August 21 – Exodus 9:13-21
August 21 – Exodus 9:13-21
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Heavenly Father,
Thank You for not only Your protection, but the forewarning You give us. Help me to pass on Your Word to those around
me. Help me spread the truth of Your
plan to allow all to be saved from destruction.
Thank You for allowing me to hear the good news of the gospel from the
time I was born. I know I don’t deserve the
life You have allowed me to live. I don’t
deserve Christian parents who taught me about You. I don’t deserve a roof over my head, clean
water and good food always available on my table. I don’t deserve to be born in a country where
all of these things are readily available, but I thank You for allowing me to opportunity
to have all these things and much more.
There are not words to tell You how very much I appreciate all these
things, so I will try to show You by loving You and sharing about You and all
You have done to make a way that everyone can know You. Help me be bold and obedient as I share.
In Jesus’ name.
Amen!
This plague was
definitely different than the previous ones. God gave a forewarning as well as
instructions on how to protect themselves and their household. and the
believers were able to protect their livestock and move all that they had in
the field into a protective shelter before the plague struck.
This reminds me
of the unbelievers in our world that will not listen to God’s truth. They, too,
are being told what is coming. May we all be bold in spreading God’s truth so
that no man may perish.
What is your role
in spreading the Good News?
I have to address
some questions that might come to mind.
Where did the Egyptians get these animals since just two plagues ago
they were all destroyed by God? If they
took some livestock from the Israelites or purchased them from a source outside
of Egypt, the other question you might have would be about the time period that
lapsed as God brought these plagues on the people of Egypt.
I don’t know. I have done a little research, and no one
else knows either. One source said the
best guess is that the 10 plagues took place over a period not less than 5
weeks, but not more than a year. Some
tried to narrow it down to a more specific period of time, but the Bible isn’t
specific. The main point God is making
here is that He separated His chosen people from those in Egypt, but He also
allowed those in Egypt who believed to be warned.
Exodus 9:13-21
13 Then
the Lord said to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning and
present yourself before Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, the
God of the Hebrews, “Let my people go, that they may serve me. 14 For this time I will send all my plagues
on you yourself, and on your servants and your people, so that you
may know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For by now I could have put out my hand
and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off
from the earth. 16 But for
this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name
may be proclaimed in all the earth. 17 You
are still exalting yourself against my people and will not let them go. 18 Behold, about this time tomorrow I will
cause very heavy hail to fall, such as never has been in Egypt from the day it
was founded until now. 19 Now
therefore send, get your livestock and all that you have in the field into
safe shelter, for every man and beast that is in the field and is not brought
home will die when the hail falls on them.”’” 20 Then
whoever feared the word of the Lord among
the servants of Pharaoh hurried his slaves and his livestock into the houses, 21 but whoever did not pay attention to the
word of the Lord left his slaves and his livestock in the field.
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