EXODUS 14:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.”
Coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the other all night long. The same pillar gives different things to different parties simultaneously: darkness to Egypt, light to Israel. The single divine presence has opposite effects on those who belong to God and those who oppose Him. Malachi 4:2 says the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays for those who fear God — but verse 1 describes the day that burns like a furnace for the arrogant. The pillar between the armies at the sea is the microscopic version of the eschatological reality: God's presence is light or darkness depending on your relationship to it. For Israel, the cloud is a lamp; for Egypt, it is a wall.
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