Exiting Egypt Chapter 11 P3

Exiting Egypt

“The Beginning of the End”

Exodus 11:1-10

By Dennis Lee: Chapter 11 P3

The Egyptians also gave because they now held Moses in high esteem, because it was through Moses that the finger of God worked in these mighty plagues, and which the magicians and mighty men of Egypt were unable to stand against (Ex. 8:18-19).

There is a lesson to be learned here, and that is there will come a day when God’s will execute justice and a door will thus close upon God’s mercy. That day had arrived for Pharaoh and Egypt, and there will be a day that such will be the case for us. Speaking to the nation of Israel, the Lord said,

Behold, I will surely bring calamity on them which they will not be able to escape; and though they cry out to Me, I will not listen to them (Jer. 11:11 NKJV)

The writer of Hebrews said,

How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him (Heb. 2:3 NKJV)

Yet, for believers this shall be a time of reward for our service

Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord (Mt. 25:23 NKJV)

And so it would be for the children of Israel, that they would be let go and move toward and enter into the Promised Land. But as we can see, more than that, they also were to take the Egyptian’s possessions as well. This was actually a fulfillment of an earlier promise that God had made to Abraham concerning this exodus.

Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years. And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions (Gen. 15:13-14 NKJV)

And so, God is fulfilling His word spoken to Abraham over 400 years earlier.

There is something else going on here that is interesting. When you plunder someone it is after you have defeated them. So, what this is saying is that the Egyptians know that this battle is over and that they have been defeated even before the last blow takes place.

So, why does the last blow have to take place, because Pharaoh still has a hard heart and won’t let the Jews go free. But, for the rest of Egypt, they know that it’s over and that, as the expression goes, the fat lady has sung and left the building.