Feb 14, 2016
The Israelites had been praying for deliverance from slavery for years, so God called Moses from Midian to rescue them (Ex. 2:23). As Moses appeared before the Pharaoh he demanded that the people be allowed to go to Mt. Sinai to worship God. As he does not know ‘the LORD/YHWH’, the Pharaoh won’t obey. Believers should not be surprised when unbelievers don’t see the hand of God at work and are hostile towards it. Understandably, the Pharaoh has no respect for the God of the Israelites, as in his view, the Egyptian ‘gods’ have kept the Israelites in slavery. In the mystery of God’s plan, what the Pharaoh doesn’t realize is that Egypt has been used as an ‘incubator’ until the Israelites were big enough to take over Canaan (Gen. 15:13, 14). In the mystery of God’s sovereignty, He will eventually produce good out of evil done to His chosen people (Rom. 8:28). What is a mystery to humanity is destiny to divinity!