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昨天，我们曾看过埃及法老如何傲慢大胆地说抗拒耶和华的话，这件事导致一次戏剧性的对决。亚伯拉罕、以撒和雅各（以色列）的神，是创造万有的君王和整个宇宙的主宰，祂吩咐法老：“容我的百姓去。”可是法老拒绝了。

耶和华神给法老很多机会去承认祂的王权，然而法老总是不理会祂。经过连串的十灾后，法老终于容以色列民离开。可是，当以色列民起行，朝着红海进发时，他竟呼唤他的军兵再去擒拿他们。

然而，法老的军兵抵挡不住，他们全部都被红海淹没了。耶和华得到完全和决定性的胜利，凡抵挡真正的万主之主和万王之王的，这就是最终等待着他们的命运。

在出埃及记15章中，以色列民在唱他们的凯旋之歌：神的胜利就是他们的胜利。他们欢乐地回顾过去，他们怀着盼望向前瞻望，他们又在大胜中向上天仰望，因为“耶和华必作王，直到永永远远”！

在罪恶、死亡和地狱的权势中，耶和华已在基督耶稣里赢取了决定性的胜利。凭着信心，祂的胜利也成为我们的胜利、我们的喜乐、我们的盼望和我们的成功呢。

Yesterday we reflected on the pharaoh of Egypt who spoke proudly and defiantly against the Lord. That set up a dramatic showdown. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel) is the King of creation, the Lord of the whole universe. He told Pharaoh, "Let my people go." But Pharaoh refused.

The Lord God gave Pharaoh many opportunities to acknowledge the Lord's kingship. But Pharaoh kept ignoring God. After a series of ten plagues, Pharaoh did let the people go,but then he roused his army to go and recapture the Israelites as they traveled away toward the Red Sea.

But Pharaoh's forces were overwhelmed and swallowed up by the Red Sea. The victory of the Lord was complete and definitive. This is what finally awaits anyone who resists the true Lord of lords and King of kings.

In Exodus 15 the Israelites sing their victory song: God's victory is their victory. They look back with joy, they look forward with hope, and they look up in triumph because "the LORD reigns for ever and ever"!

In Christ Jesus, the Lord has won the decisive victory over the powers of sin, death, and hell. By faith, his victory becomes our victory, our joy, our hope, and our triumph.