Exodus 15

¹⁷ You will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain, the place, O LORD, which you have made for your abode, the sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established. Because of the wording of this verse, some have suggested this chapter was inserted later after the Temple was built. The vocabulary and grammar, however, suggest that it is a very old song. Mountain often represents kingdom and the word translated “sanctuary” is simply “holy place”. Together you have the Holy Land. The hand of the Lord will plant them in the Holy Land. It need not just mean the Temple in Jerusalem but the whole land of Israel, which is more fitting to the context. (Psalm 78:54[notes1] )

Again, let us take this personally. The hand of the Lord will bring us in and plant us in His holy kingdom. He will see us safely to our heavenly home. It is His doing. The trip is easier if you will cooperate, but He is the One that makes us a part of the final sanctuary of God. The fact that this song points to our ultimate redemption is evident in the fact that the song we will sing in heaven is called the Song of Moses and of the Lamb! (Revelation 15:3[notes2] )

That was the song! Moses sister, Miriam, turned it into a praise chorus of two lines, tambourine and all. I can’t imagine it being sung only once through, can you? They surely repeated it many times. You have Moses’ hymn rich in theology and Miriam’s praise chorus to sing our joy from the heart. Both are good! Both are beneficial and edifying. Did everyone hear that? Enough said!

Now, after such an amazing time of complete deliverance and celebration, you would think that they would maintain that grateful attitude for months or years to come. Amen? How about three days? Continued tomorrow…

[notes1] Psalm 78:54 (ESV)

54 And he brought them to his holy land, to the mountain which his right hand had won.

[notes2] Revelation 15:3 (ESV)

3 And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations!

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