Friday, June 1, 2012
Exodus 7:1-25
(7:1) And the LORD said to Moses, "See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. (2) You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall tell Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go out of his land. (3) But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, (4) Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and bring my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment. (5) The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring out the people of Israel from among them." (6) Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as the LORD commanded them. (7) Now Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh. (8) Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, (9) "When Pharaoh says to you, 'Prove yourselves by working a miracle,' then you shall say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.'" (10) So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. (11) Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts. (12) For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs. (13) Still Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the LORD had said. (14) Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hardened; he refuses to let the people go. (15) Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going out to the water. Stand on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that turned into a serpent. (16) And you shall say to him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, "Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness. But so far, you have not obeyed." (17) Thus says the LORD, "By this you shall know that I am the LORD: behold, with the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water that is in the Nile, and it shall turn into blood. (18) The fish in the Nile shall die, and the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will grow weary of drinking water from the Nile."'" (19) And the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, their canals, and their ponds, and all their pools of water, so that they may become blood, and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, even in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.'" (20) Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded. In the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants he lifted up the staff and struck the water in the Nile, and all the water in the Nile turned into blood. (21) And the fish in the Nile died, and the Nile stank, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. There was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. (22) But the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts. So Pharaoh's heart remained hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the LORD had said. (23) Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not take even this to heart. (24) And all the Egyptians dug along the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink the water of the Nile. (25) Seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.
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Summary: God said to Moses that he’d make him like God to Pharaoh, and his brother Aaron would be his prophet. God foretold that Pharaoh’s heart would be hardened, and that His mighty hand would come down in judgment. Aaron’s staff becomes a snake before Pharaoh, yet his hard remained hard. So, Moses tells Aaron to touch his staff in the Nile and turn it to blood, since Pharaoh would not let the Israelites go and worship God in the wilderness.
ReplyDeleteApplication: Father God, forgive me for focusing on and relying on miracles, and not my basic faith and belief in You. I know Satan can imitate some parts of God’s work and lead people astray. Let me focus, rather, on your Word as the basis for my faith and trust in You. Sometimes I do wish for miraculous signs in my life, so that my faith will be deepened. Help me to not forget that the greatest miracle is your Son’s death for my sins, and your promise of eternal life!
Summary: God told Moses again that he would perform miracles, and that he would also cause Pharaoh to be stubborn so God could do even greater miracles to force them to let the Israelites go and they will realize God is the Lord. Moses did the snake staff miracle, and the river blood miracles, but the magicians of Egypt then did similar tricks, so the Pharaohs heart remained hard.
ReplyDeleteApplication: Heavenly Father, please do not let me fall for the devil’s tricks. Do not let me trust in tricks, but instead only on You and the Bible. Thank you for giving us your word so that we know what you want and who you are! Thank you for saving me from death and Hell!