SHEMOT
(exodus) ch.10…
Exo
10:1 And
the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and
the heart of his servants, that I might show these my signs before him:
Exo
10:2 And
that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things
I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may
know how that I am the LORD.
How
many times has Pharaoh now been asked to let the people go?
Hail
Boils with blains
Deadly Pestilence of the Egyptians livestock
Swarms of Flies
Frogs
Rod turned to a serpent
Is YHWH God indeed forcefully making Pharaoh to act
insolently proud???
Absolutely not!!!!!!
What would you say Pharaoh’s problem was??
Behind door #1: The
lust of the flesh
Behind door #2: The
lust of the eyes
Behind door #3: The
pride of life (human
reasoning)
Pharaoh desired the product of the peoples
labor.
(hmmmm, sound familiar)
Governments inevitably become more interested in collecting
the product of labor rather than protecting the people.
Legalized Infant murder is a sure sign in any society that protecting
people is far from the mind of the powers that be.
Collecting the product of labor is much more lucrative than protecting
people, we don’t have to look very far to see Pharaoh’s modus operandi
today…..Pharaoh thought he had it all figured out.
Human reasoning!!!!!!
What’s on YHWH Gods mind?????
Exo
10:2 And
that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things
I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know
how that I am the LORD.
Why
isnt acknowledging His Lordship good enough, whats all this about knowing HOW
He is LORD?? (note at this time who it is that needs to understand HOW)
Exo
8:10 And
he said, Tomorrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that
thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.
Exo
8:22 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.
Exo 9:14
For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon
thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there
is none like me in all the earth.
Exo
9:29 And
Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad
my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there
be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD's.
Exo 11:7
But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his
tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD
doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
Exo 14:4 And
I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be
honored upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am
the LORD. And they did so.
How
is it that YHWH God wanted the Egyptians to know that He is LORD, but the sons
of Ya’akov needed to know HOW He is YHWH?
THE
ANSWER…………………………..
Exo
29:46 And
they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out
of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the
LORD their God.
How is it that knowing HOW He is the LORD or
not knowing HOW He is the LORD affects His dwelling among us?????
Every the time that the Egyptians came under the weight of a
different plague, whose instruction was it for????
The sons of Ya’akov, right?
It would not be but just a few short days until the children
of Israel would be facing critical events in their own lives, will they fall to
human reasoning, the pride of life, and wind up with evil hearts
of unbelief, departing from the living God, and thereby making it impossible for
Him to dwell among them???
Num
14:40 And
they rose up early in the morning, and got them up into the top of the mountain,
saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the
LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.
Num
14:41 And
Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it
shall not prosper.
Num
14:42 Go
not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your
enemies.
Num 14:43
For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye
shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the
LORD will not be with you.
Let us not forget that Pharaoh is one of the biggest examples
in scripture how human reasoning can lead to the most heinous unbelief and
hardness of heart….Human reasoning probably will be our biggest enemy in our
wilderness experience.
Rev
7:16 They
shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on
them, nor any heat.
Rev
7:17 For
the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead
them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from
their eyes.
We will face hunger, will we believe Him???
We will face extremes, will we believe Him???
The plague of Locusts and darkness only strengthen our
observation of Pharoahs addiction to his reasoning…..
During this time of the plagues coming on Egypt, is YHWH God
doing these things just to despite the Egyptians, or are the children of Israel
so sinlessly perfect that God must intervene?????
Remember the prophecy given in the seven I WILL’s of YHWH
GOD
From Exo.6: 6&7 Wherefore
say unto the children of Israel, I am the
LORD
I will bring you out from under the
burdens of the Egyptians
I will rid you out of their bondage
I will redeem you with a stretched out
arm, and with great judgments:
I will take you to me for a people
I will be to you a God: and ye shall know
that I am the LORD your God
I will bring you in unto the land,
concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob
I will give it you for a heritage: I am
the LORD.
By the time we get through today’s Torah Portion, lets look
and see how far along each I WILL has come
I WILL #2 Pharaoh and his human and his
human scheme gone
I
WILL #3
Passover is laid out to the sons of Ya’akov, foreshadowing Yeshua’s
innocent and Sacrificial death
I
WILL #4
YHWH God was unable to take this generation to Himself
because of unbelief (will we believe Him)
I
WILL #5
This generation failed in letting Him be their God (will we at last in
the wilderness understand HOW He is Lord)