01.24.2016 Old Testament: Exo 8.1–4

To read the Bible in a year, read Exodus 7–8 on January 24, In the year of our Lord 2016

By Don Ruhl

Moses and Aaron had already performed a miracle in the presence of Pharaoh, then they did another one for all of Egypt to experience by turning the waters of Egypt into blood. With those things in the memories of the people, the Lord instructed Moses to inform Pharaoh would happen next,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Let My people go, that they may serve Me. But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all your territory with frogs. So the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into your house, into your bedroom, on your bed, into the houses of your servants, on your people, into your ovens, and into your kneading bowls. And the frogs shall come up on you, on your people, and on all your servants”’” (Exodus 8.1–4). 

Pharaoh knew that he was about to be inundated with frogs, crawling all over the place. However, after this the Lord would send eight more plagues. Therefore, even the anticipation of the frogs, and then the frogs themselves, did not soften the heart of Pharaoh. You are not that stubborn, are you?