February 27

Exodus 10

            Up to this point Pharaoh has hardened his own heart at times.  But now the Lord is going to harden it for him in order to produce acts that will reveal to people for all times that He is Lord.  The Lord has three more gods to slay.  Three more judgment events were coming in order to display that He is truly the only God.  The Egyptians trusted in the goddess Isis to protect them from Locusts.  Every 17 years there is a locust plague in the area anyway.  It was to Isis that they cried out for protection.  The locusts came anyway.  In this instance it was more severe than they had ever known.  They ate all green vegetation.  And when Pharaoh asked for relief, God sent a strong wind that blew them all into the Red Sea.

            Once again after the relief came the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh.  This time the Lord slew the Egyptian sun gods.  They had a number of sun gods which they worshipped.  Among them were Re, Khepri, Harakhte, Attum, etc. This definitely displayed the greatness of the Lord over their gods.  The darkness was so strong that they could feel it.  But again the Lord made a distinction.  In the houses of the children of Israel, there was light.

            Have we experienced the Lord yet?  Is His glory increasing?  What gods is He slaying in my life?  What gods is He slaying in the lives of those around me?  Is my heart soft enough so that I will recognize His glory?  Is yours?  Indeed we serve a glorious King.  Speak His glory to someone today!

--Pastor john