Tag: Pharaoh
Biblical Principle #125: Israel Crossed the Red Sea on Dry Land
Biblical Principles List Principle God parted the Red Sea and Israel walked across on dry land. Explanation GOD had one more miracle to show Pharaoh. 1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel that they turn and camp at the village between Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal…
Biblical Principle #122: God Sent Plagues Upon Egypt
Biblical Principles List Principle God sent the plagues upon Egypt so that He could show His great might and superiority over all creation. Explanation Because Pharaoh resisted Moses’ and Aaron’s message from GOD to allow the Israelites to go into the wilderness and worship Him, GOD sent a sequence of plagues upon Egypt. The plagues…
Biblical Principle #121: God Hardened Pharaoh’s Heart
Biblical Principles List Principle God hardened Pharaoh’s heart. Explanation One of the more challenging things that the Bible discusses is how GOD could harden someone’s heart without: Such is the case for Pharaoh in the book of Exodus. When GOD spoke with Moses at the burning bush, He foretold what would happen and what Pharaoh…
Biblical Principle #119: God Called Moses
Biblical Principles List Principle God called Moses to deliver Israel from Egyptian slavery. Explanation At the age of 80 (see Exodus 7:7), GOD called Moses to lead Israel out of Egyptian slavery. These events are recorded in Exodus 3-4. GOD appeared to Moses and got his attention through a burning bush that, miraculously, was not…
December 29 – Revelation (part 3)
Reading Rev. 8:7-13:18 Devotional The seven angels sounded their trumpets, one after another, and various events occurred following each trumpet sound. Each of these events was some form of suffering or death for people on the earth, and the descriptions of these events closely resemble the ten plagues GOD sent on Pharaoh in Moses’ days.…
August 3 – Josiah Dies in Battle
Reading 2 Chron. 35:20-25 2 Kings 23:30b-34, 36-37, 35 Jer. 22:10-17; 26:1-23 Devotional Neco king of Egypt was passing through the land of Judah on his way to the Euphrates River for a battle, and king Josiah went out against Neco. In a rather uncommon event GOD spoke to Neco and told him to warn…
May 27 – Solomon Turns Away from GOD
Reading 1 Kings 11:1-40 Devotional In one of the saddest tragedies in all of GOD’s word, Solomon rebelled against GOD and went after idols. Solomon loved foreign women, in addition to Pharaoh’s daughter whom he had already married. GOD had told the Israelites not to marry women of the pagan nations, but Solomon did so…
May 15 – Solomon’s Prosperity
Reading 1 Kings 7:1-12 2 Chron. 7:11-22 1 Kings 9:10-14 2 Chron. 8:1-6 1 Kings 9:20-23, 15 2 Chron. 8:11 1 Kings 9:26-28; 10:22; 4:29-34; 10:14-21, 27, 23-25; 4:26; 10:26, 28-29; 4:21, 24, 20, 25, 1-19, 22-28; 10:1-13 Psalm 72 Devotional Solomon’s Prosperity When GOD gave Solomon the opportunity to ask for one thing from…
May 4 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 16)
Reading Psalm 122; 124; 133; 134; 135; 136; 138 Devotional Psalm 124 If GOD had not been on our side when our enemies attacked, we would have been destroyed. Instead, He has kept us from harm. Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. Psalm 133 It is…
January 26 – GOD’s Deliverance; Man’s Response
Reading Ex. 13:17-15:21 Devotional On the night that GOD killed the firstborn of the Egyptians, Pharaoh immediately sent the children of Israel out of the land, just as GOD told Moses it would happen. But GOD had one more miracle to show Pharaoh. Shortly after the Hebrews began their journey out of Egypt, Pharaoh’s heart…