The Red Sea of Emotions
The Sea is the big mass of
angry, destructive emotional barrier to Man. It contains the destructive
locusts.
EX 10:12 And the LORD said to
Moses, "Stretch out your hand over Egypt so that locusts will swarm over
the land and devour everything growing in the fields, everything left by the
hail."
EX 10:13 So Moses stretched out his staff over Egypt, and the
LORD made an east wind blow across the land all that day and all that night. By
morning the wind had brought the locusts; 14 they invaded all Egypt and settled
down in every area of the country in great numbers. Never before had there been
such a plague of locusts, nor will there ever be again. 15 They covered all the
ground until it was black. They devoured all that was left after the
hail--everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing
green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.
EX 10:16 Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said,
"I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you. 17 Now forgive
my sin once more and pray to the LORD your God to take this deadly plague away
from me."
EX 10:18 Moses then left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD. 19 And
the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind, which caught up the
locusts and carried them into the Red Sea. Not a locust was left anywhere in
Egypt. 20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let the
Israelites go.
EX 14:21 Then Moses stretched
out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove the sea back with
a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, 22 and
the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on
their right and on their left.
EX 14:23 The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh's horses
and chariots and horsemen followed them into the sea. 24 During the last watch
of the night the LORD looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the
Egyptian army and threw it into confusion. 25 He made the wheels of their
chariots come off so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said,
"Let's get away from the Israelites! The LORD is fighting for them against
Egypt."
EX 14:26 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your
hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their
chariots and horsemen." 27 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and
at daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were fleeing toward
it, and the LORD swept them into the sea. 28 The water flowed back and covered
the chariots and horsemen--the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the
Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
EX 14:29 But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground,
with a wall of water on their right and on their left. 30 That day the LORD
saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians
lying dead on the shore. 31 And when the Israelites saw the great power the
LORD displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and put their
trust in him and in Moses his servant.
EX 15:1 Then Moses and the
Israelites sang this song to the LORD:
"I will sing to the LORD,
for he is highly exalted.
The horse and its rider
he has hurled into the sea.
EX 15:2 The LORD is my strength and my song;
he has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise him,
my father's God, and I will exalt him.
EX 15:3 The LORD is a warrior;
the LORD is his name.
EX 15:4 Pharaoh's chariots and his army
he has hurled into the sea.
The best of Pharaoh's officers
are drowned in the Red Sea.
EX 15:5 The deep waters have covered them;
they sank to the depths like a stone.
EX 15:6 "Your right hand, O LORD,
was majestic in power.
Your right hand, O LORD,
shattered the enemy.
EX 15:7 In the greatness of your majesty
you threw down those who opposed you.
You unleashed your burning anger;
it consumed them like stubble.
EX 15:8 By the blast of your nostrils
the waters piled up.
The surging waters stood firm like a wall;
the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.
EX 15:9 "The enemy boasted,
`I will pursue, I will overtake them.
I will divide the spoils;
I will gorge myself on them.
I will draw my sword
and my hand will destroy them.'
EX 15:10 But you blew with your breath,
and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead
in the mighty waters.
EX 15:11 "Who among the gods is like you, O LORD?
Who is like you--
majestic in holiness,
awesome in glory,
working wonders?
EX 15:12 You stretched out your right hand
and the earth swallowed them.
EX 15:13 "In your unfailing love you will lead
the people you have redeemed.
In your strength you will guide them
to your holy dwelling.
EX 15:14 The nations will hear and tremble;
anguish will grip the people of Philistia.
EX 15:15 The chiefs of Edom will be terrified,
the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling,
the people of Canaan will melt away;
EX 15:16 terror and dread will fall upon them.
By the power of your arm
they will be as still as a stone--
until your people pass by, O LORD,
until the people you bought pass by.
EX 15:17 You will bring them in and plant them
on the mountain of your inheritance--
the place, O LORD, you made for your dwelling,
the sanctuary, O Lord, your hands established.
EX 15:18 The LORD will reign
for ever and ever."
EX 15:19 When Pharaoh's horses, chariots and horsemen went into
the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the
Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground. 20 Then Miriam the prophetess,
Aaron's sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her,
with tambourines and dancing. 21 Miriam sang to them:
"Sing to the LORD,
for he is highly exalted.
The horse and its rider
he has hurled into the sea."