Moses - Part 15
Notes
Transcript
Intro
Intro
We have already covered the first 3 plagues:
Plague 1 - Water to blood
Plague 2 - Frogs
Plague 3 - Lice
Today we will cover plagues 4, 5 and 6:
1. Plague # 4 - Flies
1. Plague # 4 - Flies
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. 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. 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. 23 And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be. 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. 25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land. 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? 27 We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord our God, as he shall command us. 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. 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. 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.
a.) Swarms of flies
b.) Upon:
Thee
Thy Servants
Thy people
into houses
Homes will be full of flies and on the ground where they walk
**I’ve been in a home where there wasn’t a spot on the floor not covered by a fly...
**It crunched as you walked through the home
Another first time in this story:
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. 23 And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.
**The first time there was a division from the land of the Egyptians compared to Goshen where Israel dwelt
There was the division of God’s people vs. the people who were against God...
Thought: God separates His people from impending judgement out of love and loyalty to His promises. Why shouldn’t we be willing to separate from the people God separates us from?
We want their sin, but we’re thankful to be separated from their judgement.
In the end times God explains this separation:
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
There was a physical separation for Israel
There is a spiritual separation for the saved vs. the unsaved
I’m thankful for my salvation because of the:
Relationship with God
The indwelling Holy Spirit to guide and comfort me
The value of living a righteous life
The eternity in Heaven
However, I’m even more grateful to be avoiding the judgement in hell as well...
We see the same thing occur in some of the other plagues as well:
a.) The murrain on the cattle
4 And the Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children’s of Israel. 5 And the Lord appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land. 6 And the Lord did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
b.) The Hail
26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
c.) The darkness on the land
22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: 23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
c.) The death of the firstborn
12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord. 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
We serve a righteous God who judges sin and wickedness… it’s no joke
We also serve a righteous God who rewards faithfulness and right living...
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous:
But the way of the ungodly shall perish.
29 The Lord is far from the wicked:
But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous,
And his ears are open unto their cry.
16 The face of the Lord is against them that do evil,
To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
3 Commit thy works unto the Lord,
And thy thoughts shall be established.
5 The Lord trieth the righteous:
But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone,
And an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
7 For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness;
His countenance doth behold the upright.
2. Plague # 5 - Murrain on Cattle
2. Plague # 5 - Murrain on Cattle
1 Then the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, 3 Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain. 4 And the Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children’s of Israel. 5 And the Lord appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land. 6 And the Lord did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one. 7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
Upon cattle
Horses
Asses
Camels
Oxen
Sheep
A “very grievous murrain”
Murrain: an infections and fatal disease (MW 1828)
Pharaoh’s response:
7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
3. Plague # 6 - Boils
3. Plague # 6 - Boils
8 And the Lord said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. 9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. 10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast. 11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. 12 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had spoken unto Moses.
“Boils breaking forth with blains”
Boils are inflamed and infected bumps under the skin that are very painful...
Blains are pustules or blisters that form on top of the infected bumps...
Notice however in verse 11:
11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
God always brings the workers of satan down to their knees
He did many times in His earthly ministry with the demons who possessed people...
He will continue to do so and he will even cast satan and those fallen angels into the bottomless pit for all of eternity one day...
Though satan and his hinchmen wreck havoc in this earth, God is still supreme over them...
