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Hey, did you hear? An Egyptian ferry went down in the Red Sea with 1300 people on it. I think they all drowned while Miriam and her tamborine sang on the other side. VERY sad, but isn't it ironic? Maybe they were going after the Israelites....


[Ed.]Although the destruction of the Egyptian Army during the Exodus was cause for rejoicing, this current tragedy has a totally different meaning. During the Exodus, it was an example of God's power and protection--so singular an event was this deliverance from the slavery of Egypt that for a millennia it was THE event that was referenced whenever speaking of God's character and might. In one of the post-exile prophets, it is predicted that this event will be eclipsed by God's gathering of His people back from the nations to which they were scattered--in a metaphorically way, we Christians, are a part of this return from captivity (including the Coptic Christians among the chiliad that died in this accident).
Although we can learn something about God from everything that happens, this tragedy should be viewed through a different filter than the salvation that the Israelites experienced at this same Sea when Moses told them,"the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever." We also see this deliverance, not when a warship sinks--much less a ferry--but when our sins are thrown into the depths of the sea.[/Ed]