Bible Discussion Thread

i have a question

when the Lord caused a wind to blow to the sea where the children of isreal to the east or by the west side

The Children of Israel were exiting from Egypt and this is how Moses described the route to The Red Sea...

"And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them NOT through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: But God led the people about, THROUGH the way of The Wilderness of the RED SEA: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt." Exo 13:17-18

The Red Sea has TWO fingers, so to speak. The finger closest to Egypt has no wilderness on the Egypt side, but the other finger has the Sinai wilderness on the Egypt side and the Arabian wilderness on the other side. So this finger of the Red Sea is the one the I believe they crossed, from the west to the east.

Hello Skip, Perhaps the Red Sea was the wilderness. Without question it was a path not familiar. A new way.

Carleton

This area, I strongly suspect, Moses had explored before, had seen before, had been before. After all he escaped from Egypt 40 years earlier toward this direction and ended up in Midian for 40 years and then hiked back with his brother, who God sent to be with him.

Another translation states it this way...

"the way of the wilderness to the Red Sea"

The wilderness was NOT the Red Sea, in my opinion.

Hello Skip, There is only one crossing of the Red Sea. No one knows in advance how exactly that will be and how God will protect us from our enemies and feed us. Moses and his brother had never crossed through the blood ever before. It was a wilderness and remains a wilderness for all who have never crossed.

Carleton

Carleton,

East or west? There was a crossing of the Red Sea. That's what Moses recorded. That is The Interpretation.

Do you want to spiritualize it for an application. Go ahead, but the Interpretation of the passage is a historical event. Liberals love to take The Bible out of the reality of history and make it purely spiritual, a super fable.

I dislike, for instance, the hymn chorus that ends...

You ask me why I know He lives/He lives within my heart.

I KNOW He lives, because Jesus actually historically rose from the grave on the third day. There IS evidence, really, really strong evidence. Objective evidence along with my personal subjective evidence that I know spiritually. But it is the OBJECTIVE evidence that is out there for everyone to see and test that is the most important. Same with the crossing of the Red Sea.

Skip ,where are you ? Missing you a bit ,hope you are ok ,please let us know you are ok .

Hello Skip, West to east as many of churlish behaviors suggest liberals go. ;)

The Gospel Tract and Bible Society is an organization well worth the time of looking up.

:)

Carleton,

Does The Gospel Tract and Bible Society have any relevance to this discussion?

If so, I'd appreciate a reference. Thanks.

And yes, the southern part of the Sinai Peninsula is a good candidate near the Straits of Tiran, as is Nuweibaa about 70 miles northward in the Gulf of Aqaba. Recent exploration finds an approximately 60 feet deep ridge with interesting coral shapes scattered across this ridge like wreckage. The John 10:10 Project has an interesting set of videos on The Exodus that you might find interesting.

Hello Skip, No, the mention of the Gospel Tract and Bible society should have been outside of this thread. However, the thought of it at time may have been inspired by parts of this tread. I am open to reading more of your knowledge of the literal crossing of the Red Sea.

Thank you for your time.

Carleton

My dear brother-in-law was on their board for quite a few years.

:)

Hello Skip, My wife is the objective student (even though I was the geology student) of history, but finally she understands it spiritually. We believe objectively, that the crossing was at the south part of the peninsula west to east.

:)