Exodus: YeHoVaH's Mercy and Grace Toward Pharaoh - Chapter 9:13-35

Today, our real challenge is that we cannot abide or continue in His Word if we have not learned His Word.  We learn of Yeshua through discipleship.  Yeshua told His Disciples to follow Him.  They heard what He taught and saw the miracles, signs, and wonders.  Then Yeshua sent them out and they performed miracles, signs, and wonders as a result of their discipleship.   We must abide in the truth that we learn through discipleship.  To abide is to continue in that truth and to live by that truth.  As one lives by the truth of Messiah’s teaching, they will see the manifestation and power of the truth that inspires them to seek more of the truth.  As we continue to abide in the truth, the truth makes us freer in every area where truth is applied. 

YeHoVaH's display of Power and Authority over nature, the elements, and the resources of Egypt may appear to the denominational disciples, or the un-discipled, to be singularly targeted and focused on Pharaoh and the Egyptians. However, a closer look into what is written reveals that YeHoVaH is setting the stage, and laying the groundwork, for the Children of Israel to know who this Great and Mighty One is that is about to rip them out of the clutches of Pharaoh, enrich them for their years of toil without pay, and set their feet on the path of freedom and righteousness for His Name's Sake! Join us in this extraordinarily revealing portion of Exodus as YeHoVaH uses Pharaoh and the Egyptians to send a multi-generational message, with clear warning signs, to the Children of Israel of what could and would happen to those who oppose Him and harden their hearts against Him. 

YeHoVaH desires for every last one of us to be successful in our faith walk.  When you begin to walk with the Master, it puts space between you and people who are not willing to walk with the Master the way that He desires.   John is trying to communicate to us that the condemnation is because light has come into the world and men love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil.  Those who refuse to receive Yeshua as the Son of Elohim will die in their sins.     Yeshua, the Word of Elohim, obeyed the Word, spoke the Word, taught the Word, and lived the Word.   

YeHoVaH had the power and authority to destroy Pharaoh the first day He sent Moses and Aaron to instruct Pharaoh to let go His firstborn son, the Children of Israel. Pharaoh's continual refusal and hardening of his own heart, in addition to YeHoVaH hardening Pharaoh's heart, set the stage for the demonstration of YeHoVaH's patience, grace, and mercy toward Pharaoh and the people of Egypt.  Join us and witness for yourself as YeHoVaH's mercy and grace toward Pharaoh, and the people of Egypt, is put on full display. In this next encounter, Moses and Aaron confront Pharaoh and demonstrate the miraculous power of YeHoVaH over Pharaoh and the people of Egypt. 

While Yeshua was teaching in the Temple Court,  the Scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery. They said unto Him, “Master this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.  Now Moses, in the Law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what sayest thou?” They were tempting Him that they might have reason to accuse Him. But Yeshua said, “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.” Because they only bring the woman and not the man, it is clear that the Scribes and Pharisees are not interested in justice or doing what the Law stipulates.  The Law says that the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.  This portion of John illustrates that Yeshua is truly the light of the world and those that follow Him shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. 

Pharaoh's hardened heart caused him to continually refuse to listen to Moses and Aaron's request to let the Children of Israel leave Egypt to serve YeHoVaH. As a consequence of Pharaoh not listening to YeHoVaH's servants, Moses and Aaron, YeHoVaH turns His focus to Egypt's economy. Pharaoh's repeated rejection of YeHoVaH's single command of letting His people go, and Pharaoh turning a blind eye to the miracles, signs, and wonders, brought the people of Egypt's economy to a standstill. Tune in as we examine the impact of YeHoVaH's next phase of convincing Pharaoh to let Israel go. This next phase of miracles would not only disrupt Egypt's economy, affect all the animals of the Egyptians, and the lives and livelihood of every Egyptian while preserving the livelihood of the Israelites and their animals from YeHoVaH's wrath. 

We continue with John's testimony of what he saw and experienced as a follower of Messiah.  John introduced us to the Word, tells us that the Word was Elohim, the Word was in the beginning, and then John tells us that the Word manifested itself in the human form of the Messiah Yeshua.  John indicates, by capitalizing the word “Prophet”, that Yeshua is the Prophet that Elohim spoke about to Moses.   In this last portion of Chapter 7, the Pharisees and Chief Priests sent officers to arrest Yeshua. However, the officers made a judgment call not to arrest Him.  When questioned by the religious rulers, the officers said, “Never man spake like this man”. 

Miracle after miracle performed by Moses and Aaron did little to cause or convince Pharaoh to release the Children of Israel so they could go and serve YeHoVaH. Pharaoh's heart was hardened to the point that he would not listen to the council of those around him. Pharaoh would not relent even when they described the miracles being performed by Moses and Aaron as, "This is the finger of God". Despite being powerless to compete, Pharaoh continued to defy the command of the Most High to, "Let Israel go!" Join us as YeHoVaH raises the stakes and demonstrates His power in the sight of Pharaoh. The manifestation of YeHoVaH's power caused Pharaoh's household and the households of the Egyptians to suffer. However, the Most High protected His people, Israel, in the midst of the suffering Egyptians in the teaching, A Sign for Pharaoh. 

Amongst themselves, the people acknowledged the plot of the religious leaders as Yeshua was speaking at the Feast.  Some were perplexed because they knew the rulers’ intents, but Yeshua was speaking openly.  Some wondered if the rulers had finally accepted Yeshua to be the Messiah.  Deuteronomy 18:18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put My words in His mouth; and He shall speak unto them all that I shall command Him.  The people also pondered what they believed based on what they had been taught in spite of what was written.  For instance, they assumed He was born in Nazareth because He was referred to as Yeshua of Nazareth.   In this teaching, we explore how Yeshua exposes the people’s inability to discern and distinguish the revelation of the Spirit from the information of man that they had been taught by their religious leaders.  Through this example, we see that denominational doctrines can impede on the Scriptures and blind men from the revelation of the Holy Spirit. 

The miracle of turning the waters of Egypt to blood, performed by Moses to demonstrate the power of YeHoVaH to Pharaoh, his magician's, sorcerers, and wise men, does not persuade Pharaoh to let the Children of Israel go. Instead, Pharaoh hardened his heart. The back and forth with Pharaoh and Moses, in actuality, was a back and forth between Pharaoh and YeHoVaH. In some instances, YeHoVaH hardened Pharaoh's heart, but in other instances Pharaoh was unyielding and hardened his own heart. Join us in this futile battle of Pharaoh, as he hardened his heart and wages a war, he cannot win. He is fighting a losing battle for power with YeHoVaH, Moses, and Aaron over the Children of Israel.