Exodus 5 Pharaoh’s Response
Two Viewpoints:
1. Pharaoh is a type of Satan who is the slave master of all who are slaves to sin
2. Pharaoh as a king of the earth who oppresses God’s people
1. Let’s consider a ‘what if’…
– What if God had not hardened Pharaoh’s heart; and that he would have let the people go at this first request?
– Then God would not have been glorified in bringing judgement upon him.
– Then God would not have been able to show the riches of His glory to His elect people.
– Then God’s people would not have learned to trust the LORD in the face of great suffering.
– Then God would not have been able to teach His people to walk by faith in His word rather than faith in what they see and experience.
– Then the rest of the world would not have feared the God of Israel as they left Egypt.
– Then God would not have been able to teach His Church about Satan’s devices, and future ones like Jannes and Jambres.
– Then we would not have this illustration of how God also delivers us from our slavery to sin by His sacrificial Passover Lamb.
– Then God would not have been able to show the riches of His glory to His elect people.
– Then God’s people would not have learned to trust the LORD in the face of great suffering.
– Then God would not have been able to teach His people to walk by faith in His word rather than faith in what they see and experience.
– Then the rest of the world would not have feared the God of Israel as they left Egypt.
– Then God would not have been able to teach His Church about Satan’s devices, and future ones like Jannes and Jambres.
– Then we would not have this illustration of how God also delivers us from our slavery to sin by His sacrificial Passover Lamb.
2. When God brings judgement onto the world, His people will become targets of the world’s anger.
3. When God brings judgement onto the world, His people will be tempted to turn on each other.
4. God’s people must, must, must, have a long view of justice.
