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Q: Controversy continues to abounds over the Red Sea crossing. What are your thoughts on new theories, e.g., it was the Reed Sea with a land bridge, not the Red Sea; The Red sea was at an exceptionally low level, easy to cross; and a regular set of winds, not God, parted the sea?
A: Indeed, ever since The Lord began to converse with mankind, devilish forces have conspired to prompt us to discount, deny, dismiss and denigrate whatever He has said. No surprise they are pretty good at their job! In our day, their strategies bleed over into every aspect of life on Earth. Truth and facts are now fake news; good is now evil and evil is good. All of this is the predicted atrophic processes of our sin-ridden world.
Rather than delving into the details of such theories, questions like this might best be answered by sharing what I understand are Heaven’s key perspectives on what it means to be a Christian believer, a follower of Christ. The generic principles are not too dissimilar from what Heaven required of Old Testament Jewish believers -- not all the fine points of the Mosaic and the host of other Judaic laws and customs.
First and foremost, Christian believers ‘believe’ and do not doubt The Bible is the inerrant, inspired Word of God, just as it attests to be. (2 Peter 1:19-21, and confirmed in 2 Peter 3:16-17) If believers doubt any part of the Holy Scriptures, they leave themselves w-i-d-e open to devilish influences and deceptions to disbelieve other aspects, until ultimately they confront satan’s highest temptation, namely to DOUBT IT ALL, especially, ‘there is NO God, or something called sin, and ergo, NO day of reckoning will come down the road, so don’t worry or sweat any of that stuff!’ In his crafty wisdom, satan and his imps never, ever start their dark deceptions attacking BIG points of The Gospel. They are way too wise for such. Rather, they start with the small stuff. And unfortunate for us, that has been their winning strategy. Who hasn’t faced some version of this temptation?!
Second, a believer seeks always to be filled with, and guided/directed by The Holy Spirit in all matters of this life. While no one achieves this perfectly, the point is to demonstrate to our ever on-looking Holy Trinity, our best efforts to do so, and our sincere repentance when we ‘miss the mark’. Why is this so important? A follower of Christ is reportedly ‘spiritually baptized into The Kingdom of God’ BY the same Holy Spirit Who promises to facilitate that believer’s steady growth process as a citizen in/of The Kingdom. If a person’s conversion is sincere, there WILL be some evidences of this leading and guiding work, in part, as an encouragement to the believer, and also as a testimony to the observant, critical world. satanic temptations to believers are to deny and block The Holy Spirit from accomplishing His assignment, until they fit squarely into the despicable picture Jesus (post-incarnate) paints of lukewarm followers whom He promises to spiritually ‘vomit out of My mouth!’ Unfortunately, it appears many so-called Christians clearly fit snugly into this picture painted in Revelation 3:14-22.
Third, Christ-followers/believers demonstrate growing concern for those who are ‘lost in their sinfulness’, and remain spiritually dead to God. We know clearly what The Bible iteratively attests will be the eternal judgment for these souls, namely the exact judgment promised to satan and his entire army of fallen angels (devils and demons). They will be cast into the hopeless lake of eternal fire (hell), far away from all/anything called ‘GOOD’, and in a new, immortal, tripartite physical form (spirit, soul and body) that will experience and feel everything and perhaps much more than our current person can experience and feel.
Why much more? No parts of an immortal body will ever grow old or atrophy! It will forever maintain its PEEK performance and abilities. I imagine an immortal body forever confined to the fires of hell may be extremely sensitive to such pangs of life we currently grow to ignore. Such insights cause true Christians to pray for, and to seek opportunities to warn some souls in this life of the incredible option to such a place that was created for devils and demons, not for humans!
Lastly, bona fide Christian believers regularly feed on nourishing insights from across the pages of The Bible. As we do, The Holy Spirit is always at work helping us to identify and extract key principles to apply to/in our own lives. He is the only Expert Who can do this, both directly as we read and meditate on what's written in the Scriptures, and also indirectly, through others (like me) who help to sharpen understandings and to break down more complex aspects of the Scriptures for eadier digestion.
Applying these basic perspectives to your question about the Red Sea parting should clearly outline Heaven’s expectations of its bona fide citizens. Irrespective of how The Lord parted The Red Sea (which I was blessed to visit and take a tour on), I am good with the details of the Biblical account. Jesus, The Lord God, is Lord of all His creation, including winds, waves, rocks, animals, etc., etc. He ‘speaks their languages’, so when and what He commands them to do, unlike us, THEY OBEY. Imagine that!!! 😇🤡
