Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go, so that they may worship me.” 2 If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them back, 3 the hand of the Lord will bring a terrible plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys and camels and on your cattle, sheep and goats. 4 But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and that of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”
5 The Lord set a time and said, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this in the land.” 6 And the next day the Lord did it: All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died. 7 Pharaoh investigated and found that not even one of the animals of the Israelites had died. Yet his heart was unyielding and he would not let the people go. Exodus 9: 1-7
The plagues escalate, and men always have their hearts and minds set upon those things which were made as greater than He Who made them. It is no small thing when one looks at ancient hieroglyphs, the ox and the camel were great in the eyes of those who not only consumed them but also made idols in their image. We think it belongs to us, because we are here I suppose, but everything belongs to God for their is no ruler with a greater hand. There is no voice among men that can call the world into existence. Pharaoh's are a needy lot, yet most would consider them above need, and now the king looks for a reason to not believe. If he could find just one animal dead among the Hebrews then all is well, or is it? Just like all men, we can choose to believe something else, but we do not have the power to make it true. We can comfort ourselves with those who are of the same mind, and place upon pedestals those who will hero our cause, but in the end, just like Pharaoh's investigation we come up empty and choose the gods of our imagination anyway.
The plagues escalate, and men always have their hearts and minds set upon those things which were made as greater than He Who made them. It is no small thing when one looks at ancient hieroglyphs, the ox and the camel were great in the eyes of those who not only consumed them but also made idols in their image. We think it belongs to us, because we are here I suppose, but everything belongs to God for their is no ruler with a greater hand. There is no voice among men that can call the world into existence. Pharaoh's are a needy lot, yet most would consider them above need, and now the king looks for a reason to not believe. If he could find just one animal dead among the Hebrews then all is well, or is it? Just like all men, we can choose to believe something else, but we do not have the power to make it true. We can comfort ourselves with those who are of the same mind, and place upon pedestals those who will hero our cause, but in the end, just like Pharaoh's investigation we come up empty and choose the gods of our imagination anyway.
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