The plagues are now focusing on Pharaoh. The magicians quit. The flies even know better! Three significant changes occur during the execution of this next plague. First, with the retiring of the court magicians, Aaron moves to a secondary position. From now on, the showdown is between Pharaoh and Moses. Moses is to intercept the […]
Read More… from October 12, 2021 — Flies Won’t Fly In Goshen
See how God marshals all His forces to free His people; even lice can argue the case for Him! The frogs that covered Egypt’s landscape did not go gentle into that good night. “They gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank” (Ex 8:14). Now, without warning, without a gentlemanly visit of Moses to […]
Read More… from October 11, 2021 — The Lice Speak To Pharaoh
Imagine all the frogs in your hometown deciding they would prefer your home over theirs. Slowly the Nile returned to normal, but God was not finished. Another deity worshiped was Heqet, an Egyptian goddess of fertility, who grotesquely had the body of a woman but the head of a frog. When my wife and I […]
Jesus’ first miracle of grace was turning water to wine; Moses’ first miracle? Water to blood! Pharaoh had just seen the miraculous display he had asked for. God had proven Himself superior to Egypt’s gods. Now what? “Pharaoh’s heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, as the Lord had said” (Ex 7:13). So […]
Demonic influences—astrology, tarot cards, ouija boards, etc.—are definitely OFF LIMITS. As Moses regroups after Pharaoh’s refusal to let the people go, and the Israelites are discouraged after their increased workload, the Spirit of God thinks it’s a good time to rehearse the long list of worthies who appealed to the king. As Winston Churchill said […]
Read More… from October 6, 2021 — Cosmic War On The Palace Floor
Ever feel like the man who said, “People said there are worse things. And that showed up next!” Oh no! If it isn’t bad enough that Pharaoh says a highly impertinent “No!” to the God who controls his heartbeat, he then says to himself, These people must not have enough work to do if they’re […]
Read More… from October 5, 2021 — Things Go From Bad To Worse
It’s time for a showdown at the palace, but first a meeting to get Israel in on the mission. Moses and his family obviously have not traveled far when the Lord instructs Moses’ brother Aaron to intercept them, because we read, “he went and met him on the mountain of God” (Ex 4:27). What a […]
Read More… from October 4, 2021 — Moses And Aaron Join Forces
What a strange story? But, according to the New Testament, we all should have been here! Moses is about to be thrown into an intense spiritual battle. He will not be contending only with Pharaoh; the powers of hell will be out in full force, as seen by the “lying wonders” (2 Thess 2:9) performed […]