01.25.2016 Old Testament: Exo 9.22–26

To read the Bible in a year, read Exodus 9–10 on January 25, In the year of our Lord 2016

By Don Ruhl

The God whom the Bible reveals, created all the wonders of nature, including the opposites of fire and ice, and He used them to teach Egypt a lesson,

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt—on man, on beast, and on every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.” And Moses stretched out his rod toward heaven; and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire darted to the ground. And the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt. So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, so very heavy that there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. And the hail struck throughout the whole land of Egypt, all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail struck every herb of the field and broke every tree of the field. Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no hail (Exodus 9.22–26). 

The God of the Bible brought up Pharaoh and Egypt, and the same God could bring them down, using His natural forces that He would pour out upon them, but simultaneously protect His people. Egypt needed to see that they opposed Him and His people, and they would pay a heavy price for it. Let all the nations of the Earth hear this message.