Proclamation:
“When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ then say to
Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a
snake.’ So Moses and Aaron went to
Pharaoh and did just as The Lord commanded.
Aaron threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it
became a snake.” Exodus 7:8-10 (NIV)
Explanation:
These are the words of God which were written by Moses under
the influence of The Holy Spirit of God.
Moses told Aaron, his brother, everything that The Lord God had spoken
to him. Then they called the elders of
the Israelites together and explained everything to them. Moses, now eighty years old, performed the
signs before them which The Lord God had told him to perform and they believed
him. (Exodus 4:27-31) Afterwards, Moses
and Aaron went to the Pharaoh and told him that The Lord God of Israel said,
“Let My people go.” But The Lord God had
hardened Pharaoh’s heart and he would not let the people go. In fact, he made thing harder for them by
commanding that they make their quota of bricks without straw being provided
for them. (Exodus 5:1-13) Moses spoke to
The Lord God and said that he had made things worse for the people (Exodus
5:22-23) and God gave him a message for the people (Exodus 6:1-8) but the
people would not listen to Moses. (Exodus 6:9)
So Moses and Aaron went back to Pharaoh and Moses performed the signs as
God had told him to do, yet Pharaoh would not listen to them. (Exodus 7:1-25)
Application:
The staff of Moses became a snake and consumed the staffs of
Pharaoh’s officials. (Exodus 7:10-12)
Later Moses used his staff to turn the Nile River
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