Dr Hollisa Alewine – Footsteps of Messiah Part 150 (Walking on Water Part 1) for week of 6 April, 2025

Walking on Water   More specifically, Chag HaMatzah, or the Feast of Unleavened Bread.   Before I explain that, let's begin with a not-rhetorical two-part question:   Why did Yeshua walk on water? Why did the wind scare Peter?   Last week's newsletter established the underpinnings of the WOW season (Walking on Water). Review:   •The last watch of the night is a last opportunity to flee false security. It is the last opportunity to flee the people whose wicked agenda vexes the righteous Holy Spirit within. If one waits until the morning's dawn to flee, he flees with nothing. Only the deeds of the righteous can follow them into the eternal Kingdom of Messiah, for those are the only eternally true and fit deeds.   •The overturn of the cities of Sodom likely took place at Passover, for Lot baked unleavened bread for the angel of wrath.   The Wrath of the Lamb struck the cities of Sodom right at dawn, when Lot and his daughters reached safety and the last watch of the night becomes the past. Likewise, at dawn, after the strong East Wind completed its work of arranging the waters, the Israelites traveled through the waters to reach safety.   The Israelites still had the flesh of the Passover lamb, bitter herbs, and matzah in their bellies. Having obeyed YHVH's instructions, they were protected from the Wrath of the Lamb on Egypt and Pharaoh. All they had to do was Walk on Water, to escape to freedom. WOW!   So back to our question: why did Yeshua walk on water?   The Hebrew text of Exodus 14:21 gives the plainest of answers:   וַיֵּט מֹשֶׁה אֶת־יָדוֹ עַל־הַיָּם וַיּוֹלֶךְ יְהוָה אֶת־הַיָּם בְּרוּחַ קָדִים עַזָּה כָּל־הַלַּיְלָה וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת־הַיָּם לֶחָרָבָה וַיִּבָּקְעוּ הַמָּיִם   •"Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land, so the waters were divided."   The text reminds us of the First Mention of the waters’ division. Genesis 1:6-12 describe the first two occasions of the divided waters. First, the upper and lower waters were divided on the Second Day of Creation. Next, the waters were gathered into “one place,” and the dry land appeared, which then bore fruit trees (more on that next time!). The Hebrew explains the waters below the heavens gathered to “a unified, one place.” The ordinal number one in Hebrew is achat, but echad suggests unity, solidarity: אֶל־מָקוֹם אֶחָד. So think of the pattern: first, upper and lower waters were separated, the water unified, dry land appeared, and then:   •"The sons of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left." (Ex 14:22)   If we read Exodus according to the Creation pattern, we see more than just the walls of water to the right and left. First, upper and lower waters separated, lower waters unified, dry land appeared, AND then the waters to right and left congealed to some degree of solid matter and became like walls.   There was something about the water under the Israelites’ feet that had the appearance and substance of dry land…even though it was water! Just as the clouds above, below, to the right and left accompanied them on the wilderness journey…so the waters of the Reed Sea formed a protective type of tunnel for the Israelites.   Does this seem too fantastic? Let’s check the Hebrew text of Exodus 14:21 to see if perhaps Yeshua’s WOW bears out the Jewish way of reading the crossing of the Reed Sea. If you don’t read Hebrew, then you can verify the following by using your concordance.   וַיֵּט מֹשֶׁה אֶת־יָדוֹ עַל־הַיָּם וַיּוֹלֶךְ יְהוָה אֶת־הַיָּם   The English translation says this: “Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD swept the sea back…”   But let’s read the literal words:   “And stretched Moshe his hand over the sea and will walk YHVH the sea…”   For modern English grammar purposes, let’s read: “and YHVH will walk the sea.”    Walking on water,