Exodus 12:29-32 (The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn)
At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock. And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians. And there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where someone was not dead. Then he summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Up, go out from among my people, both you and the people of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as you have said. Take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone, and bless me also!”
Tag: God Can Change Any Heart
The story of the plagues on Egypt is a story of God’s power vs man’s evil heart. It took ten plagues, but Pharaoh’s heart was finally turned to release the people of Israel. The Egyptians did not just release Israel, they sent them away and the gave them food, clothing, jewelry, and allowed them to plunder the entire nation. Pharaoh’s heart was softened by the power of God. He will, soon, return to his hardened ways (because God wants the ultimate victory over the evil of the land), but for this moment, God bends the kings heart the way God wants it bent. Note what Solomon will say later about the heart of the king:
Proverbs 21:1
The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
he turns it wherever he will.
God can turn the heart of the king. Through out this story we see that God will and does turn the heart of Pharaoh to accomplish His greater purpose. We can worry about heads of state and/or heads of homes, but, in reality, God is turning hearts the way He will and according to His plans. The Kings heart is like a puppet in the hand of the God of the Universe.
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