Lord is a warrior, 00:14:52.220 --> 00:14:54.060 which is exactly how 00:14:54.060 --> 00:14:55.539 some other translations have it. 00:14:55.799 --> 00:14:57.960 The CSB, 00:14:58.480 --> 00:14:59.340 the Christian Standard Bible, 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:00.060 and the NIV, 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:00.960 New International Version, 00:15:01.080 --> 00:15:01.860 translated that way. 00:15:02.620 --> 00:15:05.399 And if talking about God as a warrior 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:08.000 makes you feel uneasy 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:09.779 or fidgety, 00:15:10.319 --> 00:15:11.740 then you are likely missing 00:15:11.740 --> 00:15:12.980 a critical aspect 00:15:12.980 --> 00:15:14.679 of the way you perceive 00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:15.799 and relate to God. 00:15:17.139 --> 00:15:19.439 Yes, God is our loving Father. 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:22.459 Yes, God is our good shepherd. 00:15:23.319 --> 00:15:24.639 And yes, there are other images 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:26.179 in Scripture that emphasize 00:15:26.179 --> 00:15:27.959 God's tender care. 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:30.019 We need all of those images 00:15:30.019 --> 00:15:31.000 and metaphors as well. 00:15:31.079 --> 00:15:31.980 We don't want an imbalance 00:15:31.980 --> 00:15:33.299 and only talk about God 00:15:33.299 --> 00:15:33.960 as a warrior either. 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:35.820 However, we must not forget 00:15:35.820 --> 00:15:38.240 that the Lord is a man of war. 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:39.960 He is a warrior. 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:42.980 In the peace and security 00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:44.680 and comfort of 21st century 00:15:44.680 --> 00:15:45.320 United States, 00:15:45.420 --> 00:15:46.879 it's easy for us to say, 00:15:47.300 --> 00:15:48.920 oh, let's dispense with this talk 00:15:48.920 --> 00:15:50.220 of God as a man of war. 00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:52.280 That sounds so militant, 00:15:52.820 --> 00:15:53.620 so masculine. 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:56.660 But for victims of injustice 00:15:56.660 --> 00:15:57.980 and oppression, 00:15:58.480 --> 00:15:59.259 like the Israelites 00:15:59.259 --> 00:16:00.820 who were enslaved in Egypt 00:16:00.820 --> 00:16:02.100 for 400 years, 00:16:02.100 --> 00:16:03.800 the fact that the Lord 00:16:03.800 --> 00:16:04.560 is a warrior 00:16:04.560 --> 00:16:06.399 is not a liability 00:16:06.399 --> 00:16:07.519 or a fearful thing. 00:16:07.580 --> 00:16:09.060 It is a wonderful comfort. 00:16:11.019 --> 00:16:12.279 When evil enemies 00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:13.420 are getting their way 00:16:13.420 --> 00:16:15.960 and enslaving God's people 00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:16.960 and slaughtering them, 00:16:17.300 --> 00:16:18.580 we need not only 00:16:18.580 --> 00:16:19.700 the divine counselor, 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:21.680 we need a divine warrior. 00:16:22.960 --> 00:16:24.360 It's precisely because 00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:25.600 the Lord is a man of war 00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:27.160 that we can be peacemakers 00:16:27.160 --> 00:16:27.779 in this world. 00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:30.279 We Christians are never 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:31.879 to repay evil for evil. 00:16:32.379 --> 00:16:34.100 We are never to avenge ourselves, 00:16:34.339 --> 00:16:35.819 but leave it to the wrath of God, 00:16:35.899 --> 00:16:36.620 for it is written, 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:38.519 vengeance is mine. 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:39.860 I will repay, 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:41.459 says the Lord. 00:16:42.500 --> 00:16:44.120 It's precisely because 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:45.519 the Lord says 00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:47.159 He will see to justice. 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:48.740 Precisely because 00:16:48.740 --> 00:16:49.600 the Lord has said, 00:16:49.740 --> 00:16:50.779 I will fight on behalf 00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:51.480 of the oppressed. 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:52.699 Precisely because 00:16:52.699 --> 00:16:53.439 the Lord has said, 00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:54.879 I will return to judge 00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:55.439 the earth 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:56.320 and the living 00:16:56.320 --> 00:16:57.020 and the dead 00:16:57.020 --> 00:16:59.740 that we can rest assured, 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:01.260 trust in Him 00:17:01.260 --> 00:17:02.820 and promote peace 00:17:02.820 --> 00:17:03.300 in this world 00:17:03.300 --> 00:17:04.380 and even suffer 00:17:04.380 --> 00:17:05.940 unjustly in this world 00:17:05.940 --> 00:17:09.420 because we know 00:17:09.420 --> 00:17:10.539 He'll put it all to rights. 00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:13.440 Verses fortified 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:14.039 and describe 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:14.799 how the Lord 00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:15.340 is a warrior. 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:16.940 Pharaoh's chariots 00:17:16.940 --> 00:17:17.539 and his host 00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:18.740 He cast into the sea 00:17:18.740 --> 00:17:20.519 and His chosen officers 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:21.320 were sunk 00:17:21.320 --> 00:17:22.100 in the Red Sea. 00:17:22.580 --> 00:17:23.840 The floods cover them 00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:25.339 and they went into the depths 00:17:25.339 --> 00:17:26.439 like a stone. 00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:28.419 I love how, 00:17:28.539 --> 00:17:28.919 you know, 00:17:29.119 --> 00:17:30.359 Moses keeps rubbing in 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:31.259 the fact that 00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:32.839 Pharaoh sent his 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:33.839 elite forces, 00:17:34.299 --> 00:17:35.459 the chosen officers, 00:17:35.980 --> 00:17:37.779 not just everyday infantrymen. 00:17:37.859 --> 00:17:39.599 He sent his navy seals out 00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:40.959 to get these Israelites 00:17:40.959 --> 00:17:41.799 running away from 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:43.319 without weapons 00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:44.879 and yet 00:17:44.879 --> 00:17:46.079 the Lord 00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:46.819 defeated 00:17:46.819 --> 00:17:48.399 the strongest army 00:17:48.399 --> 00:17:49.419 of that ancient world. 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:53.819 And then in verses 6 to 12, 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:54.720 the Israelites 00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:55.339 transitioned 00:17:55.339 --> 00:17:57.000 telling of God's mighty deed 00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:57.740 to addressing 00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:59.139 and praising God directly. 00:17:59.659 --> 00:18:00.419 And this section 00:18:00.419 --> 00:18:00.959 is structured 00:18:00.959 --> 00:18:02.019 in a fascinating way. 00:18:02.439 --> 00:18:03.419 Right in the middle of it 00:18:03.419 --> 00:18:04.179 in verse 9 00:18:04.179 --> 00:18:06.399 we see the enemy's 00:18:06.399 --> 00:18:07.480 presumptuous boast. 00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:08.659 The enemy said, 00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:09.659 I will pursue, 00:18:09.919 --> 00:18:10.899 I will overtake, 00:18:10.980 --> 00:18:12.179 I will divide the spoil. 00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:13.639 My desire shall have 00:18:13.639 --> 00:18:14.299 its fill of them. 00:18:14.399 --> 00:18:15.579 I will draw my sword. 00:18:15.939 --> 00:18:17.779 My hand shall destroy them. 00:18:18.439 --> 00:18:19.379 It's very repetitive. 00:18:19.579 --> 00:18:20.659 A lot of I's, 00:18:20.819 --> 00:18:22.059 the first person singular pronouns, 00:18:22.059 --> 00:18:23.319 and the short 00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:24.859 kind of staccato sentences 00:18:24.859 --> 00:18:26.700 convey the enemy's 00:18:26.700 --> 00:18:28.159 overweening sense 00:18:28.159 --> 00:18:29.500 of pride and confidence 00:18:29.500 --> 00:18:30.940 and egotism. 00:18:31.740 --> 00:18:33.299 His victory to him 00:18:33.299 --> 00:18:34.720 is a foregone conclusion. 00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:36.359 Oh, I will do these things. 00:18:36.460 --> 00:18:36.720 Yes. 00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:39.079 And he expects to make 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:40.740 quick work of the Israelites. 00:18:40.740 --> 00:18:43.160 But then, 00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:44.620 that boastful statement 00:18:44.620 --> 00:18:45.120 in the middle 00:18:45.120 --> 00:18:46.019 is framed 00:18:46.019 --> 00:18:47.920 by verses 6 and 12 00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:49.559 which both mention 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:51.579 the right hand of God. 00:18:52.059 --> 00:18:52.920 He says in verse 6, 00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:54.039 Your right hand, 00:18:54.120 --> 00:18:54.500 O Lord, 00:18:54.880 --> 00:18:55.980 glorious in power. 00:18:56.460 --> 00:18:57.440 Your right hand, 00:18:57.500 --> 00:18:57.839 O Lord, 00:18:58.000 --> 00:18:59.160 shatters the enemy. 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:00.279 And at the end 00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:00.720 of the section, 00:19:00.819 --> 00:19:01.460 verse 12 says, 00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:02.440 You stretched out 00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:03.299 your right hand 00:19:03.299 --> 00:19:04.099 and the earth 00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:05.000 swallowed them. 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:06.599 Now, 00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:07.660 this is in contrast 00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:09.039 with the enemy's hand 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:09.599 which was mentioned 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:10.180 in verse 9. 00:19:10.180 --> 00:19:10.799 The enemy said, 00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:12.500 My hand shall destroy them. 00:19:12.840 --> 00:19:13.360 But instead, 00:19:13.620 --> 00:19:14.220 it's the power 00:19:14.220 --> 00:19:15.539 of God's right hand 00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:16.720 that shatters him 00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:18.360 and humbles him. 00:19:19.080 --> 00:19:19.420 And so, 00:19:19.860 --> 00:19:21.220 on either side 00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:22.900 of verse 9, 00:19:23.060 --> 00:19:24.460 the enemy's boast, 00:19:24.840 --> 00:19:26.120 you see praises 00:19:26.120 --> 00:19:27.200 of declarations 00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:28.100 of God's glory 00:19:28.100 --> 00:19:29.220 and might. 00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:31.279 And those statements 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:32.600 kind of like squeeze 00:19:32.600 --> 00:19:33.480 that middle boast 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:34.640 like a vice grip. 00:19:35.340 --> 00:19:35.460 You know, 00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:37.180 so it's a really wonderful way 00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:38.519 to write about this. 00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:39.940 Verse 7 speaks 00:19:39.940 --> 00:19:40.860 of the greatness 00:19:40.860 --> 00:19:42.200 of God's majesty. 00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:42.980 Now, 00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:44.000 the Lord sends out 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:44.480 his fury 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:45.140 which consumes 00:19:45.140 --> 00:19:45.580 his enemies 00:19:45.580 --> 00:19:46.559 like stubble. 00:19:47.120 --> 00:19:48.640 You've seen stubble burn, 00:19:48.860 --> 00:19:49.100 right? 00:19:49.539 --> 00:19:51.840 It's instantly incinerated 00:19:51.840 --> 00:19:52.380 by fire. 00:19:52.620 --> 00:19:52.980 Poof. 00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:54.120 Right? 00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:55.779 And verse 11 says, 00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:56.100 Likewise, 00:19:56.099 --> 00:19:56.859 that the Lord 00:19:56.859 --> 00:19:58.779 is majestic in holiness 00:19:58.779 --> 00:20:00.339 and that he stretched 00:20:00.339 --> 00:20:01.279 out his right hand 00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:01.819 so that the earth 00:20:01.819 --> 00:20:02.740 swallowed his enemies. 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:04.759 And then verse 8 says 00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:06.119 that at the blast 00:20:06.119 --> 00:20:07.419 of the Lord's nostrils, 00:20:07.899 --> 00:20:09.259 the waters piled up, 00:20:09.619 --> 00:20:10.819 the floods stood up 00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:11.339 in a heap, 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:13.099 the deeps congealed. 00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:14.339 And verse 10, 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:15.219 it matches that 00:20:15.219 --> 00:20:15.559 and it says, 00:20:15.659 --> 00:20:16.439 the Lord blew 00:20:16.439 --> 00:20:17.279 with his wind, 00:20:17.639 --> 00:20:18.639 the sea covered them, 00:20:18.699 --> 00:20:19.919 they sank like lead 00:20:19.919 --> 00:20:21.299 in the mighty waters. 00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:24.599 So the boastful enemy 00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:26.359 sinks into the sea 00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:27.599 like lead, 00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:28.720 like stone 00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:30.359 that sinks instantly 00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:31.059 to the bottom 00:20:31.059 --> 00:20:31.639 of the ocean. 00:20:32.859 --> 00:20:34.039 And that's how large 00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:34.720 the gap is 00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:35.740 between the power 00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.159 of the Lord 00:20:36.159 --> 00:20:36.680 and the power 00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:37.180 of the enemy, 00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:37.919 between Egypt 00:20:37.919 --> 00:20:38.599 and the Lord. 00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:40.399 The mighty winds 00:20:40.399 --> 00:20:41.659 that piled up the waters 00:20:41.659 --> 00:20:42.940 and split the Red Sea 00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:45.639 is amazingly described 00:20:45.639 --> 00:20:47.279 as due to the blast 00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:48.579 of the Lord's nostrils. 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:49.899 Just imagine that. 00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:53.180 I can't blow my nose 00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:53.500 that loud, 00:20:53.580 --> 00:20:54.220 but imagine just 00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:54.840 blowing my nose. 00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:57.980 And that's how God 00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:59.940 defeated the Egyptians. 00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:02.980 He just blew his nose. 00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:08.620 It's an amazing statement 00:21:08.620 --> 00:21:09.440 of God's power. 00:21:13.380 --> 00:21:16.080 And this deliverance 00:21:16.080 --> 00:21:17.880 becomes a paradigm, 00:21:18.100 --> 00:21:18.780 a pattern 00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:20.200 that all subsequent 00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:21.480 deliverances of God 00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:22.160 follow. 00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:24.240 And so in Psalm 18, 00:21:24.619 --> 00:21:25.920 where David is writing 00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:26.599 about how God 00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:27.119 delivered him 00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:27.700 from his enemies 00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.700 and from King Saul 00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:29.420 in particular, 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:30.639 he says this 00:21:30.639 --> 00:21:31.379 in verse 15, 00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:32.500 then the channels 00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.740 of the sea were seen 00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.559 and the foundations 00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:35.279 of the world 00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:36.059 were laid bare 00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:36.819 at your rebuke. 00:21:37.099 --> 00:21:37.660 Oh Lord, 00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:38.619 at the blast 00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:39.500 of the breath 00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:40.720 of your nostrils. 00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:44.079 David's deliverance 00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:44.660 didn't have anything 00:21:44.660 --> 00:21:45.460 to do with the sea. 00:21:45.619 --> 00:21:46.279 It didn't have anything 00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:47.339 to do with the 00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:48.200 splitting of the Red Sea. 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:48.759 It didn't have anything 00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:50.380 to do with the blast 00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:51.420 of the Lord's nostrils. 00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:52.440 And yet, 00:21:52.660 --> 00:21:54.480 David appropriates 00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:55.019 the language 00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:55.840 of the Exodus 00:21:55.840 --> 00:21:57.480 and uses it 00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:58.080 to describe 00:21:58.080 --> 00:21:59.360 his own deliverance 00:21:59.360 --> 00:22:00.000 in his life. 00:22:00.620 --> 00:22:01.640 Because the Exodus 00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:02.600 is the pattern 00:22:02.600 --> 00:22:03.660 that subsequent 00:22:03.660 --> 00:22:05.059 deliverances follow. 00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:06.680 And so it is not 00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:07.580 inappropriate then 00:22:07.580 --> 00:22:08.440 as David did 00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:09.620 for us to apply 00:22:09.620 --> 00:22:10.259 this salvation 00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:11.700 to ourselves 00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:12.539 as well. 00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.539 And I think 00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:14.420 it's actually intended 00:22:14.420 --> 00:22:15.259 by the New Testament 00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:15.900 writers to be 00:22:15.900 --> 00:22:16.800 applied that way 00:22:16.800 --> 00:22:17.900 because we see 00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:18.779 the way the Gospel 00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:19.340 of Matthew 00:22:19.340 --> 00:22:20.140 makes the connection 00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:20.940 between the Exodus 00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:22.240 and the life 00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.920 of Jesus. 00:22:23.820 --> 00:22:24.900 Just like Pharaoh 00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.519 who ordered 00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:26.539 all male Hebrew 00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:27.500 children be killed, 00:22:28.060 --> 00:22:28.700 King Herod 00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.140 at the time 00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:29.920 of Jesus' birth 00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.660 seeks to kill 00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:31.860 all male Hebrew 00:22:31.860 --> 00:22:32.940 children in Bethlehem 00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:34.620 because he wants 00:22:34.620 --> 00:22:35.480 to kill Jesus, 00:22:35.600 --> 00:22:36.000 the Messiah. 00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:37.560 Just like Israel 00:22:37.560 --> 00:22:38.660 which had to sojourn 00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:39.720 in Egypt for a time, 00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:41.420 Jesus sojourns 00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:41.980 in Egypt 00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:43.060 for a little while 00:22:43.060 --> 00:22:43.519 to escape 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.440 Saul's murderous 00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:44.740 search. 00:22:45.840 --> 00:22:46.740 And just as Israel 00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:47.420 had to go through 00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:48.120 the Red Sea 00:22:48.120 --> 00:22:49.279 which is described 00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:50.460 in 1 Corinthians 10 00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:51.440 as a baptism 00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:52.220 into Moses, 00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:53.820 so in Matthew 3, 00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.740 13-17, 00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:55.860 Jesus goes through 00:22:55.860 --> 00:22:56.460 the waters 00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:57.600 at baptism. 00:22:58.380 --> 00:22:59.500 And just as Israel 00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.620 right after going 00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:01.400 through the Red Sea 00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:03.100 goes into the wilderness, 00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:04.560 Jesus right after 00:23:04.560 --> 00:23:05.060 his baptism 00:23:05.060 --> 00:23:06.060 goes straight into 00:23:06.060 --> 00:23:07.000 the wilderness 00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.860 to be tempted. 00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:09.300 Israel wanders 00:23:09.300 --> 00:23:09.700 the wilderness 00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:10.279 and is tempted 00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:11.180 for 40 years 00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:12.299 Jesus wanders 00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:13.620 in the wilderness 00:23:13.620 --> 00:23:14.519 and is tempted 00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:15.500 for 40 days. 00:23:16.080 --> 00:23:17.380 But unlike the Israelites 00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:19.180 who fail every single 00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:20.440 one of their tests 00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:21.640 in the wilderness 00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:23.660 and grumble against God 00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:24.120 as we'll see 00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:24.539 in the immediately 00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:25.259 following passage 00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.860 next week 00:23:25.860 --> 00:23:27.259 and have refused 00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:27.820 to believe in him 00:23:27.820 --> 00:23:28.680 and disobey him, 00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:30.120 Jesus passes 00:23:30.120 --> 00:23:31.420 every single test. 00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:35.740 And so this deliverance 00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.720 is ultimately 00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:38.000 foreshadowing 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:39.340 and is fulfilled 00:23:39.339 --> 00:23:41.779 by Jesus' deliverance 00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:43.359 of redemption 00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:45.059 of us. 00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.720 In the same way 00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.720 that it's later 00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.480 in verse 13, 00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:49.720 it speaks of God's people 00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:50.359 here in the Exodus 00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:51.779 as the redeemed. 00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:54.059 And it's the Lord Jesus 00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:55.199 who redeemed us. 00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:56.139 Ephesians 1-7 00:23:56.139 --> 00:23:57.359 says that in Christ, 00:23:57.879 --> 00:23:58.779 we have redemption 00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.959 through his blood, 00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.839 the forgiveness 00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:02.079 of our trespasses. 00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:04.559 Jesus is the ultimate 00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:05.319 divine warrior 00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:06.139 who has conquered 00:24:06.139 --> 00:24:07.139 sin and death. 00:24:07.639 --> 00:24:08.240 Just as God 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:09.259 purchased Israel 00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:10.480 from their slavery 00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:11.119 with the blood 00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:12.059 of the Passover lamb, 00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:13.939 Jesus purchases us 00:24:13.939 --> 00:24:14.619 from our slavery 00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:15.259 to sin 00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:17.159 with his own blood 00:24:17.159 --> 00:24:17.859 on the cross. 00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:22.319 And so this is ultimately, 00:24:22.659 --> 00:24:23.839 it's fitting therefore 00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.759 to apply it to ourselves. 00:24:24.899 --> 00:24:25.960 And in the same way then, 00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:26.919 we had an enemy 00:24:26.919 --> 00:24:27.539 that we could not 00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.899 put away in our own strength. 00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:31.460 Egyptians that we could not 00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.380 cast into the sea. 00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.620 And likewise, 00:24:33.800 --> 00:24:34.440 our sin, 00:24:34.780 --> 00:24:35.720 the debt of it, 00:24:35.820 --> 00:24:36.600 the weight of it, 00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:37.300 the burden of it, 00:24:37.320 --> 00:24:38.180 the shame of it, 00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:39.840 was too much for us to bear. 00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:41.340 We could not shake it off. 00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:42.720 And yet, 00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.880 it's Jesus 00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:45.600 who through his victory 00:24:45.600 --> 00:24:47.080 casts all of it 00:24:47.080 --> 00:24:47.860 into the sea. 00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:51.660 And when we remember 00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:52.600 this great redemption, 00:24:53.080 --> 00:24:55.080 we can't help but sing out 00:24:55.080 --> 00:24:56.160 like verse 11, 00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:58.440 who is like you, 00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:59.059 O Lord. 00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:02.500 Who is like you, 00:25:02.580 --> 00:25:02.720 O Lord, 00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.460 among the gods? 00:25:04.080 --> 00:25:05.080 This is not to say 00:25:05.080 --> 00:25:05.980 that there are other gods 00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.799 besides Yahweh. 00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:08.680 He is without a peer. 00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:10.759 But there are many 00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.620 false gods 00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:12.320 that the nations 00:25:12.320 --> 00:25:13.200 throughout the world 00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.580 worship, 00:25:13.880 --> 00:25:14.820 but none of them 00:25:14.820 --> 00:25:15.620 is like the Lord. 00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:17.940 Who is like you, 00:25:18.340 --> 00:25:19.460 majestic in holiness, 00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.860 awesome in glorious deeds, 00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.840 doing wonders? 00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:25.140 Moses and the Israelites 00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:25.960 in the song 00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:27.100 do not supply an answer 00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:27.919 to that question 00:25:27.919 --> 00:25:29.359 because no answer 00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:29.859 is needed. 00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.719 It's a rhetorical question 00:25:31.719 --> 00:25:32.279 and the answer 00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.980 is obvious. 00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:34.599 There is no one, 00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:36.679 no one like our God, 00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:38.659 no one like the Lord 00:25:38.659 --> 00:25:40.779 who saves with his mighty hand 00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.799 and an outstretched arm. 00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.899 There is no one 00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:43.719 like our God 00:25:43.719 --> 00:25:44.699 who is merciful 00:25:44.699 --> 00:25:45.799 and gracious 00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.879 and compassionate 00:25:46.879 --> 00:25:47.879 and abounding 00:25:47.879 --> 00:25:48.939 in steadfast love 00:25:48.939 --> 00:25:49.899 and faithfulness. 00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:51.399 There is no one 00:25:51.399 --> 00:25:52.139 like our God 00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:54.340 who gave his only son, 00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:54.759 Jesus, 00:25:55.520 --> 00:25:56.600 to redeem us 00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:58.000 from our sins. 00:26:00.120 --> 00:26:01.259 And after remembering 00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.780 our redemption 00:26:01.780 --> 00:26:03.640 in verses 1 to 12, 00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:05.040 we turn to anticipating 00:26:05.040 --> 00:26:06.440 our homecoming 00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:08.180 in verses 13 to 18. 00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.259 Again and again 00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:11.300 throughout the book of Exodus, 00:26:11.560 --> 00:26:12.580 whenever God reiterates 00:26:12.580 --> 00:26:13.160 his promise 00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:14.060 to bring Israel 00:26:14.060 --> 00:26:14.840 out of Egypt, 00:26:15.080 --> 00:26:16.420 he also promises 00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:17.020 to bring them 00:26:17.020 --> 00:26:18.500 into the promised land, 00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:18.920 canon. 00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:20.820 And that's what 00:26:20.820 --> 00:26:21.440 the second half 00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:22.960 of the song speaks of, 00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:24.019 how God would lead them 00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.880 into the promised land 00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:25.500 and ultimately 00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.700 to the mountain of God, 00:26:26.800 --> 00:26:27.880 God's dwelling place. 00:26:28.580 --> 00:26:29.279 But interestingly, 00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.820 even things, 00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:31.420 even though 00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:33.080 this hasn't happened yet, 00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:35.180 God has not yet led them 00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:36.100 into the promised land, 00:26:36.560 --> 00:26:38.220 verse 13 speaks of it 00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:39.860 like it's already happened. 00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.400 He says, 00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:43.019 you have led 00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:44.720 in your steadfast love 00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.519 the people 00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:46.980 whom you have redeemed. 00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:49.240 you have guided them 00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.220 by your strength 00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:52.220 to your holy abode. 00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:55.099 We know from verse 17 00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:57.059 that this hasn't happened yet. 00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:57.940 God's going to lead them 00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:58.839 into the promised land. 00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:00.200 But verse 13 00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:01.460 is using what 00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.440 Hebrew grammarians 00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:04.019 call the prophetic perfect. 00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:06.920 Past tense is used 00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:08.420 to describe something 00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:09.420 that will happen 00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:10.099 in the future, 00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:11.000 that is prophesied 00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.720 of in the future, 00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:14.259 to convey the definiteness, 00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.319 the certainty 00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:16.220 of its fulfillment. 00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:18.240 Because the Lord 00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:19.500 has decreed it, 00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:21.339 it's as good as done. 00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:23.599 You can count on it. 00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.500 It's as if you have 00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:26.319 already entered 00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:27.599 the promised land. 00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.740 And so he says 00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:31.079 in verses 14 to 16, 00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:33.079 the peoples have heard, 00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:34.500 they tremble. 00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:36.400 Pangs have seized 00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:37.039 the inhabitants 00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.819 of Philistia. 00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:39.099 Now are the chiefs 00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:40.180 of Edom dismayed? 00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:41.299 The trembling seizes 00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:42.599 the leaders of Moab. 00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:43.819 All the inhabitants 00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.299 of Canaan 00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:45.940 have melted away. 00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:47.880 Terror and dread 00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:48.759 fall upon them 00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.720 because of the greatness 00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.480 of your arm. 00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.440 They are still 00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:52.160 as a stone 00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:53.039 till your people, 00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.400 O Lord, 00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.220 pass by, 00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.220 till the people 00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.960 pass by 00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:57.059 whom you have 00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:57.820 purchased. 00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:01.700 Again, 00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.320 it's using 00:28:02.320 --> 00:28:03.299 the prophetic perfect. 00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.920 News travel fast, 00:28:05.120 --> 00:28:06.299 but not that fast. 00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:08.840 But it's as 00:28:08.840 --> 00:28:09.680 it's done. 00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:11.140 All the nations 00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:12.500 that lie between Israel 00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:13.720 and the promised land, 00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.579 they have heard 00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.539 of the greatness 00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:18.059 of the Lord's deliverance, 00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:19.059 his right hand, 00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:20.119 his strong arm. 00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:22.000 And their courage 00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.660 will melt away. 00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.960 They will writhe in pain 00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:25.319 and they will fall, 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:27.079 the terror and dread 00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:28.039 will fall upon them. 00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:29.319 They'll be paralyzed 00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:30.480 like stone. 00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.259 It still is stone, 00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:31.960 just like the Egyptians 00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:33.440 were at the Red Sea. 00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:35.140 And we see the fulfillment 00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.900 of this prophecy 00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:37.059 in Joshua 2.9 00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:38.220 where Rahab, 00:28:38.419 --> 00:28:39.700 the resident of Jericho, 00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:40.740 says this to the 00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.539 Israelite spies. 00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:43.319 I know that the Lord 00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:44.940 has given you the land 00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:46.740 and that the fear of you 00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:48.519 has fallen upon us 00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:50.200 and that all the inhabitants 00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:50.859 of the land 00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:53.559 melt away before you. 00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:56.059 Exactly as this prophecy 00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:56.500 is said. 00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.919 Passing through 00:29:00.919 --> 00:29:01.720 these nations, 00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:02.700 the Lord will bring Israel 00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:03.740 into the promised land 00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:05.379 and verses 17-18 00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:06.400 tell us why God 00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:07.140 is doing that. 00:29:08.040 --> 00:29:08.400 It says, 00:29:08.540 --> 00:29:09.540 you will bring them in 00:29:09.540 --> 00:29:10.720 and plant them 00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.740 on your own mountain. 00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.960 The place, 00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:13.600 O Lord, 00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:14.680 which you have made 00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:15.880 for your abode. 00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.520 The sanctuary, 00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.100 O Lord, 00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:19.240 which your hands 00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:20.140 have established. 00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:22.300 The Lord will reign 00:29:22.300 --> 00:29:24.660 forever and ever. 00:29:26.260 --> 00:29:27.800 This is the wonderful thing 00:29:27.800 --> 00:29:29.320 about our God. 00:29:30.820 --> 00:29:31.780 God is not 00:29:31.780 --> 00:29:34.540 someone who saves 00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.440 sinful, 00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.220 dirty, 00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:37.159 wicked people 00:29:37.159 --> 00:29:38.480 and then keeps them 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.319 in isolation 00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:39.899 and quarantine 00:29:39.899 --> 00:29:40.920 somewhere far away 00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.720 while he dwells 00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:43.039 on high on a lofty mountain, 00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:45.659 safe from our defilement. 00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:49.680 The Lord saves us 00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:51.559 and he sanctifies us 00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.579 and he cleanses us 00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:54.079 and his design 00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:55.119 in saving us 00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.799 and this has been 00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.319 his design 00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:57.399 from the very beginning 00:29:57.399 --> 00:29:58.059 of creation 00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:59.759 is to have fellowship 00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.559 with us, 00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:02.559 to dwell with us, 00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:04.500 to make us make a home 00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.639 with us 00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:06.539 in his family 00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:09.019 so that he can reign 00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:09.579 over us 00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:10.539 in his gracious 00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:12.359 lordship, 00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.740 kingship. 00:30:16.919 --> 00:30:18.079 And this bringing 00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.819 of Israel 00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.960 into the land of Canaan 00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:21.559 is also a pattern 00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.220 that points 00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:23.940 to our ultimate deliverance 00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:25.339 into our heavenly kingdom. 00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:27.379 Hebrews 11, 10 to 16 00:30:27.379 --> 00:30:28.000 tell us 00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:29.019 that the patriarchs 00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.779 live by faith 00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.679 in the land of Canaan, 00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:31.960 looking forward 00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.600 to the city 00:30:32.600 --> 00:30:33.720 that has foundations 00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.880 whose designer 00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:35.460 and builder 00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.460 is God 00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:38.700 desiring a better country 00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:41.180 that is a heavenly one. 00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:43.060 That's what 00:30:43.060 --> 00:30:43.820 the Israelites 00:30:43.820 --> 00:30:45.279 being led 00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.960 into the promised land 00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.539 points to. 00:30:46.820 --> 00:30:47.940 All of God's saints, 00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.560 all of us 00:30:48.560 --> 00:30:49.019 being led 00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:50.720 into his heavenly kingdom 00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.220 and ultimately 00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:52.100 to the new heavens 00:30:52.100 --> 00:30:52.920 and the new earth. 00:30:53.580 --> 00:30:54.220 We Christians 00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:55.400 are still sojourners 00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:55.920 on earth. 00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:57.320 We are pilgrims 00:30:57.320 --> 00:30:58.200 in a foreign land 00:30:58.200 --> 00:31:00.120 but we are journeying 00:31:00.120 --> 00:31:02.220 toward our homeland, 00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:04.220 our father's land, 00:31:04.840 --> 00:31:06.200 his house, 00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.799 our heavenly city. 00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.620 Many of you 00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:12.059 have experienced 00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:13.319 what it's like 00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:13.799 to travel 00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.840 to a foreign country 00:31:14.840 --> 00:31:15.440 and to feel 00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:16.200 like an outsider. 00:31:18.100 --> 00:31:19.120 If you're traveling 00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:20.100 for like a few days 00:31:20.100 --> 00:31:20.640 for fun, 00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:20.900 you know, 00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.140 I mean, 00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:22.160 it doesn't really bother you 00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:22.819 but if you're there 00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.360 and you're trying 00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:23.799 to fit in 00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.100 and you're trying 00:31:24.100 --> 00:31:24.620 to live there, 00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.160 it could be very 00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:26.720 alienating 00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.420 and isolating 00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:28.799 when no one 00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.539 speaks the language 00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:30.100 you speak, 00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.600 no one dresses 00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:32.420 the way you dress, 00:31:32.620 --> 00:31:33.200 no one eats 00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:34.180 the stuff you eat 00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:35.000 and you don't know 00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.700 how to get anywhere 00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.259 and you're lost 00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.759 all the time. 00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:39.740 That's, 00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:41.039 in some way, 00:31:41.120 --> 00:31:42.240 that's the life 00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:43.120 of pilgrims, 00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.740 the life of Christians 00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.299 here on earth 00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:46.819 because our purposes 00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:47.559 and priorities 00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:49.180 are set by the Lord 00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:50.100 and because of that, 00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:51.640 it's at odds 00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:52.480 with the purposes 00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:52.960 and priorities 00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.860 of the world, 00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.759 the sinful world. 00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.000 Satan, 00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:57.180 the prince of this world 00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:58.740 still has power 00:31:58.740 --> 00:32:00.640 over the people 00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:01.660 who are living in sin 00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:05.000 and he opposes us. 00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:07.700 He fights against us. 00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.619 His desire 00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:11.039 is to do 00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:12.500 what the enemy says 00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.200 in verse 9, 00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:14.579 I will pursue, 00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:15.920 I will overtake, 00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:17.240 I will divide the spoil, 00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:18.559 my desire shall have 00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:19.299 its fill of them, 00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:20.519 I will draw my sword 00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:21.039 and my hand 00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:22.039 shall destroy them. 00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:22.880 He's seeking 00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:23.839 to destroy us 00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:25.619 but the Lord 00:32:25.619 --> 00:32:26.859 has defeated 00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:27.459 our enemy. 00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:29.480 He has overthrown 00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:30.379 the prince of the world 00:32:30.379 --> 00:32:31.059 through his death 00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.679 and resurrection. 00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:33.959 The Lord has redeemed us 00:32:33.959 --> 00:32:35.399 and he will 00:32:35.399 --> 00:32:36.559 lead us 00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:37.399 home. 00:32:40.059 --> 00:32:41.319 And that homecoming 00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:42.359 is gonna be glorious. 00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:45.119 Instantly, 00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:46.459 we will be fully known, 00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.839 fully loved. 00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:50.959 we will know 00:32:50.959 --> 00:32:51.699 this is what 00:32:51.699 --> 00:32:52.699 we've been waiting for. 00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:57.039 And it is for that reason 00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:57.819 we gather together 00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.539 for worship, 00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.980 week in and week out 00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.959 and we sing our hearts 00:33:00.959 --> 00:33:01.659 out to the Lord, 00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:03.379 remembering our redemption 00:33:03.379 --> 00:33:04.720 and anticipating 00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:06.299 our homecoming. 00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:17.779 at the end of this passage 00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:19.240 in verses 19 to 21, 00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:21.619 the lyrical reprise 00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:22.159 of the song 00:33:22.159 --> 00:33:22.899 of the redeemed 00:33:22.899 --> 00:33:24.099 and the Lord's 00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:25.299 deliverance of Israel 00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:25.940 is again 00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:27.180 recounted 00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:28.579 in prose 00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:29.299 in verse 19 00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:30.700 and then in song 00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.740 in verse 20 to 21, 00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:32.079 it says, 00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:33.519 then Miriam the prophetess, 00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:34.799 the sister of Aaron, 00:33:34.919 --> 00:33:35.680 took a tambourine 00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:36.180 in her hand 00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:37.240 and all the women 00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:38.039 went out after her 00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:38.900 with tambourines 00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:39.620 and dancing 00:33:39.620 --> 00:33:41.500 and Miriam sang to them, 00:33:41.620 --> 00:33:42.779 sing to the Lord 00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:44.240 for he has triumphed 00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.860 gloriously. 00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:46.400 The horse and his rider 00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:47.120 he has thrown 00:33:47.120 --> 00:33:48.140 into the sea. 00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.380 So you could tell 00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:50.120 this is not just 00:33:50.120 --> 00:33:51.360 a one-time rendition 00:33:51.360 --> 00:33:52.000 of the song. 00:33:52.080 --> 00:33:52.759 They sang it once 00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.480 and now they're done 00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:54.400 and let's start marching. 00:33:54.580 --> 00:33:55.640 No, they're celebrating 00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:57.000 again and again 00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:58.180 after the entire 00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:59.840 congregation of Israel 00:33:59.840 --> 00:34:00.519 has sung. 00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.920 Here comes the choir 00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:03.360 and the dance troupe 00:34:03.360 --> 00:34:04.240 and they repeat 00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:05.519 the song again 00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:07.240 and it's not uncommon 00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:08.239 in the Old Testament 00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:09.179 for the woman 00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.820 to welcome 00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:10.599 and celebrate 00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:11.159 the men 00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.759 who are returning 00:34:11.759 --> 00:34:13.159 victorious from war 00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:13.960 with tambourines 00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.960 and dances. 00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:16.780 We see that in Judges 1134 00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:18.559 when Jephthah returns home 00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.139 from defeating 00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:19.920 the Ammonites 00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:21.000 and we see it in 00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:22.500 1 Samuel 18-17 00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:23.659 when King Saul 00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:24.480 and David return 00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:25.119 from defeating 00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:25.940 the Philistines. 00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:26.780 It says the woman 00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:27.539 came out of all 00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:28.500 the cities of Israel 00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:29.599 singing and dancing 00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:31.000 to meet King Saul 00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:31.880 with tambourines, 00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:33.300 with songs of joy 00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:34.900 and with musical instruments. 00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:36.700 The same thing 00:34:36.700 --> 00:34:37.820 is happening here 00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:39.940 with one notable difference. 00:34:40.820 --> 00:34:42.180 The women are not praising 00:34:42.180 --> 00:34:43.980 or welcoming the men. 00:34:45.720 --> 00:34:47.300 They're praising the Lord, 00:34:48.180 --> 00:34:48.980 the warrior king 00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:51.780 because the men 00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:52.720 didn't do any fighting 00:34:52.720 --> 00:34:55.059 but the Lord 00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:57.160 fought our battle for us. 00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:59.880 Did you notice that 00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:00.539 in the entirety 00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:01.200 of this song 00:35:01.200 --> 00:35:03.079 that not even Moses 00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:03.599 is mentioned? 00:35:04.659 --> 00:35:05.259 Moses' name 00:35:05.259 --> 00:35:06.380 is not mentioned once 00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:08.179 in this entire song 00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:09.159 but again 00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:10.259 and again 00:35:10.259 --> 00:35:11.420 I will sing 00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:12.340 to the Lord. 00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:13.940 The Lord 00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:14.960 is my strength 00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.960 and my song. 00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:17.119 The Lord 00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:18.619 is a man of war. 00:35:18.779 --> 00:35:19.380 The Lord 00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:20.400 is his name. 00:35:20.799 --> 00:35:21.480 Your right hand, 00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:22.179 O Lord, 00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:23.759 glorious in power. 00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:24.779 Your right hand, 00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:25.779 O Lord, 00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:27.259 shatters the enemy 00:35:27.259 --> 00:35:28.319 who is like you, 00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:29.099 O Lord, 00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:30.539 among the gods. 00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:32.440 The Lord will reign 00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:34.579 forever and ever. 00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:36.539 This song 00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:38.420 is an unabashed, 00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:39.940 unbridled, 00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:41.539 irrepressible overflow 00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:43.679 of enthusiasm 00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:45.380 for Yahweh, 00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:47.320 the Lord alone. 00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:50.719 It's all about him 00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:53.960 and all glory is to him 00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:56.019 and that's going to be 00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.599 what it's like 00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:57.820 at the end of our days, 00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.619 brothers and sisters. 00:35:58.619 --> 00:35:58.799 brothers. 00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:02.239 No one's going to be 00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:03.359 talking about Sean. 00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:04.639 No one's going to be 00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:05.539 talking about you. 00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:07.000 No one's going to be 00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:08.359 talking about John Piper. 00:36:08.779 --> 00:36:09.619 No one's going to be 00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:10.359 talking about any 00:36:10.359 --> 00:36:11.000 of these people 00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:11.859 but we will 00:36:11.859 --> 00:36:14.079 sing about the Lord. 00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:19.559 Can't wait. 00:36:23.299 --> 00:36:24.259 And it says, 00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:25.359 we have a picture of that 00:36:25.359 --> 00:36:26.759 actually in Revelation 15, 00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:27.400 two to four. 00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:28.980 after the wrath 00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:30.240 and judgment of God, 00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:33.660 God's people, 00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:34.079 it says, 00:36:34.240 --> 00:36:35.440 harps of God 00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:35.960 in their hands, 00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:37.320 they sing the song 00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:38.000 of Moses. 00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:39.760 Isn't that amazing? 00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:41.280 This song's going to be sung 00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:42.480 but not 00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:45.059 exactly as it is 00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:46.280 because then what follows 00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:46.720 is this. 00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:49.360 They sing the song 00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:49.800 of Moses, 00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.720 the servant of God, 00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:52.139 and the song 00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:52.980 of the Lamb 00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:53.980 saying, 00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:56.139 great and amazing 00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:57.240 are your deeds, 00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:57.840 O Lord, 00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.880 God the Almighty. 00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:00.440 Just and true 00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:01.219 are your ways, 00:37:01.300 --> 00:37:02.539 O King of the nations, 00:37:02.740 --> 00:37:03.900 who will not fear, 00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.380 O Lord, 00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:06.199 and glorify your name 00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:07.360 for you alone 00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:08.019 are holy. 00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:09.599 All nations will come 00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:10.639 and worship you 00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:12.219 for your righteous acts 00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:13.800 have been revealed. 00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:16.619 The song of Moses, 00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:17.339 it's a reference 00:37:17.339 --> 00:37:18.339 to this song 00:37:18.339 --> 00:37:19.339 in Exodus 15. 00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:21.019 That song of Moses 00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.960 is fulfilled 00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:23.599 by the song 00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:24.400 of the Lamb 00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:25.859 and we're going 00:37:25.859 --> 00:37:27.059 to sing that song 00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:28.400 for eternity. 00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:32.900 And until that day, 00:37:33.380 --> 00:37:34.859 in this present day, 00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:35.639 we sing, 00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:37.119 remembering God's redemption, 00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:38.619 anticipating our homecoming. 00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:41.259 And that's why 00:37:41.259 --> 00:37:42.159 Miriam's response 00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:42.819 in verse 21. 00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:44.219 In verse 1, 00:37:44.299 --> 00:37:44.440 it says, 00:37:44.799 --> 00:37:45.940 I will sing to the Lord. 00:37:46.299 --> 00:37:46.960 Verse 21, 00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:48.239 it's changed to an imperative. 00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:49.719 Sing to the Lord. 00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:51.319 It's an instruction 00:37:51.319 --> 00:37:53.019 to future generations. 00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:55.059 Sing this song 00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:56.159 again and again. 00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:57.579 Sing to the Lord 00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:58.940 of how he has delivered you. 00:37:59.039 --> 00:38:00.000 Remember that. 00:38:01.380 --> 00:38:02.460 And the people of God 00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:03.259 have not stopped 00:38:03.259 --> 00:38:04.239 singing since then. 00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:08.219 And I will talk about that 00:38:08.219 --> 00:38:09.759 briefly as I close. 00:38:09.859 --> 00:38:10.739 As Christians, 00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:12.000 we're so familiar 00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.959 with the experience 00:38:12.959 --> 00:38:13.859 of gathering together 00:38:13.859 --> 00:38:14.799 and singing songs 00:38:14.799 --> 00:38:15.980 that we forget 00:38:15.980 --> 00:38:17.759 what an odd thing it is 00:38:17.759 --> 00:38:18.519 that we do. 00:38:20.399 --> 00:38:22.039 I remember four years ago 00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:24.019 that a non-Christian neighbor 00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:24.699 that visited 00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:25.719 our worship service 00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:26.679 a few times, 00:38:27.239 --> 00:38:28.239 she was eating with us 00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:28.719 at our home 00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:31.000 and then she asked me, 00:38:31.619 --> 00:38:32.439 why do you guys 00:38:32.439 --> 00:38:33.619 sing on Sundays? 00:38:34.779 --> 00:38:35.719 And I was kind of 00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:36.459 taken aback 00:38:36.459 --> 00:38:37.199 by the question 00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:37.639 because 00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:39.699 I'd taken our time 00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:40.079 of singing 00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:40.819 for granted, 00:38:41.259 --> 00:38:43.000 but the experience 00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:44.599 was so foreign 00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:46.039 and surreal to her 00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:47.599 that she kept commenting 00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:48.619 on how beautiful 00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:49.940 and special it is 00:38:49.940 --> 00:38:50.719 that Christians 00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.579 gather together 00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:52.779 to sing together 00:38:52.779 --> 00:38:53.819 among other things. 00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:55.859 That's when I realized 00:38:55.859 --> 00:38:57.319 what a unique experience 00:38:57.319 --> 00:38:59.059 our musical worship time is. 00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:01.759 People don't normally 00:39:01.759 --> 00:39:02.940 do that kind of thing. 00:39:03.799 --> 00:39:03.980 Yeah, 00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:05.400 you might go to Fenway Park 00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:06.260 and sing 00:39:06.260 --> 00:39:07.940 Take Me Out to the Ball Game, 00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:09.220 but people who go 00:39:09.220 --> 00:39:09.980 to Fenway Park 00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:11.059 are not going over there 00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:11.740 to sing. 00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:13.059 They go over there 00:39:13.059 --> 00:39:14.059 to watch a baseball game, 00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:14.639 so a lot of people 00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:15.460 actually don't sing. 00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:17.700 Similarly, 00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:18.180 you know, 00:39:18.220 --> 00:39:19.220 some people go to concerts 00:39:19.220 --> 00:39:20.300 and they sing along, 00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:22.260 but people buy concert tickets 00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:23.579 to hear the band, 00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:26.619 not some tone-deaf stranger 00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:27.760 blaring out the songs 00:39:27.760 --> 00:39:28.360 behind them 00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:29.460 with jumbled-up lyrics. 00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:34.440 In certain moments, 00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:35.260 they might invite you 00:39:35.260 --> 00:39:35.820 along, 00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:37.619 but most of the time, 00:39:37.699 --> 00:39:38.360 the song is probably 00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:39.039 going to be in a key 00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:39.599 that's too high 00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:40.220 for you to sing. 00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:41.139 They're going to rap 00:39:41.139 --> 00:39:41.599 at a speed 00:39:41.599 --> 00:39:42.139 that you probably 00:39:42.139 --> 00:39:42.800 can't follow, 00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:44.139 and they're definitely 00:39:44.139 --> 00:39:44.800 not going to project 00:39:44.800 --> 00:39:45.440 the lyrics for you 00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:45.880 on the screen 00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:47.019 because those songs 00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:47.440 are written 00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:48.960 not to be sung by you, 00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:50.119 but to be performed 00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:50.900 by the artist. 00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:55.360 But when we gather, 00:39:56.159 --> 00:39:57.480 we sing songs 00:39:57.480 --> 00:39:58.119 that were written 00:39:58.119 --> 00:40:00.059 for us to sing along to 00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:02.839 in keys that we can reach, 00:40:03.319 --> 00:40:04.400 and the band's volume 00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:05.420 is not overwhelming 00:40:05.420 --> 00:40:06.059 intentionally 00:40:06.059 --> 00:40:06.920 because the intention 00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:08.259 is for all of us 00:40:08.259 --> 00:40:10.139 to sing together to God 00:40:10.139 --> 00:40:11.460 and to one another. 00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:13.420 The band does not perform. 00:40:13.579 --> 00:40:15.059 They lead us in song. 00:40:16.219 --> 00:40:18.159 It really is a peculiar thing 00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:18.880 that we do together 00:40:18.880 --> 00:40:19.420 on Sundays, 00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:22.019 but why do we do it? 00:40:23.059 --> 00:40:24.519 Because we can't help 00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:27.480 but sing of how great God is 00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:29.099 and how wondrous 00:40:29.099 --> 00:40:30.920 it is what he has done 00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:31.539 for us. 00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:34.599 I did a quick research 00:40:34.599 --> 00:40:35.260 on Google 00:40:35.260 --> 00:40:37.360 for songs entitled 00:40:37.360 --> 00:40:38.699 How Can I Keep 00:40:38.699 --> 00:40:39.460 From Singing 00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:41.619 or I Can't Help But Sing, 00:40:41.679 --> 00:40:42.400 any song kind of 00:40:42.400 --> 00:40:43.260 along those lines. 00:40:43.900 --> 00:40:44.920 I'm aware of only 00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:45.760 four songs 00:40:45.760 --> 00:40:47.000 in the English language 00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:48.840 with titles like that 00:40:48.840 --> 00:40:49.460 or similar to that. 00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:50.059 How Can I Keep 00:40:50.059 --> 00:40:50.500 From Singing? 00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:52.920 And every single one 00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:53.320 of them 00:40:53.320 --> 00:40:55.699 is a Christian worship song 00:40:55.699 --> 00:40:58.320 because it is Christians 00:40:58.320 --> 00:40:59.579 who can't keep 00:40:59.579 --> 00:41:00.539 from singing. 00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:04.380 And one of my favorites 00:41:04.380 --> 00:41:04.960 is this one 00:41:04.960 --> 00:41:05.679 by Robert Lowry 00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:06.599 from the 1800s. 00:41:06.639 --> 00:41:06.900 It says, 00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:08.519 What though my joys 00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:09.679 and comforts die, 00:41:10.239 --> 00:41:12.440 the Lord my Savior liveth. 00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:14.800 What though the darkness 00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:15.960 gather round, 00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:17.559 songs in the night 00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:18.539 he giveth. 00:41:18.539 --> 00:41:20.980 No storm can shake 00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:22.300 my inmost calm 00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:24.460 while to that refuge 00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:25.019 clinging. 00:41:25.380 --> 00:41:27.440 Since Christ is Lord 00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:29.019 of heaven and earth, 00:41:29.320 --> 00:41:31.099 how can I keep 00:41:31.099 --> 00:41:32.420 from singing? 00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:36.880 Here's why the people 00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:37.759 of God have been singing 00:41:37.759 --> 00:41:38.779 from the very beginning. 00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:40.139 Here's why we have 00:41:40.139 --> 00:41:41.340 never stopped singing. 00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:43.340 Because we cannot 00:41:43.340 --> 00:41:44.480 keep from singing 00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:45.619 when we think of 00:41:45.619 --> 00:41:46.259 how glorious 00:41:46.260 --> 00:41:47.220 and gracious 00:41:47.220 --> 00:41:48.560 our God is. 00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:49.900 Let's pray together. 00:41:54.100 --> 00:41:54.920 Oh God, 00:41:56.440 --> 00:41:59.680 it is true 00:41:59.680 --> 00:42:01.280 as we sing sometimes 00:42:01.280 --> 00:42:02.100 when we think 00:42:02.100 --> 00:42:02.860 about the Lord, 00:42:04.700 --> 00:42:08.000 we can't help 00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:08.560 but shout 00:42:08.560 --> 00:42:09.360 hallelujah. 00:42:11.920 --> 00:42:12.880 Praise the Lord. 00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:14.119 Lord, 00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:18.700 when we think 00:42:18.700 --> 00:42:19.200 about you, 00:42:19.320 --> 00:42:19.599 Father, 00:42:19.840 --> 00:42:21.440 all we have 00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:22.039 is love. 00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:24.220 When we think 00:42:24.220 --> 00:42:24.720 about you, 00:42:24.780 --> 00:42:25.320 all we have 00:42:25.320 --> 00:42:26.320 is gratefulness. 00:42:26.840 --> 00:42:27.300 When we think 00:42:27.300 --> 00:42:27.720 about you, 00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:28.340 all we have 00:42:28.340 --> 00:42:29.220 is worship, 00:42:30.099 --> 00:42:31.640 all reverence. 00:42:31.639 --> 00:42:35.579 and it is 00:42:35.579 --> 00:42:36.099 the greatest, 00:42:36.639 --> 00:42:37.239 the deepest 00:42:37.239 --> 00:42:38.779 desire of our hearts 00:42:38.779 --> 00:42:41.099 to see every 00:42:41.099 --> 00:42:42.480 person in the world 00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:43.319 worship you 00:42:43.319 --> 00:42:45.859 because you are 00:42:45.859 --> 00:42:46.699 worthy of it. 00:42:51.579 --> 00:42:52.639 Fill our hearts 00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:53.579 with the songs 00:42:53.579 --> 00:42:54.159 of the redeemed 00:42:54.159 --> 00:42:54.599 this morning. 00:42:56.839 --> 00:42:57.759 In Jesus' name 00:42:57.759 --> 00:42:58.119 we pray. 00:42:58.759 --> 00:42:59.019 Amen. 00:42:59.019 --> 00:42:59.119 Amen. 00:42:59.119 --> 00:42:59.179 Amen. 00:42:59.179 --> 00:42:59.199 Amen. 00:42:59.199 --> 00:42:59.219 Amen. 00:42:59.219 --> 00:42:59.259 Amen. 00:43:01.639 --> 00:43:03.639 Amen.