Today's Verse: Exodus 8:9 (ESV)
Moses said to Pharaoh, “Be pleased to command me when uI am to plead for you and for your servants and for your people, that the frogs be cut off from you and your houses and be left only in the Nile.”
u [See ver. 8 above]
After Moses called down the plague of frogs on the land of Egypt, Pharaoh promised that he would let the Israelites go to sacrifice to the Lord if Moses would plead with God to cut off the plague. Instead of just saying, "OK," Moses asked Pharaoh "when?"
Today's Comments: There is something significant about this passage and the reply that Moses gave to Pharaoh. A reading of the account of the second plague in Exodus, Chapter 8, shows that God was not the only one who could conjure up a plague of frogs. Pharaoh's magicians were able to do this, also. By bringing in an additional dimension, that of time, Moses knew that he could show additional proof of God's power. While Pharaoh's magicians may have been able to create an illusion in space, it would be much more difficult for them to have control of both dimensions of space and time. Pharaoh also knew this, and perhaps that was the reason for his reply of "tomorrow."
Poem of the Day:
I wrote this poem several years ago after reading verses in the Apocrypha Book of Wisdom, Chapter 11. It reminds us of the power of God in our lives, and in the history that surrounds us.. :
Moses said to Pharaoh, “Be pleased to command me when uI am to plead for you and for your servants and for your people, that the frogs be cut off from you and your houses and be left only in the Nile.”
u [See ver. 8 above]
After Moses called down the plague of frogs on the land of Egypt, Pharaoh promised that he would let the Israelites go to sacrifice to the Lord if Moses would plead with God to cut off the plague. Instead of just saying, "OK," Moses asked Pharaoh "when?"
Today's Comments: There is something significant about this passage and the reply that Moses gave to Pharaoh. A reading of the account of the second plague in Exodus, Chapter 8, shows that God was not the only one who could conjure up a plague of frogs. Pharaoh's magicians were able to do this, also. By bringing in an additional dimension, that of time, Moses knew that he could show additional proof of God's power. While Pharaoh's magicians may have been able to create an illusion in space, it would be much more difficult for them to have control of both dimensions of space and time. Pharaoh also knew this, and perhaps that was the reason for his reply of "tomorrow."
Poem of the Day:
I wrote this poem several years ago after reading verses in the Apocrypha Book of Wisdom, Chapter 11. It reminds us of the power of God in our lives, and in the history that surrounds us.. :
A Lesson from the Book of Wisdom
copyright© Steve Sterry
There is no god beside thee,
Whose care is for all men.
Thy strength, the source of righteousness;
On thy mercy, we depend
With sovereign strength, thy judgment
And power infinite,
And great forbearance governing
a world hardly fit.
Yet, hope is there for all men;
in thy mercy we will win.
In thy love we'll find redemption
And forgiveness from all sin.
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