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honor: The Hebrew word translated as honor (kabod) suggests weightiness, importance, and reality. It describes something solid and true. It is not just brightness or outward beauty.
In this event, God showed that he is real and powerful. At the same time, he showed that the political, military, and material glory of one of the greatest human cultures was weak and temporary. It was only a thin covering that could not stand before him.
The escape through the Red Sea was the climactic moment of rescue. It was the highest point of God’s saving work in the exodus from Egypt.
Egypt Moses Pharaoh Fearing People The Cross and Passover The Exodus as History The Glory of God
Events
- Wilderness Wanderingsc. 1491 BC
People
Pharaoh: Egyptian Pharaoh during the Exodus
Places
Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus
Glossary
Book of Exodus Chronology of the Bible (New Testament) Deuteronomy, Book of Hardness of Heart Miracle Red Sea
Topics
Egypt: Israel in Pharaoh Pursues Israel and is Miraculously Destroyed Egypt: The Country of: Army of Destroyed in the Red Sea Egyptians: Pursue Israelites, and the Army of, Destroyed Israel: Pursued by the Egyptians Judgments: Design of Prayer: Answered: from Pharaoh's Army Select Readings: The Deliverance of the Israelites from Pharaoh