Ex 7:5 "And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord…"
What is so different about yesterday's verse and today's verse? Why did this verse jump out at me today? I think it is because in Ex 6, God was impressing on Moses the fact that He was the Lord. He was trying to get into Moses' thick skull that He was the eternally existing One who was in charge of it all.
In chapter 7 this changes. It isn't just Moses who is going to come this realization, it is those who are in opposition. It is those who do not want the children of Israel to leave. It is those who are going to be impacted negatively because of dumb decisions made by their leader, Pharaoh. The Egyptians were eventually going to come to the conclusion that there was one God, one Lord, one Controller of all things…Jehovah… I AM.
This hit me today because as I woke up this morning, the news was blaring in my clock radio. One item on the news was a pastor in New York City who was trying to convince Mayor Blumberg to reinsert prayer in the 9-11 commemoration coming up. How quickly we forget. We have short memories. After 9-11 it seemed like all people could do was pray. They flocked to churches and temples and the National Cathedral to pray. For some reason people's hearts and heads were turned toward God…for a short period of time. Now, we have the 10th anniversary of this horrible event. And Mayor Blumberg has said that there will be no prayer. No acknowledgement of God. No confession that we are still in need. No admission that we rely on One who is greater than we are. All because of political correctness. All because of this alleged separation of church and state. What it is, is an elimination of all that is spiritual. It is a hostility toward God. It is Pharaoh all over again.
But…Mayor Blumberg does not have the last word. Our President does not have the last word. The Supreme Court does not have the last word. God does and someday everyone, everywhere will "…know that I am the LORD."
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