Exodus 14:24 During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion. (The Lord is carefully watching over both His people as they escape through the Red Sea and the enemy that is relentlessly and ruthlessly pursuing them. The pillar of cloud had moved to Israel's rear and had darkened Egypt's advance even more than the normal nighttime darkness, making it impossible for the Egyptian army to see where it was going. At this point, they could only have been advancing by listening to the Israelite movement ahead of them. The Israelites had just traversed the dry seabed to the other side, escaping capture from the Egyptians. Now, sometime between 2:00 and 6:00 a.m., the darkest part of the night, the Lord looks on His people's enemy and most probably suddenly allows the darkness of the pillar of cloud to be lifted and replaced with brilliant light so that the Egyptians could immediately see the peril into which they had driven with the formidable walls of sea water looming on both sides of them. Ancient texts describe the scene as being filled with hailstones, downpours, tempests, thunderbolts and lightning. The horses were terrified, and the army was filled with panic and confusion. The Lord's sovereignty is supreme, and He takes note of every detail of His people's lives, as well as those of our enemy, and takes action to protect us and to overcome those against us. He enters into the circumstances of all the situations we face today to bring victory for us His people and defeat for those who declare their enmity against Him and His people.)
