01.25.2015 Old Testament: Exo 9.18–21

To read the Bible in a year, read Exodus 9–10 on January 25, In the year of our Lord 2015

By Don Ruhl

If some Egyptians from the days of Moses could speak to us, they would tell us whether it is a good idea or not to listen to the Lord,

“Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause very heavy hail to rain down, such as has not been in Egypt since its founding until now. Therefore send now and gather your livestock and all that you have in the field, for the hail shall come down on every man and every animal which is found in the field and is not brought home; and they shall die.” He who feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his livestock flee to the houses. But he who did not regard the word of the Lord left his servants and his livestock in the field (Exodus 9.18–21). 

The Lord then did as He promised, and those Egyptians who did not regard the word of the Lord, suffered heavy losses.

We may think that ignoring the word of the Lord has no consequences, but do not interpret His apparent delay as Him having forgotten. He has remembered, but He gives people time to repent.