Day 34
Scripture: Exodus 7-8, Matthew 28 and Psalm 67 Pharaoh’s heart was hardened. Every step of the way, the heart of this man become increasingly hardened to what God was doing. All Moses wanted to do was have a place and time for his fellow Israelites to go into the wilderness and worship their Lord. I sat through a lecture a long time ago, that argued that the Exodus plague account was God doing battle with Pharaoh, proving himself greater than all the Egyptian gods. The presenter went through each god in great detail and explained how each plague sought to undermine the Egyptian gods. I’d love to tell you who was saying it to give proper credit. But I don’t remember that! The important thing here is the connection to the Gospel of Matthew as well as the psalm. It’s all about worship. When Jesus is raised from the dead, follow where they worship. Everywhere the risen Jesus is becomes a place and time for worship. The final god has been defeated. Sin and death are defeated in one great act of God and the result is worship. The praise of God and the extension of this good news to every nation. Everywhere the risen Jesus is, is a time and place for worship. Jordan
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AuthorJordan Ickes, Minister of Etna Green Church of Christ. Archives
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