Girls, today we will begin a series in the blog that I am also doing during Bible class at home during school. I hope it will be a blessing to you:-)
All of you know the main events of the great exodus of God's people from Egypt. After Joseph (the 11th son of Jacob, renamed "Israel" by God) was sold into slavery in Egypt, he was able to help save his whole family from a horrific famine that last 7 years. Things were good for the Israelites, until a new Pharaoh took the throne. He did not know Joseph or his family, and the relationship Joseph had shared with those in higher authority was gone. The Israeli people began to multiply at astounding rates, sending those in political power into a real dilemma. Pharaoh feared that, if left alone, the Hebrews (Israelites) would continue to have children until they outnumbered the Egyptians. In war, that could prove disastrous for Egypt. So, Pharaoh decreed that the Hebrews must be contained. He decreed that all Israeli baby boys be killed. During this time, Moses was born and hid for 3 months. You know the Bible story....he was put in a little boat, found by the Pharaoh's daughter, and raised as an Egyptian. When Moses was grown, he made his choice, and one day killed an Egyptian man as he defended one of the Hebrew men. He fled into the land of Midian and there married Zipporah. He lived in the desert until one day......
The Lord appeared unto him in a fiery bush and made plain His plan to deliver the children of Israel from Egypt's bondage. By this time, they had been enslaved for 400 years. We know Moses balked and complained, but eventually, Moses submitted to the direction of God. He and his brother Aaron went before the Pharaoh and asked permission to leave. Of course, Pharaoh refused! Instantaneously, life became worlds harder for the Hebrews. Instead of being forced to make bricks for Pharaoh's use, now they not only had to make the bricks but find the straw to mix into the mortar, as well. It was unbearable for them...but at this point, they were right on the verge of victory and didn't even realize it. Let me stop here for a moment...can you imagine how horrible things must have been for them. They thought they'd be delivered when their leader Moses went before Pharaoh. Instead of being delivered, now they were being tortured, too! They wanted to give up, but what if they had? They would have stopped just short of seeing God's miraculous hand at work.
After Pharaoh's heart was hardened and he refused to let the Hebrews go, the plagues began. Starting tomorrow, we will study each of those plagues and what they might have represented.
Scripture Reading for the Day:
All of you know the main events of the great exodus of God's people from Egypt. After Joseph (the 11th son of Jacob, renamed "Israel" by God) was sold into slavery in Egypt, he was able to help save his whole family from a horrific famine that last 7 years. Things were good for the Israelites, until a new Pharaoh took the throne. He did not know Joseph or his family, and the relationship Joseph had shared with those in higher authority was gone. The Israeli people began to multiply at astounding rates, sending those in political power into a real dilemma. Pharaoh feared that, if left alone, the Hebrews (Israelites) would continue to have children until they outnumbered the Egyptians. In war, that could prove disastrous for Egypt. So, Pharaoh decreed that the Hebrews must be contained. He decreed that all Israeli baby boys be killed. During this time, Moses was born and hid for 3 months. You know the Bible story....he was put in a little boat, found by the Pharaoh's daughter, and raised as an Egyptian. When Moses was grown, he made his choice, and one day killed an Egyptian man as he defended one of the Hebrew men. He fled into the land of Midian and there married Zipporah. He lived in the desert until one day......
The Lord appeared unto him in a fiery bush and made plain His plan to deliver the children of Israel from Egypt's bondage. By this time, they had been enslaved for 400 years. We know Moses balked and complained, but eventually, Moses submitted to the direction of God. He and his brother Aaron went before the Pharaoh and asked permission to leave. Of course, Pharaoh refused! Instantaneously, life became worlds harder for the Hebrews. Instead of being forced to make bricks for Pharaoh's use, now they not only had to make the bricks but find the straw to mix into the mortar, as well. It was unbearable for them...but at this point, they were right on the verge of victory and didn't even realize it. Let me stop here for a moment...can you imagine how horrible things must have been for them. They thought they'd be delivered when their leader Moses went before Pharaoh. Instead of being delivered, now they were being tortured, too! They wanted to give up, but what if they had? They would have stopped just short of seeing God's miraculous hand at work.
After Pharaoh's heart was hardened and he refused to let the Hebrews go, the plagues began. Starting tomorrow, we will study each of those plagues and what they might have represented.
Scripture Reading for the Day:
Proverbs 24
Revelation 3
Great study, Mrs. Kim! Thank you!
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