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Exodus 11: God told Moses that this was going to be the
final plague on Egypt and on Pharaoh that would set the Israelites free
completely. God commanded Moses to tell the Israelites men and women to
demand gold and silver from the Egyptians as they left because God has now put
fear in the Egyptians because of the Plagues from Moses' staff. God
expects all oppressed people to attack the economy of the oppressors in order to
successfully request reparations from the oppressors. This is God's
justice and judgment against the oppressors for the oppressed as God's promised
Moses even before the plague started. It is God's spiritual formula
for freeing all people from the oppression of human greed. God told Moses to
tell Pharaoh that God was going to go throughout Egypt and all firstborns of
human as well as cattle will die to bring great mourning. Also that all the
officers of Egypt will come and bow to God, and let the Israelites go because
God will intentionally hardened his heart so that God could perform miracles in
Egypt while freeing the Hebrews.
Exodus 12: God told Moses and Aaron to tell the Israelites that on
the 10th day of the first month, they are to take a one year old male lamb of a
sheep or goat according to what they can eat, even if small families have to
pair up. On the 14th day of the month, they are to kill it by twilight and
put the blood on the top and sides of the door post where they ate it roasted
over fire with bitter herbs and bread without yeast. They are also to dress up,
wear their sandals, hold their staff, and eat it in haste because God was
passing over them and burn anything that should be left till morning (God wanted
them to dress for victory while they did their Passover). God was to pass-over
when he sees the blood on the Hebrews' doorpost while he kills all the
firstborns of the Egyptians and their animals. It was the day God was
going to show humanity that all their numerous gods was nothing compared to the
one true God and it is a day to be celebrated for generations. That
night, every house in Egypt had a dead firstborn. Pharaoh called Moses
that night and asked him to take all the Hebrews and leave. As they
Hebrews left, the requested gold and silver from the Egyptian who gave them
whatever they wanted as they left because they wanted them all out so that they
do not die too. The Israelites spent 430 years in Egypt.
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The Political & Spiritual Purpose of the
Holy Land
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Exodus 13:
God asked Moses to consecrate all firstborn males among the Israelites and
their animals because the first born of every womb belongs to God.
Moses told the people to observe this day when they get to the promised land of
Canaan. God took them through the desert near the Red Sea, which was
longer, instead of through the Philistines. God felt that the Hebrews,
despite ready for war, would return to Egypt if the Philistines attacked. Moses
took the remains of Joseph along. God led the Hebrews by a pillar of
clouds by day and a pillar of fire by night to give light.
Exodus 14:
God told Moses to turn around and encamp in the desert so that Pharaoh
will think that the Hebrews are confused. God will then harden Pharaoh's
heart so that Pharaoh will pursue them, then God will get glory through the
defeat of the Mighty Pharaoh and the great army of Egypt. God was
determined to win back humanity by showing that he was God against the human
world power of the time, the human god, and the worship of many gods.
Soon, Pharaoh was upset that he had let the Hebrews go and now they have lost
their services (free labor they now have to pay the Egyptians for), so he
got his army on chariots and horses, and ran after them. When the
Hebrews saw the Egyptian come, they accused Moses of bringing them to die in the
desert instead of being buried in the graves in Egypt. They insisted
that they had warned Moses to leave them alone to serve the Egyptians, but Moses
brought them to the desert to die in the name of freedom. People
do not want the pain to success; they just want to enjoy and talk about the
success. Moses told the Israelites that God was going to deliver them
and that these Egyptians will be seen no more. God then made Moses divide
the sea with his staff so that the Israelites can go through. Both the angel of
God and the pillar of clouds that were once ahead of the Hebrews moved to the
back to create darkness for the Egyptians while giving light to the Hebrews.
This was done to separate the two groups through the night. Moses divided
the sea with the staff so that the Hebrews went through and the Egyptian
followed. God told Moses to stretch his staff again and the sea covered
and killed the Egyptians. |
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