Exodus Experience, Part 3

The Exodus Experience Part Three Crossing the Red Sea

On day six of our journey we crossed the Nile river and entered Sinai. There are several theories as to exactly where the people of Israel my have crossed the Red Sea (or Reed Sea) and entered freedom.  From wherever they crossed, they entered the great dessert of the Sinai and ended up roaming around lost in the wilderness for 40 years!  The Sinai is a wilderness of rock, sand, rugged terrain, with the accompanying lack of water and vegetation!

 

A highlight of our study travel was the trip to Mount Sinai (at least a mountain designated as the mountain)!  Several of our group spent several hours climbing to the summit, while others reflected and examined St Katherine's monestary at the foot of the hill.  We could well imagine the impatience of the people of Israel as they waited for Moses to come down the mountain.  May God give us the grace and ability to be patient for God's direction and leading in our lives, rather than trying to figure things out ourselves.... and end up building idols like a Golden Calf.

 

After a time at the monestary and Mt Sinai, we then went and spent a day on the Red Sea admiring the different kinds of creations of God, including the desert and a spectacular coral reef that three of us saw while snorkeling in the Sea.  From where we stayed we could see the mountains of Saudia Arabia across the sea as well as the terrain of Egypt on the Sinai and it was incredible.  It was the seventh day of the journey, so we rested and relaxed and worshipped the God of all creation.