Exodus
9 – 12
This story includes the final six plagues and Israel being
released. I am not going to clip scripture this thought since expanding out
each plague and god associated with that is going to take some space. The next
plague was the death of cattle and livestock which was to show superiority over
the goddess Hathor, which was originally worshiped in the form of a cow. She
was also the symbolic mother of Pharaoh.
The 6th plague was abscesses’ to break out on all
the people of Egypt. This was a “finger” in the face of Isis. The almighty Isis
(sorry had to – from the 70’s show) was the goddess of medicine and peace and
is the Egyptian equivalent of Semiramis or the Queen of Babylon. The next
plague was fire and hail from the sky to show God superiority over the Egyptian
god of the sky Nut. Also, this plague was an affront to Shu the wind god and
Horace the hot headed sky god. Also, note this was the first plague Pharaoh
starts to negotiate with them and appears to soften his heart.
The eight plague was locusts send from the sky to devour
everything. This was a show of superiority over Seth or the god of crops. Seth
was also abused in the previous plague, but God finished him off here. Again
Pharaoh tried to negotiate the release, but his heart hardened. The ninth
plague was three days of complete darkness and was showing superiority over the
sun god Ra and various other gods. This time Pharaoh set himself up for the
final plague.
The final plague was death to the first born of Egypt, which
was Pharaoh’s own curse trying to destroy Moses kill all first born males. This
was to show superiority over all the gods of Egypt and to show how helpless
they were against God. This was also considered an attack on the god that was
considered the greatest of them all, Pharaoh. We see Pharaoh as the most
dangerous of gods since he is a man being elevated to godlike status and is
where the flaw is in most beliefs outside the Bible. Heck evolution has us
evolving to gods, Satan tempted Adam and Eve to be God-like in eating the
fruit. The current movie/book The Secret instructs one on how to elevate
themselves to a god and get lots of goodies.
All this is an attempt to dismiss the one true God.
Now I lied and will insert one verse, verse 12:6 where God
is discussing the Passover celebration:
Keep this chosen
lamb safe until the fourteenth day of the month, then the entire community of
Israel will slaughter their lambs together at twilight.
Remember the “Last Supper” was the Passover
meal and Jesus was the Passover lamb. I have not researched the exact timing,
but believe it will match the ritual laid out by God here in Exodus. Jesus is
the lamb that was slaughter for our salvation. On judgment with His blood over
our doors (figuratively of course) we will be passed over for eternals
judgment. How cool is that?
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