Exodus 15:19-21 (ESV)
For when the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought back the waters of the sea upon them, but the people of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea. Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing. And Miriam sang to them:
“Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously;
the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.”
This is the song that Moses and his sister, Mariam put together to commemorate the destruction of the Egyptians at the Red Sea. The entire point of the cross was to bring Israel to this point of praise and adoration. Note what God said at the time of this destruction on Pharoah and his army:
Exodus 14:15-18 (ESV)
The LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward. Lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground. And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they shall go in after them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten glory over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”
God said, “I will get glory over Pharoah and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen.” This song is the outcome of that destruction. God expects us to commemorate the great and mighty acts He does. The book of Acts, it technically called, The Acts of the Apostles. It is a history book to commemorate the great works God did in through the Apostles. God wants us to commemorate His works in us and through us. He wants us to commemorate what He has done. The Lord’s Table is for that very reason. We are to sing the marvelous works He has done for us and through us. God is to be glorified by them.
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