How the children of Israel were symbolically saved by water and fire. Exodus 14: 19-30 and 1 Corinthians 10:1-4

How the children of Israel were symbolically saved by water and fire. Exodus 14: 19-30 and 1 Corinthians 10:1-4

I know how the Lord saved the children of Israel literally by water and fire but it took some digging to figure out how the Lord symbolically saved the Israelites. Looking in Corinthians it talks about how the Children of Israel were baptized by passing through the water in the Red Sea. We all must be baptized to return to our Heavenly Father; therefore he made it possible for the children of Israel to return to him. Corinthians also tells us that the pillar was also a way that the Lord baptized his people by fire. The student manual also tells us that the “overshadowing of the cloud or pillar of fire were clearly types of symbols of the baptism of water and fire” (pg. 121). This is congruent to the explanation by Paul in Corinthians 10. I think that by symbolically baptizing the children of Israel God was saving them with the water and fire. My question is why would he save them by water and fire? I think that by literally protecting Israel by fire the Lord was also showing them his glory; he was the warrior against the whole Egyptian army (student manual 121). By using fire God was showing the Israelites that he could and would protect them by any mean possible. To truly be cleansed you must be born of water and fire, this was Gods ways to truly make a new life and heritage for the children of Israel. With baptism of fire they now have the holy spirit with them. All of these may be contributing factors to why God would symbolically baptize the children of Israel.