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Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of Gods mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Rom 12:1 |
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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, June 21, 2026
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :The Second Plague: Frogs [1] Bible Verse: Exodus 7:25, 8:1-7 "Seven full days passed after the Lord had struck the Nile. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Let my people go, that they may serve me. But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs. The Nile shall swarm with frogs that shall come up into your house and into your bedroom and on your bed and into the houses of your servants and your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls. The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your servants.”’” And the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the canals and over the pools, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt!’” So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. But the magicians did the same by their secret arts and made frogs come up on the land of Egypt. " Message:
The first detail given (actually the end of the account of Plague One) is that a week passed after the first plague until the second. This may seem trivial. In Near Eastern narratives, however, a frequent device in a compound tale or story, involving a sequence of similar events, is to give a detail in an early incident — particularly the first — and then omit it thereafter. The reader is to assume that it is true of all. Scholars call this a “programmatic” statement.
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This device occurs often in the Old Testament. If we look at the ten commandments, for example, after the first four dealing with respect for God, there are six about conduct with respect to other people, the first being “Honor thy father and thy mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.” (Exodus 20:12) Why, we may wonder, are we given a specific reward of long life for honoring our parents, whereas we are simply told not to commit murder, etc. (which actually would seem more thematically tied to long life)? The answer is that the “so that you may live long, etc.” phrase is programmatic. It attaches to all six commandments in the group, not specifically to number five.
So unless we are told specifically otherwise, we are to understand that the ten plagues are coming a week apart. Once the time becomes right, God wants Pharaoh to let the Hebrews go now. He is given just enough time to think about what is happening, to digest the events, before being hit with the next wave.
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We would assume that the plagues might be progressively worse, and indeed, the second plague has grown in the extent of its effect. The red Nile and the frogs are both merely annoyances; there was potable water when the Nile went red, and the frogs are not fatal. The frogs, however, are everywhere. Pharaoh and his court could shut themselves off somewhere and not have to deal with the bloody Nile, except by report; but these frogs are in their beds, ovens, and kneading bowls. Pharaoh himself will have a frog on his pillow when he goes to bed and a frog in his shoe when he wakes up. It hits him and his nobles and priests directly, just like everyone else.
Note that the magicians, although they make frogs appear from the earth, do not make Aaron’s frogs disappear. Pharaoh’s response is really rather absurd. Imagine somebody is breaking your windows by throwing rocks, and you show him that he isn’t so tough by picking up rocks and breaking your own windows. The most Pharaoh can do is create even more frogs!
So, the battle is not about the plagues, but about pride and power. Pharaoh’s magicians do not defend him or his people; rather, they only try to show that Pharaoh is as great in power as God, by making the situation even worse.
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Meditation : Prayer : Lord, pour your love into my heart, that I may love you above all things, and my neighbors as myself. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. |
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