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From Eternity Past
Thunders pealed and lightening flashed. The Egyptians were seized
with confusion. They endeavored to retrace their steps, but Moses
stretched out his rod, and the piled-up waters rushed together and
swallowed the Egyptian army in their black depths.
As morning broke, it revealed to Israel all that remained of their
mighty foes—mail-clad bodies cast upon the shore. From the most
terrible peril, Jehovah had brought complete deliverance, and to Him
their hearts were turned in gratitude and faith. The Spirit of God
rested upon Moses, and he led the people in a triumphant anthem of
thanksgiving, the earliest and one of the most sublime known to man.
It was taken up by the women of Israel, Miriam, the sister of Moses,
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leading the way, as they went forth with timbrel and dance. Far over
desert and sea rang the joyous refrain, and the mountains re-echoed
the words of their praise, “Sing ye to Jehovah, for He hath triumphed
gloriously.”
That song does not belong to the Jewish people alone. It points
forward to the destruction of all the foes of righteousness and the
final victory of the Israel of God. The prophet of Patmos beheld the
white-robed multitude that “have gotten the victory,” standing on the
“sea of glass mingled with fire,” having “the harps of God. And they
sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb.”
Revelation 15:2, 3
.
In freeing our souls from the bondage of sin, God has wrought
for us a deliverance greater than that of the Hebrews at the Red Sea.
Like the Hebrew host, we should praise the Lord with heart and soul
and voice for His “wonderful works to the children of men.” What
compassion, what matchless love, has God shown in connecting us
with Himself, to be to Him a peculiar treasure! What a sacrifice has
been made by our Redeemer, that we may be called children of God!
The Redeemed Will Sing
“Whoso offereth praise,” says the Creator, “glorifieth Me.”
Psalm
50:23
. All the inhabitants of heaven unite in praising God. Let us
learn the song of the angels now, that we may sing it when we join
their shining ranks.
God brought the Hebrews into the mountain fastnesses before the
sea that He might manifest His power and signally humble the pride of