Isa. 63:11-14

11 Then he remembered [zakar] the days [yowm] of old [`owlam], Moses [Mosheh], and his people [`am], saying, Where is he that brought them up [`alah] out of the sea [yam] with the shepherd [ra`ah] of his flock [tso'n]? where is he that put [suwm] his holy [qodesh] Spirit [ruwach] within [qereb] him?

12 That led [yalak] them by the right hand [yamiyn] of Moses [Mosheh] with his glorious [tiph'arah] arm [zarowa`], dividing [baqa`] the water [mayim] before [paniym] them, to make [`asah] himself an everlasting [`owlam] name [shem]?

13 That led [yalak] them through the deep [tahowm], as an horse [cuwc] in the wilderness [midbar], that they should not stumble [kashal]?

14 As a beast [bahemah] goeth down [yarad] into the valley [biq`ah], the Spirit [ruwach] of the LORD [Yahovah] caused him to rest [nuwach]: so didst thou lead [nahag] thy people [`am], to make [`asah] thyself a glorious [tiph'arah] name [shem]. KJV-Interlinear

11 Then His people remembered the days of old, of Moses. Where is He who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is He who put His Holy Spirit in the midst of them, 12 Who caused His glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses, Who divided the waters before them to make for Himself an everlasting name, 13 Who led them through the depths? Like the horse in the wilderness, they did not stumble; 14 As the cattle which go down into the valley, The Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. So didst Thou lead Thy people, To make for Thyself a glorious name. NASB

The remnant is referred to as a collective group. They recall the days of the Exodus, when the people were led by Moses, out of Egypt. They came to the Red Sea, where they were held there by the waters.

As the world approached them, that is Pharaoh, then God parted the waters, giving them a dry path across the sea, with walls of water on both sides.

Here is a description of the path they walked over. Like a horse walking through the wilderness.

The people had a very easy time to accomplish their escape. They did not have to rush. A horse walking through the wilderness, is a reference to a horse walking over level ground. No obstacles, no barriers, no unsure footing was in front of them.

For both young and old, for the pregnant and the very fit, the path through the sea bottom was an easy one.

When one considers a field or pond of water, and then drains that water off, you immediately find on its bottom, mud and slime and debris of all kinds. No so with this expedition.

The bottom was dry. Nearly two-million strong, plus their livestock, again you would expect a very mucked up path once they had all crossed over. But the path, though it was below water long before the Israelites arrived, was made to be dry and passable by all.

The approach into the sea bottom, the sea bottom itself, and the exit out from the sea, all were passable, not steep, not rocky, not difficult to manage whatsoever.

We are also given a picture of the path from a different perspective. The Holy Spirit.

Between the Israelites and the Egyptians was a wall of fire, or a pillar of fire if you prefer. On both sides of the path through the sea were walls of water. On the outlet was their freedom.

The strong east wind is symbolic of the activities of the Holy Spirit who held back the Egyptians, who held up the water, and who made the path dry and safe. This safe passage existed for as long as the Israelites needed. They were not rushed. They were not pushed along. They had in effect, all of the time in the world. Pharaoh could not make a move so long as the wall of fire held him back. The world could not touch them.

By this time and after the ten plagues, one would have thought that Pharaoh would wake up to the fact that he was out matched. Could he come up with a wall of fire like this?

But no, the world never gives up. It keeps on coming and keeps on coming, with but one objective, and that is to destroy your life.

Moses did not free the people. Moses did not make the waters part. Moses did not hold back the Egyptians. But, God through Moses, demonstrated His awesome power.

Jesus Christ controls history. Jesus Christ executes history. But it is the Holy Spirit through which we have the resources and the power to survive history.

It is from within the sphere of the Holy Spirits control that we live our spiritual life. That is what we call being in fellowship. Inside of the fellowship sphere, we have access to the sustaining power of the Holy Sprit. We cannot feel it. We cannot detect it. It is just there.

How did these people recall the days of old, the days when Moses led the people out of Egypt, that it was not Moses who did the leading, but it was God who did all of the work? They recalled it because they had read the stories in the Bible, just as you have read the stories of the Exodus, or perhaps have seen a movie about it.

They know that the people had been surrounded by the Egyptians, and that they had virtually no way out of their predicament, just as this remnant of the Tribulation had no way out of their situation.

At the time of trouble, everything seems absolutely hopeless, but after the deliverance, then it all seems quite easy.

Your spiritual life functions while you are within fellowship. That is the place where the power of the Spirit functions flawlessly. Out of fellowship, you are under the control of your sin nature and that is where the laws of the jungle will get you.

Just as the people in the future will be delivered from their horrendous situation by means of the Holy Spirit, just as the people from the distant past were delivered by means of the power of the Holy Spirit, so too, your life will be far better if you commit yourself to being in fellowship, and therefore under the control of the Holy Spirit.

The success of your life is not up to your efforts, but it is in the hands of God the Father, through Christ, and in the power of the Spirit. That is the ultimate reality of life.

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