Wed.’s Devo - The Plagues of Egypt

Read Ex. 7:25-9:35, Matt. 19:13-30, Ps. 24:1-10, Pr. 6:1-5 Truly the earth is the Lords, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. We see a perfect example of that in the plagues of Egypt. Notice how the plagues corresponded with the days of creation. The first two days of creation have to do with the waters and the first two plagues also. The third day God created the tree with fruit and in the third plague God told Moses to strike the ground so that instead of producing fruit, it produced lice. This was the first time the magicians couldn’t fabricate the miracle. That is because Satan cannot create life. He could work with what was already there but he can’t take something that is dead like dust and cause life to come from it. On the forth day of creation, God created the sun, moon, and stars and on the forth plague God sent flies to swarm down upon them all having to do with what is in the air. This time he made a distinction between the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived and the land where the Egyptians lived. This was the day he was calling out his people and treating them with grace, and not judgment. The forth day in Biblical days was the millennium that God sent Jesus to earth to bring grace instead of judgment. (A year is as a thousand days. 2 Peter 3:8) The fifth day of creation God created the cattle and in the fifth plague, he killed all the cattle. On the sixth day of creation, God created man and in the sixth plague, God put boils on man. On the seventh day of creation God rested and the seventh plague was judgment from the heavens. It was a picture of end time judgment. Through the plagues, God was waging war against the gods of Egypt. Every plague represented one of their gods and God proved that he was Lord over all. While God was bringing judgment on Egypt in the Old Testament, Jesus was demonstrating how easy it was to approach him if you had the heart of a little child, but how impossible it was if you were trying to impress him with your works. You are the Lord strong and mighty, the King of glory! Let us love you with the heart of a child today.