Contemplative Bible Reading

Exodus 15:13-15 (New Living Translation)

¹³ “With your unfailing love you lead
the people you have redeemed.
In your might, you guide them
to your sacred home.
¹⁴ The peoples hear and tremble;
anguish grips those who live in Philistia.
¹⁵ The leaders of Edom are terrified;
the nobles of Moab tremble.
All who live in Canaan melt away;
¹⁶ terror and dread fall upon them.

In the above, Moses and the people are singing a song after leaving Egypt and escaping through the Red Sea. Notice in verses 14 and 15 how the news of these events spreads. No, they didn’t have the Internet, but somehow news of major events spread through the world.

Sometimes we think that the Bible stuff, especially the Old Testament, was done by a bunch of backwards people living in backwards times. Take note of the technology and lifestyles recorded in the Bible. They weren’t as backwards as we might think.