Sam DeVille - January 8, 2023
The Humbling of Egypt - Ex. 7:14-18
Ex 7:14-18 14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go. 15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand. 16 And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear. 17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. 18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water of the river. THE HUMBLING OF EGYPT WILL INCLUDE 13 MAJOR MIRACLES THAT GOD WILL PERFORM , IN THE PROCESS OF FREEING THE HEBREW PEOPLE FROM EGYPTIAN SLAVERY AARON’S ROD (A SERPENT) EXODUS 7:8-13 THE NILE RIVER TO BLOOD EXODUS 7:14-25 THE SWARM OF FROGS EXODUS 8:1-15 THE PLAGUE OF LICE EXODUS 8:16-19 THE SWARM OF FLIES EXODUS 20-32 DISEASE ON THE BEASTS EXODUS 9:1-7 BOILS ON MAN AND BEASTS EXODUS 9:8-12 KILLER HAIL STORM EXODUS 9:13-35 PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS EXODUS 10:1-20 3 DAYS OF DARKNESS EXODUS 10:21-29 DEATH OF THE FIRSTBORN EXODUS 11:1-12:31 THE SPOILS OF EGYPT EXODUS 12:33-36 EGYPTIAN ARMY DROWNED EXODUS 14:23-31 THE PURPOSES OF THE DIVINE PLAGUES 1. TO PROVE THE SUPERIORITY OF JEHOVAH OVER THE “EGYPTIAN GOD’S” THE EGYPTIANS WERE POLYTHEISTIC, MEANING THEY WORSHIPED MANY GODS EACH OF THE PLAGUES WILL BE AIMED AT A MAJOR , EGYPTIAN DEITY THAT WAS WORSHIPED IN THE DAYS OF MOSES. GOD IS REVEALING HOW FOOLISH IDOLATRY AND THE WORSHIP OF WICKED ENTITIES IS. THERE WERE AT LEAST 3 DIFFERENT DEITIES THAT WERE TIED TO THE NILE RIVER: HAPI: THIS DEITY WAS WORSHIPED THROUGH THE ANNUAL FLOODING OF THE NILE RIVER. THE NILE WOULD OVERFLOW ITS BANKS AND FLOOD THE LAND TO DELIVER FERTILE SILT ON THE FIELDS. HAPI WAS DEPICTED AS PART MALE, PART FEMALE AND WAS ALSO KNOWN AS “LORD OF THE FISH” KHNUM: THE GOD OF THE WATER: THIS GOD WAS DEPICTED AS HAVING THE BODY OF A MAN AND THE HEAD OF A GOAT (A RAM), MUCH LIKE SOME DEPICTION OF THE DEVIL IN MODERN DAY SATANIC WORSHIP OSIRIS WAS THE GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD. HE WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR EGYPTIAN GODS, MARRIED TO ISIS, DIED AND BROUGHT BACK TO LIKE FOR JUST LONG ENOUGH TO HAVE A SON, HORUS. SOME OF THE EGYPTIANS BELIEVED THAT THE NILE RIVER WAS THE BLOOD OF OSIRIS 2. TO PROVE TO THE HEBREWS HOW POWERFUL GOD COULD BE THE HEBREWS WERE GETTING READY TO TAKE A LONG JOURNEY THAT WAS BASED ON FAITH, WHERE THEY WOULD RECEIVE THE LAW OF GOD IN A NEW SYSTEM OF COMMANDMENTS AND PRECEPTS FROM GOD. THEY HAD TO BELIEVE THAT GOD WAS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO PROTECT THEM, TO PROVIDE FOR THEM, AND TO GUIDE THEM THEY HAD TO KNOW THAT GOD COULD BE TRUSTED! 3. TO REVEAL THE HARDENING OF A MANS HEART THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE PLAGUES, WE SEE THE HEART OF PHARAOH GROW HARDER AND HARDER, AS HE WILL SUBMIT AND THEN WILL CHANGE HIS MIND BACK AND FORTH. A PERSON IS NOT BORN WITH A HARD HEART, IT COMES FROM A SERIES OF CHOICES CHOOSING NOT TO FORGIVE CHOOSING TO REMAIN ANGRY CHOOSING TO BE JEALOUS, GREEDY, AND FULL OF PRIDE 4. WE MAY BE GETTING A PREVIEW OF GOD’S WRATH IN THE LAST DAYS WE SEE EVENTS IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION WITH PARALLELS TO EXODUS. AFTER THE RAPTURE, THE 7 TRUMPETS OF WRATH WILL BLOW, AND THEN THE 7 VIALS OF WRATH WILL BE POURED OUT ON MANKIND. TRUMPET ONE BRINGS FIRE AND HAIL MINGLED WITH BLOOD, AND 1/3 OF THE TREES AND GRASS WILL BE BURNT UP TRUMPET TWO BRINGS A BURNING MOUNTAIN THAT IS CAST INTO THE SEA, AND 1/3 OF THE SEA BECOMES BLOOD, AND 1/3 OF THE LIFE IN THE SEA DIES, AND 1/3 OF THE SHIPS ARE DESTROYED. THE SECOND AND THIRD VIALS OF WRATH ARE POURED OUT AND WILL TURN THE SEAS AND THE FRESH WATER INTO BLOOD. THE 2 WITNESSES WILL HAVE THE POWER TO TURN WATER INTO BLOOD.
