{"id":13983,"date":"2026-02-19T17:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?p=13983"},"modified":"2026-02-19T17:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:20:15","slug":"the-exodus-crossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/2026\/02\/the-exodus-crossing.html","title":{"rendered":"THE EXODUS CROSSING"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/garycombsorg.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Charlton_Heston.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13985\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5979838521491576;width:440px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/garycombsorg.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Charlton_Heston.jpg 620w, https:\/\/garycombsorg.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Charlton_Heston-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Have you ever felt trapped?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like your past was chasing you\u2026 and your future looked impossible?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s exactly where Israel found themselves in the book of Exodus \u2014 standing between Pharaoh\u2019s advancing army and the waters of the Red Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Sunday, we continue our 12-week journey through&nbsp;<strong>THE STORY: How the Bible Explains Everything<\/strong>&nbsp;with Part 4:&nbsp;<strong>\u201cThe Crossing.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, we\u2019ve seen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In\u00a0<strong>The Creation<\/strong>, God made a good world and created us in His image \u2014 but sin entered and fractured everything.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In\u00a0<strong>The Catastrophe<\/strong>, judgment came through the flood \u2014 yet God preserved a remnant and showed mercy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In\u00a0<strong>The Covenant<\/strong>, God walked the blood path alone, promising Abraham that He Himself would secure redemption.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Now we come to the moment when that covenant promise begins to unfold in power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After 400 years of slavery in Egypt \u2014 just as God foretold \u2014 the time for deliverance arrived. The Exodus story is not just ancient history. As the Bible Project has said, &#8220;it is the most referenced story in the Bible. It shapes the Bible\u2019s entire view of reality&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/bibleproject.com\/podcasts\/exodus-shaped-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bible Project<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But here\u2019s the real question: What does a 3,500-year-old rescue mission have to do with your life in 2026?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because at some point, all of us stand on the shore of our own \u201cRed Sea.\u201d<br>A crisis we can\u2019t fix.<br>A past we can\u2019t outrun.<br>A future we can\u2019t engineer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And we discover something humbling: If God doesn\u2019t move, we\u2019re not going to make it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Exodus wasn\u2019t just a miracle for Israel. It\u2019s a pattern, a preview, a picture of how God saves. And this Sunday, we\u2019ll see how this dramatic crossing points beyond Moses to someone greater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ll discover three powerful pictures in Exodus 14 that reveal Christ as our ultimate Redeemer: Our Mediator, our Way, and our Risen Savior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To prepare your heart for Sunday, I encourage you to read\u00a0<strong>Exodus 12\u201315<\/strong>\u00a0this week. Don\u2019t just skim it. Enter the story. Notice the Passover. The pillar of cloud and fire. The fear. The crossing. The victory song on the other side. Then come ready to see how this story whispers the name of Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s how you can prepare:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcd6 Read Exodus 12\u201315 before Sunday.<br>\ud83d\udd01 Ask: What does this show me about how God saves?<br>\ud83d\udc65 Talk about it with your family or Community Group after hearing the sermon.<br>\u26ea Come expectant to worship the God who still makes a way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Crossing is more than a miracle story. It\u2019s a preview of the greater Exodus found in Christ. And the question we\u2019ll wrestle with together is this: Are you still standing on the shore in fear\u2026or have you stepped forward by faith into God\u2019s deliverance?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us Sunday as we continue THE STORY.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever felt trapped? Like your past was chasing you\u2026 and your future looked impossible? 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