The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn

 

Exodus 12:29-32

 

August 27, 2024

 

 

The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn

At midnight, the Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock.  And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians. And there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where someone was not dead.  Then he summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Up, go out from among my people, both you and the people of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as you have said.  Take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone, and bless me also!”

 

Two areas we need to give thought to as followers of Christ, first, nations that worship little gods and will not acknowledge that God has total authority over all people and, things, is on dangerous ground.  The next are leaders or people who are consumed with self, who are to be pitied.  Pharaoh has just lost his firstborn, and he is thinking only of himself, Bless me also!”

What our take away from this Scripture is that God allowed His Son, His only Son, to leave His place as God, and where He was worshiped, to take the form of a man, to be born of a virgin, and to live under the authority of a dad & mother who did not always understand what the angels had told them before He was born. 

 Pharaoh and the others had more children, but God sent His only Son to take your punishment, by dying for your sins and mine.  The price has been paid. What is the price of your redemption; death to all you value, all the things you sought to fill that hole in your heart, without Jesus?  Now let me tell you, the gift that is waiting, peace, joy, being loved by God, and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.  

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice