Exiting Egypt Chapter 8 P2

Exiting Egypt

“The Second Plague – Frogs Everywhere”

By Dennis Lee: Chapter 8 P2

Read Exodus 8:1-15

Seven days have now elapsed since the first plague happened. Note 7:25

And seven days passed after the Lord had struck the river (Ex. 7:25 NKJV)

What this suggests, but there is no direct confirmation, is that these plagues took place within a short period of time, one right after another, sort of like when you get someone down, keep them down, don’t let them get up to get a second wind. And so, rolling in these plagues one after another would have been quite a forceful impact. Just as their starting to get back up from the first plague of the Nile turning into blood and all the dead fishes, now “pow” the second plague comes rolling in, frogs everywhere. This would have shaken them to the core.

But God gives Pharaoh and Egypt a chance to repent. He tells Moses to tell Pharaoh again, “Let my people go so that they can serve me.”

What this is saying is that the right of freedom is a God given right, the right to a freedom of life, work, and worship. And this right is given, not by man, but by God. We see this truth in what the fathers of our nation wrote as they declared the United States to be a free nation.

Look at these words again.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” (Declaration of Independence)

No person, nation, or government is to deny people this God given right. God did not create humanity to be abused, but to live a life of live, work, service, and worshipped, all under His care and provision. This was God’s message to Pharaoh.

This was also the message of the coming Messiah, but not from physical bondage, but from spiritual bondage as proclaimed through the prophet Isaiah, and confirmed through Jesus.

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound (Isa. 61:1 NKJV; cf. Lk. 4:18)

Again, note what the Lord is doing, he is warning Pharaoh of the impending judgment if he doesn’t repent and obey.

But why? Pharaoh rejected God and refused to let God’s people go because he wasn’t going to give up the wealth he received from their cheap labor. To free Israel would have meant the collapse of their economy. Egypt would be devastated and would have to completely restructure their lives and economy.

I really don’t see it as a moral issue to Pharaoh, but rather an economic one.