Exodus 11:1-10 Payback Is Coming

These verses set up what was to happen next:  "The king will send all of you away from Egypt ... he will force you to leave completely."  It's so very opposite from what Pharaoh had been doing.

On the Israelite side, my commentary said, "Moses told the Jewish people that the time had come for them to collect their unpaid wages for all the work they and their ancestors had done as slaves in Egypt."  Wow!

When Moses warned him about the coming death of the firstborn, "Pharaoh had no fear of God in his heart; therefore, he didn't take Moses' words seriously.  But in rejecting God's word, Pharaoh caused the finest young men inf the land to die and therefore brought profound sorrow to himself and to his people."

Some would cry, "Unfair!" at that outcome, but I continued reading this:  "At the very beginning of their conflict, Moses warned Pharaoh that the way he treated God's firstborn would determine how God treated Egypt's firstborn.  Pharaoh had tried to kill the Jewish male babies, and his officers had brutally mistreated the Jewish slaves, so in slaying the firstborn, the Lord was simply paying pharaoh back with his own currency."

God, please remind me often of this so that I will not sin against You.  I don't want others to suffer for my sin the way Pharaoh's nation did.

 

Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford