The Lord is the almighty creator of the universe who wants
to be in relationship with his people. In this passage, the Lord spends the
entire time talking first to Moses, through Moses to Aaron, through Aaron to
Pharaoh, and through his actions, to the people of Egypt and Israel. The Lord
is proving not only his power and glory, but also his love for his people. Not
only does the Lord punish Pharaoh, he uses the opportunity to prove to the
god-king that he is not, in fact, a god. He humbles not only Pharaoh, but the
entire Egyptian population, proving over and over that their gods are powerless
in the face of the Lord. The Israelites are separated out in impossible ways,
flies avoiding their land, death avoiding their livestock, darkness avoiding
Goshen. The Lord is clearly distinguishing between his people and the rest of
the world and Pharaoh sees it, he just doesn’t want to acknowledge it. If he
acknowledges it, he acknowledges that the God of his slaves is greater than the god he thinks he is.
But that is who God is. He is the almighty creator of the
universe, controller of life and death, water, flies and locusts, darkness and
light. What the plagues demonstrates is the power of the creator of the
universe and the lengths he will go to for the love of his children.
Now that, is awesome.
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