In Exodus chapter seven, verse twenty, Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded: To destroy the waters in the river by turning them into the blood in the sight of Pharoah and his servants. God instructed them to go to the King of Egypt and explain to their leader and the Egyptians what He […]
In Exodus chapter seven, verse twelve, the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron to be prepared to demonstrate before Pharoah the miracle by casting the rod down to become a serpent. Initially, God knew this situation would take place beforehand. Otherwise, He would not tell Moses to say to Aaron take the rod and do
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In Exodus chapter seven, verse three, Pharoah’s heart became hard after the request by Moses and Aaron to let the Israelites go free. It is significant to understand that before God hardened Pharoah’s heart, Pharoah chose to become hard in his own heart. God hardened his heart further as punishment and judgment for opposing God.
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In Exodus chapter six, verse nine, The Israelites did not hear Moses, the servant of God. God did not bring Israel out of Egypt because they had great faith but because of His grace and faithfulness to His promises. In the beginning, their faith was weak, but through the ten plagues, by which God revealed
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In Exodus chapter six, verse seven declares the essential meaning and purpose of the Exodus and the making of the covenant at Mount Sinai. The Lord promises to redeem Isreal from bondage, adopt them as His people, and be their God. They, in return, would commit to doing the will of their Redeemer. The verse
In Exodus chapter six, verse three, the Lord did not make himself known to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob by the name “Lord.” Although these men did not refer to God as Lord does not mean that the patriarchs were not acquainted with that name, but only that they did not receive the whole revelation of
In Exodus chapter five, verse twenty-two, Moses had to wonder why the Lord sent him to see Pharoah regarding the release of the Israelites. He ignored or forgot what God had told him earlier about Pharoah’s responses. Moses was disappointed because his obedience to God was causing trouble and not an immediate success. Often believers
In Exodus chapter five, verse one, Moses and Aaron went to Pharoah to request as the Lord God of Israel told him to let the Israelites go to celebrate in the wilderness. The exodus conflict in this chapter is between two gods: Yahweh, the God of Israel, and Pharoah, who in Egyptian religion believes to
In Exodus chapter four, verse twenty-four, Moses had neglected to perform the covenant sign of circumcision of his son. This response is a clear sign of disobedience by Moses and his wife. God afflicted Moses with a potentially fatal illness until he had his son circumcised. This incident demonstrates that God’s election of an individual
In Exodus chapter four, verse twenty-two, the firstborn indicates a special love and relationship with God. God claims Israel as His son. Later in a narrowing of the sonship theme, God calls the Davidic dynasty His son, and still next, in a further narrowing, He claims Jesus as His Son.The Jewish concept of being the
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