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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Sunday, October 6, 2019
Today's Passage : Today's Passage:Aaron Shows Pharaoh the First Sign Bible Verse :Exodus 7:1-10 "And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, so did they. And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, "When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent." And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said." Message:
We used the King James Version today, because its tone gives such grandeur and importance to this momentous scene, as Yahweh, the God of the Hebrew slaves, confronts mighty Pharaoh. Pharaoh is not impressed when Aaron shows him the first of Yahweh's signs. He believes that this is the same magic his priests use, and that Yahweh is like the "gods" of Egypt. Then, in a scene rich with metaphor, Aaron's serpent devours the serpents of the magicians. Pharaoh apparently was psychologically incapable of absorbing what had happened right in front of him. In modern slang, he pooh-poohed it.
Psalm 115, excerpted above, is very similar to Psalm 135, and they deal directly with the gods of Egypt. "They have eyes, but they do not see" means literally, of course, that these inanimate statues are simply lifeless carvings; they have the shape of eyes carved on their faces but they are without power; they do not function as eyes.
But Pharaoh also has eyes that do not see. They register the image of what happened, but his pride — his hardened heart — refuses to register its significance. He cannot absorb the truth, because it would mean changing his mind, even slightly, about his omnipotence.
Why, though, does God interfere with Pharaoh and harden his heart even further? Of course, we might not fathom the mind of God, but one simple answer is that God intends to punish proud Pharaoh and his idolatrous nation. We have seen Sodom and Gomorrah stricken from the earth for their sin, already. Another answer comes later in Exodus: God intends this as a show that will not be soon forgotten, a demonstration of His power and wrath against those who ignore Him, and a show of His love for His chosen people. He wants people to know about Him, so that they can become righteous.
Meditation : Prayer : I pray that I may be blessed every step of my path this day by the great God of light. May your sun shine upon me; as the moon moves the tide, may your Spirit move my emotions with every grace and magic; may my heart sing with the voice of your angels and my hearth be warm; and may this and every blessed day You have given me be filled with joy......Amen |
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