Moses intends for his audience to think of the way that the world was baptized at the flood and Noah was delivered through it.

And so through the waters of judgment, Noah was saved with his eight people on the ark.

And now through the waters of judgment at the Red Sea, the people of Israel are being saved.

And I think it's this kind of thinking that informs both Paul

in 1 Corinthians 10 when he speaks of Israel being baptized into Moses, in the cloud and in the sea,

and also... Welcome to episode 26 of Bible Talk, a podcast brought to you by Nine Marks.

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I'm Alex Duke.

No, you're not.

That's what the script said.

That's Sam Amati.

And with him are his two friends, myself, Alex Duke, and

Jim Hamilton. Praise the Lord. Guys, we last left the Israelites, all two plus million of them,

as they enjoyed God's presence by day and by night, by a pillar of cloud and by fire. Gone are

the shackles of Egypt. They're no longer a people in slavery, but they are

a nation en route to their inheritance. And inheritance that has been promised to them all the way

back in Genesis chapter 12. Today we're going to cover Exodus 14 and 15. And what we're going to find

is that this drama with the Egyptians is not quite over. They've cut off the serpent's tail,

but they have not cut off its head.

So, Jim, let's just start here in Exodus 14. Why does Pharaoh change his mind? Why is there still more

drama to come? Well, the text doesn't so much go into why Pharaoh changed his mind, but beyond saying

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