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May 4, 2024
Exodus (Greek) Going out - (For today) Escaping Babylon (i.e. Confusion)
Exodus (Hebrew) These are the names *Learn the names of the tribes as well as the name of God.
This book, is a book of redemption, where God redeems HIS people as promised in Genesis chapter 15. Verses 13 and 14.
This is gonna happen again: God taking His children out of Confusion.
Exodus 8:
God’s Not doing this to convert Pharaoh (its God who put the hardness in his heart) But for the people of Egypt to know that there is only one God and that is Yahveh.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
[2] And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:
-Note: They worshiped ‘frog gods’
-Revelation 16:13 and 14, “[13] And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.”
-frogs are symbolic of lying spirits/ demonic spirits
“[14] For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.”
-spirits of devils- what frogs symbolize
[3] And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:
-Frogs being symbolic of lying spirits- lying to the people that need to and should know the truth
-They got these lying spirits even in their homes (Teaching begins at home with the parents/siblings- i.e. you are what you make yourself)
[4] And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.
[5] And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.
[6] And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
[7] And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
-*With how many there were, how could you even tell that they’d done anything?
[8] Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.
[9] And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?
-"glory over me”- honor over me- i.e. he was melted by it
[10] And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.
[11] And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.
[12] And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.
[13] And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.
-Why? Because Moses was only repeating God’s word
[14] And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
[15] But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
-* He reasoned it was just a coincident, Not God’s work.
[16] And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
-There is a HARD DEBATE BETWEEN BIBLE SCHOLARS whether it were gnats or lice and some believe that the swarmers were of both Lice and Gnats.
[17] And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
-Note: This time God did NOT warn Pharaoh. Why? Because Pharaoh went back on his word, so God did not warn him
[18] And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
[19] Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
-The magicians even admitted that it was God’s doing
-Pharaoh didn’t listen to his own Magicians/advisors
-These people were beginning to recognize the purpose for the entire incident: to free God’s children and that they, all the people, could see God’s power
[20] And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
-The purpose: That the people may serve God.
[21] Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
-"Belzebub”= king of the flies (one of Satan’s many names)
-a literal display/layout of the stench/rottenness of satan’s operation though its totally spiritual: twisting minds and causing mankind to sin.
-Basically what to expect in the end days of the going out
-Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21- Jesus’s 1st warning concerning these plagues- all 7 of which are listed in Matthew 24 and Mark 13
-Note: The 1st warning was let no man deceive you- i.e learn for yourself because its you alone who’ll stand before God at judgement and answer for your actions.
[22] And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.
-Goshen- south from the Mediterranean sea (Not as far south as the Shepherd kings)
-i.e. I will protect my own
-flies- note the heaps of dead frogs as previously listed- flies swarm whatever they want (But God did NOT let them cross that line and ‘attack’ his people, he protected them) They are bugs that cannot be controlled- not by man nor magician. Only God could do this.
[23] And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.
-division- (Hebrew) “Peduwth” (say Ped-ooth)= redemption- i.e. I’m going to redeem mine.
[24] And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
-Always keeps his word
-Corrupted- laid waste
[25] And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
-"the land"- mistranslated, should read “my land”
-I.e. I ain’t letting you go/I ain’t letting you get out of sight because you might run away.
-Keep in mind: the Egyptians, if the Hebrews sacrificed some animal to God on the alter of God, they considered these animals to be gods- this would have resulted in turmoil
[26] And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
-i.e. Won’t happen we’ll be sacrificing/burning their gods.
-stone us- i.e. you’ll have a war on your hands
[27] We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.
-we’re gonna follow his orders not yours
[28] And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.
-i.e. You intercede for me with God and see if you can pull this off Moses.
[29] And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.
-i.e. Don’t pull this on us again
[30] And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
[31] And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.
[32] And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.
-There seems to seemingly always be a ‘negative’ in God’s plan- God hardened Pharaoh’s heart. It may seem like poor judgement in bringing about all these misunderstandings,pain, suffering…but the point was God wanted Pharaoh and all the Egyptians to know that he was God (Not some fake-god, but the creator of all life). Plus, they’d overworked his people for 400 years. Yes it was his plan for them to be in captivity, but NOT for them to break their backs.