As Egypt experiences the judgment of God through the plagues, the children of Israel are given a yearly and daily reminder of their time as slaves in Egypt. For what purpose? Why do we remember? Why do we share generational testimony? How does the Lord keep our hearts from becoming hardened, just as Pharaoh’s heart was hardened? What would this hardening produce in us as we carried the Gospel over the mountains to those who need to hear it? Give a listen!
The “sign miracle” of Aaron’s staff being turned into a serpent. What is the meaning behind it? Why, when the Egyptian magicians so easily replicated it, did the Lord command for it to be a sign to Pharaoh? How does this help to harden Pharaoh’s heart? How do we reconcile the hardening of Pharaoh’s heart, and the hardening in part that has come over Israel, according to the apostle Paul? Is there a message here for us as modern day disciples of Messiah Yeshua/Jesus? When we face trial, or fear over preserving our own legacy, what does these seemingly unrelated stories tell us? Give a listen!
As we open the Book of Exodus, we find the Lord beginning to “attend to” His people as they face dire circumstances. Often, what appears to be an end is a beginning, what appears as a loss, will become a victory. Moses is born under a death decree, but is delivered to be an heir of the very Pharaoh who issued the decree. Why? Moses was saved from death, raised to an exalted status, only to find himself as an unknown shepherd years later. There, out in the nowhere, the “I Am” would meet Moses, even while he wrestled with “imposter syndrome.” When we meet the “I Am” we too leave the imposter behind as He forms us to the image of His Son.
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