God Destroys the gods!
12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD.
The exodus from Egypt is an important historical fact of Israel’s national existence. It also has significant theological purpose. When Moses first approached Pharaoh, to demand that he let them go, Pharaoh resisted. He even asked;
2 But Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and moreover, I will not let Israel go.”
Pharaoh did not know God. That does not mean that Pharaoh didn’t know gods. In fact, the Egyptians had many gods. The ten plagues God is about to bring on their nation actually correspond with ten of their gods. Since Pharaoh did not know God, God was about to introduce Himself to him, by destroying and mocking each of his and the Egyptians gods. Note:
1. Plague #1 - Water of Nile turned to blood - Egyptian god: Hapi- the god of the Nile.
2. Plague #2 - Frogs out of the Nile - Egyptian god: Heket - god of fertility and renewal (symbol was the head of a frog).
3. Plague #3 - Lice from dust of the earth - Egyptian god: Geb - god of the earth.
4. Plague #4 - Warm of flies - Egyptian god: Khepri - god of creation, rebirth (symbol was the head of a fly).
5. Plague #5 - Death of livestock - Egyptian god: Hathor - goddess of love and protection (symbol was the head of a cow).
6. Plague #6 - Ashes turned to boils and sores - Egyptian goddess: Isis - goddess of medicine and peace.
7. Plague #7 - Hail rained down from the sky - Egyptian goddess: Nut - goddess of the sky.
8. Plague #8 - Locust sent from sky - Egyptian god: Seth - god of storms and disorder.
9. Plague #9 - Three days of darkness - Egyptian god: Ra - the sun god.
10. Plague #10 - Death of firstborn - Egyptian god: Pharaoh - the ultimate power of Egypt.
God took apart the Egyptian entire worship center to prove who He was and to make sure they would know who the God of Moses was.
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