Moses takes the time to sing God’s praises after they all went through the Red Sea in safety. They also faced their first test at Marah: Would Israel trust God completely or be bitter toward Him?
Thought Questions
How does this poem impact you personally?
What do you see in this poem?
Why did God put this poem in here?
What does this song tell us about the future?
Why should this song be on our lips regularly?
How are they an example for us?
Where did the people of Israel go right after the Red Sea?
Has God ever led you to a place of bitterness?
What was the statute or ordinance that God gave them at Marah?
Why did God bring them to the bitter water?
Why did God put the tree in the water to clean it?
What did this show the people?
Why did the people complain?
Did they know that God was doing it?
What did they find in Elim?
What is the significance of the 12 streams and the 70 palm trees?
Is this just an oasis?
What do palm trees represent?
Why would the Moabites, Edomites and the Canaanites be terrified of this band of Israelites coming from Egypt?
What are some of the symbols in the “third temple” refereed to in Ezekiel?
What does cedar represent?
What does measurement symbolize in visions?
Where were they on the first day of the second month?
What is God showing us?
How many years has it been since the Flood?
How well do did they know their history?
How well do we know our history?
Why does God test people?
Reader: Dave De Fever. Speaker: Richard Agee.