Exiting Egypt Chapter 9 P4

Exiting Egypt

“The Fifth Plague – Death of Livestock”

Exodus 9:1-7

By Dennis Lee: Chapter 9 P4

Something else also happened at this plague, and that is God specifically identified Himself as the God of the Hebrews. This is the first time God designates Himself like this. We have seen that God identifies Himself with His people. This is done in various formulas, like, “The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,” or “The God of Israel.” But here He specifies to Pharaoh and all around, “The God of the Hebrews.” And this is the only time that God gives Himself this title.

And so what we have is another revelation of God’s divine name. God tells Moses to remind Pharaoh just who it was that was speaking to him.

Now, God is still the God of the Hebrews. God is still God of the Jewish people, and the Jews are still His people, and that’s because of God’s covenant with them, which means that God is still not done with them.

It is believed that the last seven years, that which is known as the Great Tribulation, that God will once again be dealing directly with the nation of Israel and the Jewish people. This is seen in Daniel’s prophecy that tells that 70 groups of seven years are determined upon the Jewish people for God to end their transgressions.

However, after 69 groups of those seven years, the Messiah the prince will come, but He will die. Which leaves one group of seven years remaining.

At this time, another prince will arise, one like the Messiah, but not, that who we know as the Antichrist, who will make his own covenant with the Jews for these last seven years, but will end up blasphemy the holy sanctuary and making the temple a desolate place to the Jews.

But God is not only the God of the Jews, but also the God of all those who by faith believe in Him like Abraham did. Paul referencing Abraham said that He believed God, and it was counted, or credited to him as righteousness (Gal. 3:6). And to the Romans Paul said that not all Israel is the Israel of God just because they are the children of Abraham; that there are also the children of the promise (Rom. 9:6-8). The prophet Hosea said,

Then I will sow her for Myself in the earth, and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; then I will say to those who were not My people, 'You are My people!' And they shall say, 'You are my God!' (Hos. 2:23 NKJV)

By faith we are of the seed of Abraham, and thus God’s people.

If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise (Gal. 3:29 NIV)