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\nExodus 9:13<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Then the LORD said to Moses, \u201cRise up early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh and say to him, \u2018Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, \u201cLet my people go, that they may serve me. \u00a0For this time I will send all my plagues on you yourself, and on your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. \u00a0For by now I could have put out my hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth. \u00a0But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth. \u00a0You are still exalting yourself against my people and will not let them go. Behold, about this time tomorrow I will cause very heavy hail to fall, such as never has been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. \u00a0Now therefore send, get your livestock and all that you have in the field into safe shelter, for every man and beast that is in the field and is not brought home will die when the hail falls on them.\u201d\u2019\u201d \u00a0Then whoever feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh hurried his slaves and his livestock into the houses, \u00a0but whoever did not pay attention to the word of the LORD left his slaves and his livestock in the field. Then the LORD said to Moses, \u201cStretch out your hand toward heaven, so that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man and beast and every plant of the field, in the land of Egypt.\u201d \u00a0Then Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. \u00a0There was hail and fire flashing continually in the midst of the hail, very heavy hail, such as had never been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. \u00a0The hail struck down everything that was in the field in all the land of Egypt, both man and beast. And the hail struck down every plant of the field and broke every tree of the field. \u00a0Only in the land of Goshen, where the people of Israel were, was there no hail. \u00a0Then Pharaoh sent and called Moses and Aaron and said to them, \u201cThis time I have sinned; the LORD is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong. \u00a0Plead with the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.\u201d\u00a0Moses said to him, \u201cAs soon as I have gone out of the city, I will stretch out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s. But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear the LORD God.\u201d \u00a0(The flax and the barley were struck down, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud. \u00a0But the wheat and the emmer were not struck down, for they are late in coming up.) \u00a0So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and stretched out his hands to the LORD, and the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured upon the earth. \u00a0But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet again and hardened his heart, he and his servants. So the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people of Israel go, just as the LORD had spoken through Moses.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Psalms 83:17-18<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; let them perish in disgrace,\u00a0\u00a0that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Proverbs 16:4<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0The LORD has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
In this bold declaration, God told Pharaoh through Moses that his resistance was being used for God\u2019s glory. If Pharaoh though he was accomplishing anything with his resistance against God, he was completely wrong. All his stubborn rebellion merely glorified the LORD more in the end. God invited Pharaoh and the Egyptians to trust Him by recommending precautions before the plague. Some took God\u2019s invitation and spared their livestock, but others did not. I have sinned this time. The LORD is righteous, and my people and I are wicked<\/b>: This sounds like perfect words of repentance from Pharaoh, but true repentance had not worked its way into his heart. Pharaoh was grieved at the\u00a0consequences\u00a0of sin, but not at the sin itself. \u201cMoses does not believe that pharaoh will keep his word, yet he grants the request so that pharaoh may be without excuse.\u201d\u00a0 Hardening the heart against God is sin; failing to repent when God graciously answers our plea is to ignore His rich mercy is to sin\u00a0yet more<\/b>. (Guzik)<\/p>\n
Moses is here ordered to deliver a dreadful message to Pharaoh. Providence ordered it, that Moses should have a man of such a fierce and stubborn spirit as this Pharaoh to deal with; and every thing made it a most signal instance of the power of God has to humble and bring down the proudest of his enemies. When God’s justice threatens ruin, his mercy at the same time shows a way of escape from it. God not only distinguished between Egyptians and Israelites, but between some Egyptians and others. If Pharaoh will not yield, and so prevent the judgment itself, yet those that will take warning, may take shelter. Some believed the things which were spoken, and they feared, and housed their servants and cattle, and it was their wisdom. Even among the servants of Pharaoh, some trembled at God’s word; and shall not the sons of Israel dread it? But others believed not, and left their cattle in the field. Obstinate unbelief is deaf to the fairest warnings, and the wisest counsels, which leaves the blood of those that perish upon their own heads. (Henry)<\/p>\n
A peculiar feature of the plague is the warning (ver. 19) whereby those who believed the words of Moses, were enabled to escape a great part of the ill effects of the storm. It is a remarkable indication of the impression made by the previous plagues, that the warning was taken by a considerable number of the Egyptians, who by this means saved their cattle and their slaves. (Unknown)<\/p>\n
The same type of warning can be said given in John 3:16-21\u00a0 <\/span>\u201c\u00a0For God so loved\u00a0the world that he gave\u00a0his one and only Son,\u00a0that whoever believes\u00a0in him shall not perish but have eternal life.\u00a017\u00a0For God did not send his Son into the world\u00a0to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.\u00a018\u00a0Whoever believes in him is not condemned,\u00a0but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God\u2019s one and only Son.\u00a019\u00a0This is the verdict: Light\u00a0has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.\u00a020\u00a0Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.\u00a021\u00a0But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n
Rev. 22:7 And behold, I am coming\u00a0quickly. Blessed is he who heeds the words of the prophecy of this book.\u201d
\nRev. 22:12 \u201cBehold, I am coming\u00a0quickly, and My reward\u00a0is\u00a0with Me, to reward each one as his work deserves.\u201d
\nRev. 22:20 He who testifies to these things says,\u00a0\u201cYes, I am coming\u00a0quickly.\u201d\u00a0Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
\n<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\nThere are many warnings in God\u2019s Word to people, and as well, many examples of warnings that were not believed to the harm of those hearing and blessings to those who did listen and acted according to His Word. In Acts it says that no man has an excuse for denial, rejection, and disobedience to God.\u00a0 <\/span>The clear warning of eternal Hell and torment or the blessing of eternal life in Heaven is promised and He, the Creator and Author of all there is will indeed carry out what He has clearly stated for judgment and blessing.\u00a0 <\/span>Like those in Egypt who denied the warning of God and suffered and died will be those who deny God\u2019s offer of salvation, redemption, and forgiveness.\u00a0 <\/span>Jesus will come quickly when He is not expected and those found void will forever be eternally in Hell and torment.\u00a0 <\/span>Today is the day of salvation.\u00a0 <\/span>Do not wait another second, your eternal destiny is but one breath away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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