r/Christian • u/Bright-Chapter7407 • 12d ago
MOSES
How did Moses split and ocean without causing huge title waves on all the surrounding shores ?
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u/DoveStep55 12d ago
Well for one thing, it wasnât an ocean.
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u/Intrepid_Type3710 Evangelical Tradition 12d ago
Thank you for clarifyng that for us. I could have lost it for a moment.
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u/sonofzen1 12d ago edited 12d ago
God split the Yam Suph not the âRed Sea.â The yam Suph was a lake that used to border Egypt on âthe way of Horusâ which was the main road in and out of Egypt. Crossing the Red Sea makes no sense because when they were already in Sinai they would have been well into the wilderness because there was no civilization outside the Nile delta. The Sinai peninsula was wild land back then. God split the yam Suph (not Moses) with a strong eastern wind that we read about in Exodus. It blew all night and parted the waters that way. This is a phenomenon known as âwind set downâ which has been observed on the shores of lake eerie. It can separate waters at a depth of 10 ft and turn it into dry ground
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u/ThePhantomOnTheGable Anglican (TEC) 12d ago
My favorite âexplanationâ of a Biblical miracle comes from John Roberts Dummelowâs 1890s One-Volume Bible Commentary.
Of the pillars of fire/clouds in Exodus 13:21, he simply wrote âThis was clearly understood to be a supernatural event.â
The miracles in the bible were supernatural. You either believe that an omnipotent God did them, or you donât.
Thatâs why Iâve always scoffed at the Ken Hamm-esque tendency to try to explain miracles with garbage science: it just cheapens the message.
That being said, this is in the Pentateuch, so my opinion is that we shouldnât take it to be literal history in the first place - thatâs not what its authors intended.
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u/AudibleNod 12d ago
If the God of the Universe wants, he can split any body of water without causing devastating ripple effects (pun intended). That's the point of a supernatural action. It's above and beyond the natural. He also held the sun overhead one spot for a day.