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May 4 - Exodus 8 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends. It's short here, and welcome to
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  another day with a chapter A Day.
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  Bible reading you have swiped tapped thought.
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  See, read Al exid, Whatever you've done.
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  You have started playing and it is great that you and I are
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  going to read another chapter today.
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  I hope you going really well, we are in the thick of plague land
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  and there has been a bunch of of Conversation Over the years
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  about with these actually things that God did or were they just
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  naturally occurring events. You know, that is really a bit
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  of a moot point that is US kind of applying our modern view on
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  the world onto this very ancient story back in the time that this
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  was written in a time that this happened, everything was
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  considered an act of God. They had a really theological
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  worldview and so every time anything happened, they believe
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  that it was Thing that was being communicated to them by the
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  gods. So, when these plagues happened,
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  whether it was miraculous or whether it was natural, however,
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  it was, it was seen very, very clearly as God stepping in and
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  creating these things to happen. So don't let your mind get
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  bogged down with silly scientific questions.
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  Not that science has silly. But in the context of this
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  story, this is long before science as a discipline thought
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  in this way. So let us send our minds back to
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  think about the world in terms of God, is at the heart of
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  everything as you. And I listen, read take part in
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  Exodus, chapter 8, Then the Lord said to Moses, go
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  back to pharaoh and announce to him.
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  This is what the Lord says. Let my people go so they can
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  worship me. If you refuse to let them go, I
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  will send a plague of frogs across your entire land.
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  The Nile River will swarm with frogs, they will come up out of
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  the river and into your palaces, even into your bedroom and onto
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  your bed. They will enter the houses of
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  your official. Send your people, they will even
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  jump into your ovens and you are needing bowls frogs, will jump
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  on you, your people and all your officials.
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  And the Lord said to Moses, tell Aaron, raise the staff in your
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  hand over all the rivers, canals and ponds of Egypt and bring up
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  frogs over all the land. So, Aaron raised his hand, over
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  the Waters of Egypt and frogs came up and covered the whole
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  land. But the magician's were able to
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  do the same thing with their magic, they to caused frogs to
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  come up on the land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh summoned, Moses and
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  Aaron and begged pleaded with the Lord, to take the frogs away
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  from me. And my people, I will let your
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  people go. So they can offer sacrifices to
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  the Lord you set the time. Moses replied, tell me when you
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  want me to pray for. You your officials and your
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  people, then you and your houses will be rid of the frogs.
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  They will remain only in the Nile River.
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  Do it tomorrow? Pharaoh said, all right, Moses
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  replied. It will be as you have said,
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  then you will know that, there is no one like the Lord.
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  Our God, the frogs will leave you, and your houses, your
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  officials and your people, they will remain only in the Nile
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  River. So, Moses and Aaron left,
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  Pharaoh's Palace and Moses cried out to the Lord about the frogs.
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  He had inflicted on pharaoh. Errol and the Lord did, just
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  what Moses had predicted, the frogs in the houses, the
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  courtyards and the fields all died, the Egyptians pile them
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  into great heaps and a terrible stench, filled the land.
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  But when Pharaoh saw that relief had come, he became a stubborn.
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  He refused to listen to Moses and Aaron just as the Lord had
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  predicted. So the Lord said to Moses, tell
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  Aaron, raise your staff and strike the ground that dust will
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  turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.
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  So, Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded them.
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  When Aaron raised his hand, and struck the ground, with his
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  staff Nats, infested the entire land, covering the Egyptians and
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  their animals, all the Dust In the Land of Egypt turned into
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  nuts. Rose magicians, tried to do the
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  same thing with their secret Arts but this time they failed
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  and the Nats covered everyone, people and animals alike This is
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  the Finger of God, The Magicians, exclaimed to Pharaoh,
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  but Pharaoh's heart remained hard.
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  He wouldn't listen to them just as the Lord had predicted, then
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  the Lord told Moses. Get up early in the morning and
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  stand and Pharaohs way as it goes down to the river.
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  Say to him, this is what the Lord says.
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  Let my people go so they can worship me.
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  If you refuse, then I will send swarms of flies.
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  Flies on you, your officials, your people, and all the houses.
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  The Egyptian homes will be filled with flies and the ground
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  will be covered with them but this time I will spare the
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  region of Goshen where my people live.
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  No flies will be found there. Then you will know that I am the
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  Lord and that I am present even in the heart of your land.
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  I will make a clear distinction between my people and your
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  people, this miraculous sign. Happen tomorrow.
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  And the Lord did just, as he had said, a thick swarm of flies
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  filled Pharaoh's, Palace and the houses of his officials.
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  The whole land of Egypt was thrown into chaos by the Flies,
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  Pharaoh called the Moses and Aaron.
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  All right, go ahead and offer sacrifices to your God, he said,
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  but do it here in this land but Moses replied.
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  That wouldn't be right. The Egyptians detest the
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  sacrifices. That we offer to the Lord, our
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  god look, if we offer our sacrifices here, where the
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  Egyptians can see us, they will Stone us.
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  We must make a three-day trip Into the Wilderness to offer
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  sacrifices to the Lord, Our God, just as he has commanded us.
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  All right. Go ahead, Ferrer replied.
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  I will let you go into the Wilderness to offer sacrifices
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  to the Lord, your God, but don't go too far now.
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  Now, hurry. And Pray for me.
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  Moses answered. As soon as I leave you, I will
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  pray to the Lord and tomorrow the swarm of flies will
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  disappear from you and your officials and all your people.
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  But I am warning, you Pharaoh, don't lie to us again and
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  refused to let the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.
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  So, Moses left, Pharaoh's Palace, and pleaded with the
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  Lord, to remove all the Flies and the Lord did as Moses asked.
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  And cause the Swarms of flies to disappear, from Pharaoh, his
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  officials, and his people, not a single fly remained, but
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  Pharaoh, again, became stubborn and refused to let the people
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  go. Lord be with us today, no matter
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  what our day holds Nats frogs or flies, or blessing or a
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  combination of those things. Most likely lead us guide us.
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  Hold Us. Fill us with your presence.
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  So that we can go out into our Wilderness and worship.
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  You help us create the space today to Find a quiet moment
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  where we can let our hearts settle on you, we can worship
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  you that we can seek your way in the midst of our days.
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  And if that moment is now, then Lord move in our hearts.
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  We are yours guide us soften us shape us and use us.
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  But most of all thank you that you love us and you draw us into
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  your family and it's in your name that we pray Jesus.
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  Amen. We are yours guide us soften us
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  shape us and use us. But most of all thank you that
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  you love us and you draw us into your family and it's in your
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  name that we pray Jesus. Amen.