Our focus in lesson 27 is Exod. 9:13 – 10:1. The event is the plague of hail that was so awesome that there was nothing like it ever in the history of Egypt. For the Hebrews coming out of Egypt, the first ones to “hear” the words of Moses, the first five books of the Bible, sometimes called the תּוֹרָה Torah, meaning God’s instruction, they’d recall that Pharaohs always boasted of their mighty works and accomplishments. It’s like Thutmosis III who bragged he did amazing things that haven’t been done in ...
Our focus in lesson 27 is Exod. 9:13 – 10:1. The event is the plague of hail that was so awesome that there was nothing like it ever in the history of Egypt. For the Hebrews coming out of Egypt, the first ones to “hear” the words of Moses, the first five books of the Bible, sometimes called the תּוֹרָה Torah, meaning God’s instruction, they’d recall that Pharaohs always boasted of their mighty works and accomplishments. It’s like Thutmosis III who bragged he did amazing things that haven’t been done in Egypt, ever. Interesting. God, the LORD, יהוה Yahvay, the God of the Hebrews, seemingly is using things familiar in Egypt against the Egyptians. The LORD is saying He is the Lord, He is God, the only God, the one and only God. This is found in Deut. 6:4 when we read …
"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!” (Deu 6:4)
The Hebrew word translated as ONE is the word אֶחָֽד Ekhad. It does mean one but the concept is a oneness that is indivisible, a oneness that can not be separated into parts or persons. A better way then to think of the verse is substituting ONE for the phrase, “THE ONE AND ONLY,” or to take out ONE and say, “UNIQUE.”
So the Lord is the ONLY ONE who will bring upon Egypt something truly the Egyptians have ever experienced in the past or in the future. The hail storm was beyond imagination for any of us. But, to understand what is going on we need again to put the Bible back into its historical context. When we do the impact is our understanding is deepened and expanded.
We will also explore the motif in the Bible from the Garden to the End of Days about man’s deserve to turn from God and become a god himself – to determine his own right and wrong and his own will to meet his lower needs and desires and instincts. There is a word spoken against the king of Babylon in Isa. 14:3-23 who himself says he is god.
He said ‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’ (Isa 14:14)
I bring this up as one of many examples of when men declare themselves as god. There is an important verse to consider. In the NASB it is …
“How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations!” (Isa 14:12)
But in the King James we read …
“How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!” (Isa 14:12)
This is an example of a major translation error where the translators of the King James inserted a “borrowed” Latin word from the translation of Jerome, an early church father. The borrowed word is LUCIFER. How can you substitute a Latin word (actually tow Latin words) that means only “light bearer.” Jerome did not use these Latin words to mean the name of the devil. However, his error and the misunderstanding of later translators hung onto Jerome’s error and it comes down to us today as the devil’s name. This is a huge mistake. In actuality, the devil has NO name. It isn’t Lucifer and it isn’t Satan. Satan is what the devil is and not his name. For further study check out these links to go into this in a more detailed manner.
Link 1 - https://www.franknelte.net/article.php?article_id=218
Link 2 - https://www.baslibrary.org/bible-review/14/6/15
Pharaoh seems to repent. This plague was so awesome that Pharaoh says that he has sinned and all of Egypt. However, it seems his repentance is only a way for Pharaoh to think he has once again manipulated the LORD, יהוה Yahvay. For once the hail stops Pharaoh gives courage to his heart. His way of manipulating the God of the Hebrews is working. It works every time. Pharaoh thinks he is winning. He is building up his courage more and more as a mighty god of Egypt. But, there is only one God. There is only one Lord. There is only one King of the Universe. In Exod. 10:1 God makes Pharaoh’s heart “heavy” and this should be studied in light of the Hebrew language and the culture of ancient Egypt. Thus, it is highly recommended that if you are serious about your continued study of the Bible in its historical context, then you must watch the two videos entitled, “His Highness’ Heavy Heart.” Here’s the link to the videos.
Part 1 - https://youtu.be/dNw1742eiWc
Part 2 - https://youtu.be/dZSsExt9Hbw
So come and join us now. As we once again return to 1446 B.C. and ancient Egypt in March or April. Come and let us see that indeed there is one and only one God and Lord of all.
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