Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide it so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground. The same staff that struck the Nile, that produced gnats from dust, that initiated the plagues, is now stretched over the sea. The instrument of judgment becomes the instrument of salvation — the same extended hand that brought death to Egypt will open life for Israel. The division of the sea — a cosmic act, the deep waters split by divine command — echoes Genesis 1:6–7 where God separated the waters from the waters. The crossing of the sea is a new creation: out of the chaotic waters, a path of dry ground is spoken into existence for the people of God. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come — the sea crossing is the founding type of the new creation that the gospel will produce.

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