Exodus 11

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The Lord is going to kill the first born of the land of Egypt. This plague will not go away, or will it be taken back. This one is for "keeps". AS I have said before hard hearts take require hard signs. God has given Pharaoh nine opportunities to bend, but Pharaoh's heart has remained hard. Each plague has been a little worse than the last. At this point there is nothing left to impact. Crops, animals, water, light, comfort. It has all been taken away, but this last show of God's might will be the striking blow. The Lord knows this of course and informs Moses that not only will Pharaoh let you go, but when I am done, Pharaoh is going to drive you away for good.

The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. The first born will be killed. THE FIRST BORN. think about that, every house has at least one first born, but what happened if the Father and Mother of the house were first born from there house? No matter, once the Lord was done, there would be a lot of death in the land of Egypt. Here again though I think this shows the Lord even at the height of his impatience (if I can use that term) He still shows compassion. yes there is relevance to the first born being killed, and I will get it to that over the next couple of days (well Monday, I am out for a few days), my point right now still is that the Lord did not kill everyone. HE could have, but he did not.

Pharaoh's heart might have remained hard, but his people's hearts were changing. the Israelites were finding favor among the Egyptians. I have to say, it just goes to show you, the everyday people usually get it well before the people in power do........HUMmmmm I guess some things never change.


Peace,
Brian