Exodus 15: 1-21 – The Song of the Redeemed
Today’s passage is full of praise. It is the song of Moses and the people of Israel. God has triumphed gloriously and now his people rejoice.
Praise is a natural response to great works or great victories. Think of the supporters of a winning sports team – singing goes with victory.
This is also true spiritually. We sing songs of victory. We sing songs that speak of God’s great work of salvation. We sing songs of praise and thanksgiving for the victory that God has won for us in Jesus Christ. He has triumphed victoriously and so we rejoice.
This song is the first and the oldest recorded song in the Bible, although God did not have it included in the Book of Psalms – the songs provided by God for his redeemed people. And yet although not added to the Psalter every theme contained in this song is included throughout the Psalms. The Psalms leave nothing out. They are complete.
In Revelation 15.3 it says about those in heaven, “they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, ‘Great and amazing are your deeds…”
We shouldn’t think of the song of Moses in Revelation as one particular song but rather it is the song of the redeemed. It is the singing and worship of those who have been delivered from sin – those who have come through the greater Exodus in Jesus Christ.
The song in Exodus 15 is a foretaste of the worship that will come from the lips of all of God’s redeemed, those saved through the Lamb. And the themes of this song are spread throughout the Psalms so that we can have a foretaste of that heavenly worship here on earth.
Questions
- Go back through Exodus 15.1-21 and note down some of the key themes.
- Why is singing in worship a suitable response to God’s saving work?
Prayer Points
- Praise God for the redemption you have in Christ.
- Use prayer points from your congregation.
- Pray for family matters.