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Moses and the Finger of God; Exodus 7-11 Part Two:
Lessons from False Gods
Ancient Egypt at its Zenith fifteen centuries before Christ was awesome. The Pyramids were over a thousand years old and stood towering ominously over these proud and powerful people. The ‘God-Kings’ or Pharaohs as we call them, were sons of Khnum, descendants of RA, and the bearers of divinity to the masses. Along the Mighty Nile, Egypt knew prosperity, fertile and productive agriculture, and great peace.
But, a nation had grown up in their midst for 400 years. It had started with just an old man and his twelve boys. Jacob and his twelve sons, his daughters, and their families had flourished. In Goshen, they now numbered nearly three million. As God had promised to his grandfather Abraham, his descendants would be as numberless as the sands of the sea. From one man to three million is a vast multiplication. And so, the stage is set:
THE GREATEST ANCIENT EMPIRE: EGYPT
vs.
THE ENSLAVED PEOPLE OF GOD: ISRAEL
But, it was even more than that. It was also:
God’s People vs. Satan’s People
God’s Promise vs. The Curse
God’s Power vs. The Kingdom of Darkness
Two eighty-year-old men vs. Pharaoh, his armies, and the entire religion of Egypt
Shy Moses vs. Proud Pharaoh
The Whole Plan of God for Redemption vs. The Whole Plan of Satan for Rebellion